Girls Action Network® Kicks-off New "GAN Giving Back" Program with Service Day at Community Soup Kitchen

New York, NY – Keeping with the spirit of "GAN Can!" - Girls Action Network, Inc. (“GAN�) kicked off its new community service program: "GAN Giving Back" on December 26, 2009 at the Life Christian Church Soup Kitchen (TLCC) in West Orange, New Jersey.
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Girls Action Network® Partners with Black Data Processor Associates (BDPA) New Jersey Chapter for 6th Annual Families in Technology Day

New York, NY – Girls Action Network, Inc. (“GAN�) joined forces through a partnership with Black Data Processors Associates New Jersey Chapter ("BDPA") on September 12, 2009 at Rutgers University in Newark, NJ to support BDPA's 6th Annual Families in Technology Day. The theme of the FIT Day event was focused on "Technology Awareness = Community Empowerment." Over 250 families and students participated in the various panel discussions and workshops that were conducted from 9:00 am until 3:00 pm. Several of the event's speakers were affiliated with GAN to include: Elisa Basnight, Andrea Fant-Hobbs, Ileana Griffiths, Ayana Neil and Dalila Springer.
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Girls Action Network® (“GAN�) Partners with Local Philadelphia Group: Arts & Smarts

Philadelphia, PA – On May 16, 2009, Girls Action Network, Inc. teamed-up with Annie Stanfield-Hagert as her arts enrichment group kicked off its activities at the South Philadelphia Library in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The purpose of the summer multi-session arts program was for each participant group to focus on a different psychological or socio- cultural aspect of life. For example, some seminar topics included: bullying, racism, poverty, violence, along with some attention to assertiveness, inclusiveness and body image. Girls participating in the program were veterans from the 2008 program and served as mentors to this year’s first-time participants. Hagert, a licensed clinical social worker, explained to GAN Founder, Elisa Basnight, that the girls “are darling, enthusiastic and have not yet learned to act cool and diffident.� Coming soon: Look out for future GAN-Arts & Smarts activities focused on math appreciation through innovative arts training.

GAN to Present at Theta Nu Xi Annual Convention

(New York, NY) Women from all walks of life will converge upon Albuquerque, NM from September 4-7, 2008 for the 10th Annual Convention of Theta Nu Xi Multucultural Society, Inc. Among the various activities planned, convention-goers will observe presentations by five organizations with hopes of becoming the sorority's new national philanthropy and gaining access to dedicated funding and hundreds volunteers. Those organizations invited to speak at the annual convention include Girls Action Network (GAN); Girls for a Change; National Association for Multicultural Education; National Coalition Against Domestic Violence; and Women for Women International. Read more.
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GAN Awards 2008 Smith College Summer Science & Engineering Program Scholarship

(Newark, NJ) TaCora Holmes (right), an 8th grader at TEAM Academy in Newark, New Jersey returned August 1, 2008 from the month-long Smith College Summer Science & Engineering Program in Northampton, MA where she attended as the 2008 Girls Action Network ("GAN") Summer Program Scholarship Recipient. The goal of the GAN - Smith summer program is to provide GAN students with a unique opportunity to participate in innovative curricula in astronomy, biology, biochemistry, chemistry, computer science, engineering, physics and a young women's health education initiative. The experience also promotes global cultural learning and appreciation due to the number of student participants that come from all over the world to participate in the program.
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GIRLS ACTION NETWORK® SPEAKERS BUREAU PARTNERS WITH STEPPINGSTONE SCHOLARS FOR FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICES DAY

New York, NY – Girls Action Network, Inc. (“GAN�) kicked-off its Speakers Bureau operations through a partnership with Steppingstone Scholars, Inc. on April 5th, 2008 at Drexel University in Philadelphia, PA. The theme of the Support Services Day event was centered on GAN’s trademark slogan, Shattering Stereotypes & Unlocking Opportunities®, with this event’s focus on Transforming Tools for Today’s Success. Over 400 families and students were invited to participate in the various panel discussions and workshops that were conducted from 10:00 am until 2:30 pm. GAN provided over fifty-percent of the event’s speakers to include: Alycia Banks, Elisa Basnight, Lisa Charles, Ileana Griffiths, Yolanda Grimes, Mary Ann Jackson, and Lori Tharps.
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Girls Action Network Salutes Mt. Holyoke College 2007 Scholarship Recipients

