News and Updates

Celebrating Women’s History Month 2024

Women Trailblazers in Supply Chain & Transportation In honor of Women’s History Month, GAN celebrates and is shining a spotlight on three trailblazing women whose contributions to supply chain and transportation inspire present and future generations to participate and lead in the 3S Workforce – STEM, Supply Chain and the Skilled Trades. Learn more about: Lillie Elizabeth Drennan: First Woman in the USA to Own a Trucking Firm and First Woman in Texas to Hold a Commercial Drivers License (CDL); Edwina Justus: First Black Woman Train Engineer…
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Announcing GAN STEM Scholars 2023

Announcing the 2023 Class of the Girls Action Network (GAN) Summer STEM Enrichment Program. These seven national high school students were chosen for a highly selective summer program that connects exceptional individuals with STEM enrichment opportunities, executive mentors, and a network in the STEM sector. The 2023 GAN Scholars: Nyasa Bryson (Piscataway High School, Piscataway, NJ), Nina Gokita (Lafayette High School, Williamsburg, VA), Skylar Harris (Lovejoy High School, Jonesboro, GA), Janiyah Samm (KIPP Newark Collegiate Academy, Irvington, NJ), Xi Shillingford (The Chapin School, Bronx, NY),…
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Girls Action Network Salutes 2022 GAN Scholars

Upper Marlboro, MD – Girls Action Network, Inc. is pleased to announce and salute its 2022 GAN Scholars, London Beatty (Washington, DC), Samantha Lopez (New York, NY) and Kassy Patino (Newark, NJ), as the newest members selected for the GAN Summer STEM Enrichment Program (SSEP). Photo Courtesy: London Beatty, July 2022. Location: Smith College, Northampton, MA Each GAN Scholar was provided a full tuition scholarship to attend the four-week-long Smith College Summer Science & Engineering Program in Northampton, MA where she’ll receive the unique opportunity…
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Girls Action Network Salutes 2021 GAN Scholar

New York, NY – Girls Action Network, Inc. is pleased to announce and salute its 2021 GAN Scholar, Shirly Gottlieb (Woodmere, NY), as our newest inductee into the GAN Summer Scholastic Enrichment Program (SSEP). Our GAN Scholar was selected to attend the two week-long Smith College Summer Science & Engineering Program in Northampton, MA where she received the unique opportunity to participate in innovative curricula in astronomy, biology, biochemistry, chemistry, computer science, engineering, and physics. The Smith program also promotes global cultural learning and appreciation…
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Happy New Year!

From the GAN family to yours, we wish you a healthy, prosperous and Happy New Year! We want to thank our volunteers, GAN Girls and the communities in which we serve for continued participation and partnership.
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Girls Action Network Salutes 2019 GAN Scholars

GAN Scholars 2019 with GAN Vice President, Tangiah Royster, Esq. at Smith College New York, NY – Girls Action Network, Inc. is pleased to announce and salute its 2019 GAN Scholars as new cohorts to the GAN Summer Scholastic Enrichment Program (SSEP):  Alexis Flint (Brooklyn, New York), Kacey Lo (Allentown, Pennsylvania) and Camille van der Watt (Eastport, New York). GAN’s three SSEP Scholars were selected to attend the month-long Smith College Summer Science & Engineering Program in Northampton, MA where they will receive the unique…
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Girls Action Network salutes 2018 GAN Scholars

New York, NY –Girls Action Network, Inc. is pleased to announce and salute its 2018 GAN Scholars as new cohorts to the GAN Summer Scholastic Enrichment Program (SSEP): Nicole Anyanwu (Beltsville, MD), Pamela Bayrak (Bronx, New York), Sierra Branch (Warner Robbins, GA), Carjae Duncombe (Miami, Florida) and Maliyah Lyder (Macon, Georgia). GAN Scholars Sierra Branch, Carjae Duncombe and Maliyah Lyder were selected to attend the Wesleyan College Spectacles Summer Program. The Spectacles program is a math and science camp for middle-school girls held at Wesleyan…
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Call for Applicants: 2018 Wesleyan Spectacles Math & Science Camp for Girls

As part of the GAN Summer Scholarship Enrichment Program (SSEP), the Wesleyan Spectacles Math & Science Camp for Girls, an academic program of the Duke University Talent Identification Program, provides opportunities to deserving rising seventh, eighth, and ninth grade girls from underserved communities, allowing them to experience engineering, mathematics, computers, science and learning through comprehensive, one-week summer program located at Wesleyan College in Macon, Georgia. PROGRAM DATES: June 24 - 30, 2018. In addition to the application submitted to Wesleyan, GAN scholarship applicants must complete…
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Call for Applicants: 2018 GAN Summer Scholarship Enrichment Program (SSEP) – Smith Science and Engineering Summer Program

As part of the GAN Summer Scholarship Enrichment Program (SSEP), the Smith Science and Engineering Summer program provides opportunities to deserving young women from underserved communities, allowing them to experience engineering, mathematics, computers, science and learning through a comprehensive, one-month summer program located at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts. PROGRAM DATES: July 8 - August 4, 2018. The initial application process includes the following components: Students must complete the Smith application at and Students must note "Girls' Action Network" in their application in the…
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Call for Applicants: 2017 AFS Finland – US Future Leaders Scholarship

Spend six weeks in Finland with a host family and get to know Finnish culture! Scholarship recipients will embark on exciting activities that will strengthen leadership skills and inspire civic and global responsibility. Program Dates: June 28th to August 9th, 2017 Application Deadline: February 18, 2017. Contact Amanda Dennen for more information 1-800-876-2376 ext. 3310. Application information and guidelines available at . AFS-USA is proud to partner with organizations to realize a common goal of ensuring all have access to educational opportunities, no matter their…
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Girls Action Network® ("GAN") is a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping girls — with emphasis on those from underserved communities — participate and lead within the 3S workforce: STEM, supply chain and the skilled trades.