SXSW Music Festival Wristband Raffle 

 

Help Central Texas teen girls have a rockin' girlhood by entering for your chance to win a pair of 2008 SXSW Music Festival wristbands for only $20! There is no limit on entries and the raffle will end at 5pm on March 3rd. 

Second place prize is a 7-night stay at one of many RCI resorts.  Choose from destinations all over the US and Mexico.  Good luck!!

Enter the raffle at: http://genaustin.org/public/content/news/raffle.asp.

 

Benefit Night with Ten Thousand Villages 

 

On Wednesday, March 5th from 5-9pm, Ten Thousand Villages will be hosting a night of giving to benefit GENaustin.  

 

Established in 1946, Ten Thousand Villages USA pioneered the concept of fair trade by buying crafts directly from artisans in the developing world, paying them a living wage for their work and developing long term relationships with them.  For over 60 years, Ten Thousand Villages has helped to provide fair wages, working capital and a North American market for more than 100 artisan groups in more than 30 countries throughout Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East.

 

Ten Thousand Villages offers a wide variety of household accessories, books, toys, jewelry and foods such as chocolate, tea and coffee that are often made with organic ingredients. 

 

Ten Thousand Villages will donate between 10-15% of the evening's sales between 5-9PM to GENaustin, which will go directly to supporting clubGEN and Girl Talk programs.

 

So come out and show your support for Girls Empowerment and Fair Trade!

 

 

Thanks for Coming! 

 

We would like to thank everyone who came out on Wednesday, February 13th to support our happy hour.

We would also like to thank Fado's for the space and appetizers, Tito's Vodka for the martinis, and Carrie Engdahl for providing us with some wonderful live music.

 

We had a lovely evening and look forward to seeing you all again at our next happy hour!

 

 

oriGENal Voice Month at GENaustin  

We are proud to introduce this month-long campaign that aims to motivate and educate students on how to promote social change through self-awareness, self-empowerment, and advocacy.  During the month of March, every clubGEN after-school program at all AISD middle schools will be participating in the oriGENal voice Campaign Month (OV Month).

Middle and high school girls will choose from one of the following preselected topics on which to educate their peers:

• Dangers of cyber bullying
• Dangers of Tobacco
• Dangers of Unhealthy Relationships 

Throughout the month, clubGEN participants will learn about their topic, create powerful media campaigns with effective messages and tips surrounding their issue, and then advertise their campaigns on their school campuses.  All campaigns will be aimed at educating peers and encouraging other students to make healthy choices in their lives.  The campaigns may include posters, morning announcements, skits to be performed, and other creative projects the girls dream up.  

Be sure to read next month's newsletter to find out how the girls at every middle school in Austin made a difference by helping to put an end to cyber bullying, tobacco-use and unhealthy relationships in their lives!

 

clubGEN Girls Break Down Stereotypes

Last month, a week of clubGEN curriculum was dedicated to Stereotype Busting.  Each club created a "wall of stereotypes" by writing down descriptions of stereotypes onto a large sheet of paper, which they then posted on the wall.  The facilitators then led discussions about deconstructing stereotypes by questioning the message each written label conveyed.  Finally, the girls drew unique, colorful flowers that represented the real person behind each stereotype and covered the destructive words with their flowers.