New York, NY – August 15, 2007, Rolande William (left) and Tangiah Royster (center), both residents of Newark, New Jersey returned from Hadley, Massachusetts having completed their respective summer enrichment programs at Mount Holyoke women’s college. During their respective summer experiences, Rolande and Tangiah had unique opportunities to participate in innovative curricula in mathematics. Their programs also worked to strengthen their resolve in mathematical thinking, communications skills, problem solving strategies and computer skills.
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Harvard Benchmarking Study on Performance Measurement

Cambridge, Massachusetts. Yanina Budkin, a World Bank economist and & Roza Eftekhari, a renowned journalist, both of whom are 2007 Harvard Kennedy School of Government Mason Fellows, chose Girls Action Network, Inc. (“GAN�) as the focus of their best practice study on performance measurement as part of their class, The Strategic Management of Non Profits Organizations, which is taught by Professor Chris Stone. The purpose of the benchmark study is to provide GAN guidance in its efforts to understand how to implement performance measurement in the organization in order to drive growth in an orderly manner. The benchmarking study, which was completed in May 2007, provides a view of the state of performance measurement in six (6) diverse US and non-US nonprofit organizations: (1) Citizen Schools; (2) Girl Scouts of the United States of America; (3) Africare; (4) Women's Bean Project; (5) The Way of the Heart: The Promotora Institute (WHPI); and (6) GEMS. In the end, the report concludes that for a new organization like GAN, the challenge is to implement, early on strong performance measurement, in order to drive growth in a proactive way.
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GAN Launches New Website

On July 12, 2006, Girls Action Network (“GAN”) launched an exciting and interactive website at www.girlsactionnetwork.org. The new website will provide both student and adult users with the opportunity to learn about GAN programs and services, to become involved as a volunteer or Champion for Empowerment and OpportunitySM mentor, to enlist a speaker from the Speakers Bureau or become a GAN speaker, and to access exciting information about the world of work, education, health and fitness, student internships, community service and enrichment opportunities.
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Girls Action Network Salutes Scholarship Recipient

On June 14, 2006, Tangiah Royster, a Newark, New Jersey resident finishing her 10th grade year at Marylawn of the Oranges in South Orange, New Jersey, was officially awarded a $4,000 scholarship by Girls Action Network (“GAN”) to attend the Smith College Summer Science & Engineering Program in Northampton, MA. This one month program in July, will provide Tangiah with the unique opportunity to participate in innovative curricula in astronomy, biology, biochemistry, chemistry, computer science, engineering, physics and a young women's health education initiative.
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Girls Action Network Annual Spring Tea

On Sunday, June 5, 2005 at the Orange Lawn Tennis Club, in South Orange, New Jersey from 3:00 to 5:30 p.m. over 120 guests, including 30 high school girls and their mentors attended the Girls Action Network annual Spring Tea. The theme of the tea was centered on the organization's trademark slogan, "Shattering Stereotypes & Unlocking Opportunities," with this year's theme "Excelling as Entrepreneurs."
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Getting The Basics: Nutrition & Fitness Information You Can Use

A productive mind can best succeed when a healthy body and lifestyle support it. The GAN process places emphasis on health and fitness by providing exposure to exercise and nutritional approaches within the reach of girls in grades 7 - 12.
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Girls Action Network Honors IHS Student As Scholoarship Winner

On April 25, Girls Action Network Inc., also known as GAN, hosted a fund-raiser, The Spring Tea, to mark the successful completion of its first year of programming and to raise awareness about the organization at the Orange Lawn Tennis Club in South Orange. There they honored Samirah Legagneur with the College Summer and Science Engineering Program Scholarship.
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Exercise-a-Thon to benefit Girls Action Network, Inc.

South Mountain Fitness in cooperation with South Orange Chiropractic & Jo And Rob Family Health Consultants is the proud sponsor of the 2nd Annual Exercise-a-Thon to benefit this year's selected charity, Girls Action Network, Inc.
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