The Ophelia Project to host national conference: Girls 2005! Changing the Culture for Girls
- ERIE, PA, August 11, 2005 - The Ophelia Project, a catalyst for communities and schools to create a safe social culture for youth, will host a two-day conference on girls" issues October 27-28, 2005 at the Grand Hyatt-Tampa Bay in Tampa, FL. Presented in partnership with the Tampa Area Metro YMCA, Girls2005! Changing the Culture for Girls is the first national conference event for The Ophelia Project. Johnson and Johnson and the Triad Foundation are major sponsors for this event.
Featured Speakers
JoAnn Deak, Ph.D., has spent more than twenty years as an educator and school psychologist and works as a consultant, author and ambassador for girls" issues. She is the author of How Girls Thrive and Girls Will Be Girls: Raising Confident and Courageous Daughters.
Lyn Mikel Brown, Ed.D., founder of Healthy Girls, Hardy Women, a non-profit that empowers girls in central Maine, Brown is an associate professor of Women"s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Colby College. She co-authored Meeting at the Crossroads: Women"s psychology and girls" development with Dr. Carol Gilligan.
Nancy L. Snyderman, M.D., is a practicing head and neck surgeon as well as Vice President of Medical Affairs for Johnson and Johnson. She served as a medical correspondent for ABC News from 1987-2002, and was a frequent contributor to "Prime Time Thursday" and "Good Morning America." She is the author of Girl in the Mirror: Mother"s and Daughters in the Years of Adolescence.
Workshop Presenters
Presenters may include: Arizona State University, Benefactors, Boston Girls" Coalition, Carali McLean, Centre for Girls, GENAustin, Girl Scouts of the USA, Girl Scouts of Suncoast Council, Inc., Girls, Inc., Girls on the Run, Girls Circle Association, Girls" Coalition of Greater Boston, Girls Empowered, Go Grrrls, Magic Mirror, Nancy Gruver - New Moon Magazine, Owning Up, Penn State Erie, Seattle YMCA Metrocenter, The Ophelia Project, The Ophelia Project - Tampa Bay, Tampa Metropolitan Area YMCA, Y Girls Rule,
and the YWCA of the City of New York.
14.12.2005 - 20:35 Source: 24-7pressrelease.com | Read: 193 X
