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WGGS History: The League of Women Voters of Schenectady County
Did you know that WGGS started out as a project of League of Women Voters of Schenectady County? In 2003, one of our founding mothers, Joanne Tobiessen, attended a League of Women Voters convention in Washington, DC and came home inspired by Doris Shapira, the League’s UN observer, who talked about her work with The International Working Group on Girls. The International WGG is a UNICEF coalition of over 75 national and international non-governmental organizations with representation at the United Nations dedicated to promoting the human rights of girls, advancing the inclusion and status of girls and assisting them to develop their full potential...
Presidents’ Note – The Circle, February 2018
Girls' Day Out 2017 was another wonderful day!
There aren’t enough words to express our gratitude to all of our volunteers, facilitators, and other community members who have demonstrated such generosity, kindness, wisdom, compassion, and dedication to improving the lives of girls in Schenectady. Click here for some pictures from this year's event.
Girls' Circles have begun, and we're launching a new program, Mother-Daughter Circles, at Central Park and Mont Pleasant Middle schools in the evenings beginning after Winter Break. Our intention is to strengthen our meaningful connections and emotional support of girls and their mothers by commit...