Reel Grrls empowers young women from diverse communities to realize their talent, power and influence through media production.

Due to the enormously influential role of the media in girls’ lives, The Reel Grrls program operates from the belief that it is critical for young women to develop the skills necessary to evaluate the media they are exposed to and then to empower them to produce their own media.

Description:
Recognizing that girls were getting short-changed in technology education programs and that girls approach learning differently than boys, Reel Grrls created the first non-profit in the country providing year-round training for girls in media literacy and digital media production. Reel Grrls engages girls in technology literacy exactly at the age where they are prone to drop out. Providing an all-girl learning environment with adult women role-models as mentors and a project-based learning curriculum that focuses on storytelling and community engagement have been the keys to our success.

Reel Grrls intentionally involves girls who may not otherwise have access to this type of program due to financial barriers. Some of the girls who participate in the program have struggled with homelessness, drugs, eating disorders, and low self-esteem and find the program to be a place where they can get support to stop criticizing themselves and instead look critically at the media they consume.

History:
Since 2001 Reel Grrls has worked to bridge the "digital divide" by offering captivating, skill-based media training and accessible after-school programming to over 500 teenage girls in the Puget Sound region.
During our seven year history, Reel Grrls has developed an internationally acclaimed program that has been showcased as a “model that works” in the field of Youth Media. We have been invited to present our methodology at many national media conferences and The National Endowment for the Arts highlighted Reel Grrls in their report on successful after-school arts programs in 2003. Reel Grrls productions have received several awards and screened at prestigious film festivals around the country, including The Sundance Gen-Y Studio, San Diego Girls Film Festival, Chicago’s Women in the Directors Chair, Asian American Film Festival, Women’s Film Festival in Korea & Taiwan, Langston Hughes African American Film Festival, PBS broadcast, and others.

Contact person: Malory Graham, Executive Director, (phone), (email)
Office fax number: (206) 328-4466

Address:

1409 21st Avenue Seattle, WA 98122 This location is handicap accessible (See a map)

Web Site: http://www.reelgrrls.org

Directions:

Nearest Bus Stop: 2

Miscellaneous Information

Liability
	No
Does your organization welcome court-ordered community service volunteers?
	No
Does your organization have volunteer positions for youth 12-18?
	Yes