Excited to Mentor Young Women!
This fall I will be a mentor for DemocraShe! Mentors “inspire and support our Future Candidates, and function as role models, as they navigate the program and start on their paths to brilliant futures. As DemocraShe recruits from populations that don’t historically have access to this type of training or mentorships, you can be a pivotal piece of a young woman achieving her dreams instead of dropping out of a leadership track before she even starts.”
“Our mentors are adult women who are each paired with one brilliant high school aged DemocraShero, and support her in weekly, half-hour-long zoom or facetime sessions during the 10 week span of the program. These mentors help the DemocraShero reflect on what she’s learned in her workshops, explore new ideas, talk her through any questions or concerns she might have, and celebrate her successes. The mentors are also critical in helping each girl identify the issues that most interest her, and supporting her as she explores opportunities to get her voice heard and take meaningful action within her community. DemocraShe supplies a guide with suggested discussion topics for each week, and we will also have a mentor training Zoom meeting early September.”
Fall cohorts will start their workshops in September and the program will run through mid-November.
“DemocraShe is a nonpartisan nonprofit offering FREE online training to high school girls in evidence-based resiliency skills, leadership & civic engagement.
We actively recruit future leaders from historically underrepresented communities to flood our future with diverse, compassionate & confident women leaders in every sector - who know running for office is their birthright.
Engage. Empower. Elect.
DemocraShe is dedicated to inspiring and empowering female-identifying high school students to become future elected leaders. We encourage young women to elevate their voices through self-advocacy, civic engagement, and community building, empowering a new generation of intersectional female activists, advocates, and elected officials.
The status quo is failing us, so we are here to change it.
DemocraShe creates a safe, brave, joyful space where young women receive the support and guidance they need to pursue the roles they deserve. As an organization we are committed to serving all women, and as such we strive to be actively antiracist and intersectional. The graduates of our program see civic engagement as their responsibility and running for office as their right.”
Learn more: https://www.democrashe.org/