Be a Big Sister or Facilitator!

December 8, 2011 Uncategorized

Big Sister & Facilitator Applications are Being Accepted Now! Big Sisters Matter…Connect with a middle school girl and join a community of leaders. Be a Big Sister with YWLP for the 2012-2013 school year!!! (and earn course credit for it) Download the application and email the completed application to ywlp@virginia.edu. Early Bird Deadline: Friday, February [...]

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Young Women Leaders in Cameroon

December 8, 2011 Uncategorized

Caroline Berinyuy, a doctoral student in the University of Virginia’s Curry School of Education studying girls’ education, has seen the trials and tribulations that young adolescent girls experience both in her native Cameroon and in the United States. After seeing how the U.Va.’s Young Women Leader’s Program helped young girls maintain confidence throughout their preteen [...]

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YWLP Fall Finale and 15th Anniversary

December 5, 2011 Events

YWLP participants, parents, and administrators celebrated a wonderful fall semester on Saturday, December 3 at the University of Virginia.  The 8th graders were able to watch a wonderful performance by Hoos in Treble before the main presentation.  Once the formal program began, the audience was treated to a special performance by the UVA Music and [...]

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Day of Service 2011

October 31, 2011 Events

YWLP Bigs and Littles participated in the 2011 Day of Service on Sunday, October 23rd. The girls collected food for the Thomas Jefferson Food bank on Harris Street in Charlottesville. Donation sites were set up at the Kroger grocery stores on 29 and Rio Road, 29 and Hydraulic Road and in the Barracks Road Shopping [...]

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A Big Sister’s Perspective

October 5, 2011 Sisterhood

The number of women that volunteer their time as big sisters goes a long way in determining the success of the Young Women Leaders Program each year. Additionally, it is especially helpful to new sisters to have guidance from more seasoned Bigs; the Program makes a large effort to retain bigs from previous years to [...]

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Facilitating Sisterhood at Home and Abroad

October 3, 2011 Global Connections

While YWLP’s UVa site is well known and regarded across Grounds, at lesser known piece of the program concerns its Global Connections component. Incorporating the work of both YWLP graduate and undergraduate students, Global Connections encourages a broader world view of the issues that adolescent girls face both in the US and abroad. “The Global [...]

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Young Women Leaders Program in Cameroon

September 26, 2011 Global Connections

The Young Women Leaders Program in Cameroon was founded in 2009 by Caroline Berinyuy. Berinyuy, a U.Va. Curry School doctoral student from Cameroon, determined the need for such a program after her research indicated a steady rise in dropout rates among Cameroonian high school girls. Beginning in the summer of 2009, Berinyuy set up six [...]

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Photo Stories

September 18, 2011 Projects

Taylor shares a bit about her family. Belinda introduces us to a bit of middle school life. A few things that make Eliza smile…  

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