Girl Talk
Girl Talk and Atlanta Dream Sleepover
As a special treat right before the school season's start, Girl Talk and the WNBA's Atlanta Dream team held a sleepover sponsored by The Century Council for 300 middle school girls.
After the basketball game, the girls were invited to spend the night and take part in lots of fun activities meant to inspire and empower the girls to believe in themselves enough to make the good choices needed to live a healthy and active lifestyle. Included in the activities were meet and greets with the Atlanta Dream players and cheerleaders, as well as our very own Choices and Consequences of Underage Drinking lesson plan and Ask, Listen, Learn interactive activity.
It was a fun night for all involved!
Girl Talk at Julie Foudy Leadership Academy Today!
Girl Talk: Choices and Consequences of Underage Drinking is making an appearance today at the New Jersey Julie Foudy Leadership Academy.
Julie Foudy, former USA Women's Soccer Team Captain, two-time Gold Medalist, and two-time World Cup Champion, launched the Julie Foudy Leadership Academy (JFLA) to spread the ideals she embodies. Students learn soccer from some of the best women's players in the world, and they are exposed to a multitude of leadership concepts they can cultivate for life.
Recognizing that female soccer players are role models to many teen girls, our Girl Talk program, developed in 2005, has been speaking at Julie's Leadership camps for five years and was even the sponsor of the 2007 Induction of the National Soccer Hall of Fame – the year when Mia Hamm and Julie Foudy were inducted.
Julie is such a star that she is also one of our famous Ask, Listen, Learn SuperStars. Be sure to check her SuperStar profile out.
We'll be posting picture from the event soon so be sure to check back!
Rockville High School hosts Girl Talk event
This Monday, The Century Council headed up to Rockville, MD to facilitate a Girl Talk event at Rockville High School. Girl Talk is a program that encourages peer-to-peer mentoring between high school and middle school girls. The program’s goal is to ultimately help middle school girls build self-esteem, and networks of mutual support. This will help them avoid dangerous behaviors such as underage drinking and to lead more positive, healthy lives.
The girls at Rockville High School were great to work with! We want to thank them for their enthusiasm and their commitment to making the right choices
Thanks again to everyone at Rockville High School for a great event!
The Century Council Participates in the National Soccer Hall of Fame's Induction Weekend
Over the past several years The Century Council has partnered with many professional athletes to encourage youth to live a healthy and active lifestyle and not consume alcohol underage. Shannon MacMillan, the 2002 U.S. Soccer Female Athlete of the Year, is one such athlete who shares our goal. In addition to previously promoting the Girl Talk: Choices and Consequences of Underage Drinking initiative at several of her soccer camps, Shannon recently supported the Ask, Listen, Learn initiative at the Shannon MacMillan Soccer Clinic, held at the National Soccer Hall of Fame's Induction weekend. More than 180 attendees received Ask, Listen, Learn materials throughout the weekend and learned about the dangerous consequences of underage drinking.
The Century Council and the National Soccer Hall of Fame have been partners since 2007, working to motivate young people to lead healthy and active lives.
We thank Shannon MacMillan for her efforts in the fight against drunk driving and underage drinking, and look forward to continuing to work with her and so many other outstanding role models for our youth.
Statistics show DUIs among women are on the rise
An article in the news today highlights the increasing number of women that are being arrested for drunk driving. The article references an FBI study that shows the number of women arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs was 28.8 percent higher in 2007 than it was in 1998, while the number of men arrested was 7.5 percent lower (the study covers about 56 percent of the country). The article also mentions that the U.S. Department of Transportation’s drunk driving enforcement efforts this year will focus on women.
In 2006, The Century Council launched Girl Talk: Choices and Consequences of Underage Drinking, an initiative that encourages mothers and daughters to engage in an ongoing dialogue about the dangers of underage drinking and the specific risks facing teenage girls. The program recently partnered with Girl Talk: Desire to Inspire, a peer-to-peer mentoring program that offers positive weekly meetings and community service projects for middle school girls.
The data is clear that while men represent the majority of drunk driving arrests, more and more evidence suggests that the gap between men and women is narrowing. With programs such as Girl Talk: Desire to Inspire, The Century Council is working to educate young women about the unique risks they face from underage drinking with the goal of helping them learn how to make responsible decisions that will serve them well, both, now and later in life.
Girl Talk Presentation at Julie Foudy Sports Leadership Academy Today!
Girl Talk is at the Julie Foudy Sports Leadership Academy again today! This is the third and last academy of the summer and The Century Council is thrilled to be a part of it. This week Julie and the girls are in Moraga, California at St. Mary's College. To get a taste of what the girls do, Julie sends a movie email to the parents each night. Check out the video from the last academy when Girl Talk presented! 