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Resource links for girls
 

GirlSpeak
GirlSpeak Webzine is a pro-woman, web-based literary and visual arts magazine. GirlSpeak hopes to inform girls about healthy lifestyles, activism through art, and the world around them.

www.girlsinc.org
Girls Incorporated is a national nonprofit youth organization dedicated to inspiring all girls to be strong, smart, and bold.

www.about-face.org
About-Face's mission is to equip women and girls with tools to understand and resist harmful media messages that affect self-esteem and body image.

www.nycalanon.org
Al-Anon and Alateen Family Groups hold weekly meetings for the relatives and friends of alcoholics who share their experience, strength, and hope, in order to solve problems associated with the family disease of alcoholism.

www.helpline.org
HELP LINE is New York City's oldest nonprofit crisis and suicide hotline. It provides an immediate and empathic response to the people of the greater New York metropolitan area who are troubled or in crisis. Trained staff and volunteers talk with callers about their situations and define and explore their options.

www.avp.org
The Anti-Violence Project serves lesbian, gay, transgender, bisexual and HIV-positive victims of violence, and others affected by violence, by providing free and confidential services enabling them to regain their sense of control, identify and evaluate their options, and assert their rights.

www.covenanthouse.org/nineline/index.html
The Covenant House Nineline is a free, confidential, 24 hour/7 day a week hotline. Counselors provide advice and answer questions about almost everything! Some topics include relationships, tobacco, alcohol, drugs, authority figures, cults, and gangs.

www.nyc.gov/html/dycd/html/services-youthline.html
New York City Youthline is a confidential, toll-free telephone information and support service for young people, parents, service providers and community members. Listeners assist callers in many types of situations: from youth-in-crisis, to family conflicts and relationship problems, to helping locate after-school and recreation programs in their neighborhoods.

www.nyc.gov/html/dycd/home.html
The New York City Department of Youth and Community Development - the information source for services and programs available to youth, families, neighborhoods and communities.

www.nycenet.edu
The New York City Department of Education – Find anything and everything you need to know about your school, registering for elementary, middle, and high school, etc.

www.nonprofitmaps.org/netmaps/pase/paseMap.asp
The Partnership for After School Education’s online directory of over 1,600 after school program sites in NYC!

www.girltech.com
Girl Tech is a company that offers software, books, and toys geared toward girls and technology. This site includes information on girls and sports.

www.womenssportsfoundation.org
The Women’s Sports Foundation supports and celebrates the participation of women and girls in sports and fitness.

www.tolerance.org
Tolerance.org is a principal online destination for people interested in dismantling bigotry and creating, in hate's stead, communities that value diversity.

 
 
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