LOOKING TO UP YOUR CIVIC ENGAGEMENT INVOLVEMENT?
Check out these upcoming National Days/ Months:

• February is Black History Month - What role models can you highlight? Check out the new Modern Figures Podcast that introduces and elevates the voices of Black women in computing (produced by IAAMCS and NCWIT)
• March is Women in History Month
• February 6th is National Girls & Women in Sports Day (Feburary 6th) (NGWSD). This year’s NGWSD theme is Lead Her Forward, to honor the many ways that sports push girls and women to achieve excellence and realize their boundless potential.
• February 17-23 - Engineers Week including resources and Girls Day Kits
• March 8th is International Women's Day 2019. The campaign theme is #BalanceforBetter Better the balance, better the world. How will you celebrate women's achievements on Friday March 8, while calling for a more gender-balanced world? Planning is underway by groups worldwide. 

​Share your questions! Are you stumped or stuck with your Girls Build Project? Are you looking for suggestions about planning, gathering audience, or some advice and best practices for leading meetings? Need help with brainstorming, coming to consensus, setting realistic goals or expectations? Need advice on event ideas or connecting to partners. Click here to ask your questions. 

Team Shout-outs:
Kudos to Wooden Women @Work who met with LAUSD Board member Sand and secured an endorsement to proclaim May as “Safe Jobs for Youth Month!”  

Kudos to George Porter Middle School for creating a plan and sharing it on Instagram - to prove it will happen!

Kudos to the Moxie Girls at Sierra Verde STEAM Academy who started programming their Sphero Robots!
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Did we miss you? We want to celebrate with you! Send us an email about your recent accomplishments and we will shout you out as well! Let’s celebrate our successes and share with each other!


ADDITIONAL ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES 

Women's Voices Now Online Film Festival
Audience: 10th–11th grade girls (rising juniors and seniors)
Deadline:  January 31st
Apply: https://filmfreeway.com/WomensVoicesNow
Description: Go to see rules to enter a film dealing with women's issues. Use the code:  
GirlsBuildWaiver - This will waive the submission fee for any youth submissions.to avoid any entry fees for youth. 

HITEC Foundation Scholarship Application
Audience: High School seniors or current college students
Apply Here
Deadline: March 1, 2019
Description: The HITEC Foundation is offering scholarships of $5,000 per award for students of Hispanic or LatinX descent who are pursuing technical degrees. High school seniors and current college students can apply here: https://bit.ly/2HsyHNX.
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PROJECT UPDATE
We have added links to all the teams' websites! They are looking so great. Please check out the other teams for added inspiration and begin to link your sites budget, planners, social media links to build out your site.

It is time to spread the word about your project! Share your message with your community in a way that sticks and makes an impact. We also encourage you to use this time to recruit new members. At the very least to get underclassmen excited so you have sustainability for your team next year.

Looking for an example? 
Check out Garfield's Team Introductions on Instagram
John Marshall's team captures the activity at their meeting that includes team building activities like making ream captures that reflect their team message of sleep. 

UPCOMING WEBINARS - PLEASE SIGN UP

Successful Habits for Manifesting the Life You Want Webinar by Tonya TKO
January 16th, 2019
3:15PT/ 4:15 MT/ 5:15 CT/ 6:15 ET
Sign up to Join and ask your questions ahead of time. 
Location: Join Zoom Meeting

Project Management Webinar by Fifi Buchanan
January 23rd, 2019
3:15PT/ 4:15 MT/ 5:15 CT/ 6:15 ET
Sign up to Join and ask your questions ahead of time. 
Location: Join Zoom Meeting


The Women's March is happening on Sunday, January 19th - perhaps your team can go together and do something around your project.

ADDITIONAL ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES 
Added this week:

NATIONAL
AI 4 All Summer Education Programs 
Audience: 9-11th grade students (depending on location)
Learn More and Apply here
Description: This  supportive and rigorous summer education programs are an entry point into artificial intelligence and computer science for underrepresented high school students. Universities include Berkeley, Stanford, SFU, Princeton, Carnegie Mellon, and Boston University. Individual applications and deadlines for each program can be found here. 

LOS ANGELES
The Intern Project- Paid Summer Internships
Audience: Junior or senior in high school from the Los Angeles County area
Apply to The Intern Project!
Deadline: February 24, 2019: Application closes at 11:59pm PST.
Description: The Intern Project places 11th and 12th grade students the chance to work in dynamic career areas through internships of four or more weeks during their summer break. Please note that priority will be given to high need students. The online application is now open. Click here to learn more and apply!

Annenberg Youth Academy
Audience: Current high school freshman, sophomores and juniors
Deadline: Friday, March 22nd, 2019 at 5pm PST
Apply Here and Learn More
Description: The Annenberg Youth Academy for Media and Civic Engagement is a four-week summer intensive academy for 26 talented high school students from the communities surrounding the USC University Park and Health Science Campuses. Students are exposed to the equivalent of first-year college-level courses and develop a rich conceptual understanding and practice of the necessary role that media communications and journalism play in fashioning civic-minded thought leaders and innovators.
Program Dates: Monday, June 17, 2019 – Friday, July 12, 2019 (no class on Thursday, July 4 or Friday, July 5 due to Independence Day)
Program Time: 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m, at Wallis Annenberg Hall (ANN)  includes: Free breakfast and lunch daily; AYA swag; One TAP card with a $50 value (if needed); Educational field trips; Three periods per day; Ability to meet new peers and engage with our faculty, students and staffThe Women's March is happening on Sunday, January 19th - perhaps your team can go together and do something around your project.

We are so excited to see all the great things you will accomplish in this new year. 

PROJECT FEEDBACK
Look out for an email from our Girls Build team this week and next with some personal feedback about your project. If you have any specific questions - you can email us at our NEW email address - girlsbuild@lapromisefund.org. Our old email still works - so no worries.

UPCOMING WEBINARS

Successful Habits for Manifesting the Life You Want Webinar by Tonya TKO
January 16th, 2019
3:15PT/ 4:15 MT/ 5:15 CT/ 6:15 ET
Sign up to Join and ask your questions ahead of time.
Location: Join Zoom Meeting

Project Management Webinar by Fifi Buchanan
January 23rd, 2019
3:15PT/ 4:15 MT/ 5:15 CT/ 6:15 ET
Sign up to Join and ask your questions ahead of time. 
Location: Join Zoom Meeting

SHOW OFF YOUR TEAM!
In the coming weeks we will share updates from our teams to keep us all inspired. Be sure to let us know about your upcoming events, civic engagement partnerships (which includes sharing ideas through social media) and anything else having to do with your projects and team. We love seeing you on social media and be sure to tag us so we can share the love @girls-Build

In the meantime, check out the start of all your amazing websites here. 

ADDITIONAL ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES for students and educators. Including: The Intern Project – Paid Summer Internships
​Are you a junior or senior in high school from the Los Angeles County area? Interested in getting a paid internship in your dream career industry? Apply to The Intern Project!

The Intern Project places 11th and 12th grade students the chance to work in dynamic career areas through internships of four or more weeks during their summer break. Please note that priority will be given to high need students. The online application is now open. Click here to learn more and apply!