4 results for month: 11/2018

Spotlight on Girls: Circles of Support Speakers

  At our recent Circles of Support event, we were joined by two Schenectady High School students who have participated in our programs, Mylika Rozier (right) and Shamiah Walker (middle) from Central Park. Both girls expressed surprise at the care and support that they'd found, and they both particularly noted how impressed they were by how the adult volunteers modeled this caring and support for each other as well as the girls at events. Clearly, they'd absorbed these values, like when Mylika opened her speech announcing, "You all look amazing today." In addition, Shamiah shared a poem that you can find here. Here are some excerpts from ...

Circles of Support 2018 Fundraiser – Thank you!

This year's WGGS member recipient of our Roots & Wings award was Gwynne DeLong, founding member and past President of the Board. Gwynne shared that she was grateful for the opportunity to continue to serve the Schenectady community after retiring from teaching for 35 years as well as for the friendships she's made over the years with fellow volunteers. She gave a particular shout-out to Helga Shroeter, who first encouraged her to volunteer with the Schenectady's League of Women Voters, where our founders first conceived of the idea for WGGS. Roots & Wings awards were also presented to some of our most dedicated and skilled facilitators who ...

Our Newest WGGS Board Members

We're so pleased to introduce you to our two newest board members.   Pam Carter Pam has served as Muse at Central Park Middle School and Oneida Middle School. Pam is active at her church and in the community. She volunteers with the SICM Food Pantry and serves as a Board Member with Safe Inc. and with the YWCA of NorthEastern NY. She's also an SCSD graduate.   Lakeia Allen Bowman Lakeia served as a Muse at Central Park Middle School and currently works as a mental health counselor for SEAT (Social Enterprise and Training for 16-24 year old out-of-school youth). Lakeia grew up in Schenectady, and her dad was Schenectady City ...

Poem by Shamiah Walker

Shamiah shared this poem at our 2018 Girls' Circle Celebration and at our 2018 Circles of Support Fundraiser.   What some people call my beauty I see as flaws my curvaceous bootie as a curse My acne as a blessing and my intelligence as an honor because people don't see the real you unless you make them so I take my stand because it's time to awake 'em and show them the real me I'm not just an hourglass I'm someone who is smart who struggles to past I'm someone who loves to be liked and likes to be loved but they rather see my bottom than my face that's above because my greenish-hazel eyes in my golden blond ...