Powerful Voices instills leadership skills, fosters development of critical thinking and promotes individual potential in adolescent girls through programs in Seattle public middle schools and in and out of juvenile detention. Our mission is firmly rooted in our belief that strong girls become strong women.

Description:
Powerful Voices provides programs free of charge for girls in four Seattle middle schools as well as programs for girls detained in King County Juvenile Detention and upon their release. These programs focus on developing the individual strengths of young women. Our main programs are Girls Rights! Action! Power! (Girls RAP) and Strength Through All-Girl Education and Support (STAGES). These programs are faciliated by Powerful Voices instructors and volunteer adult participants and range from one day healthcare workshops for incarcerated girls, to after-school yearlong programs in middle schools. The programs have a core curriculum that can be tailored to meet the needs of the group in question and respond directly to the individual interests of the girls, focusing on their abilities and strengths.

History:
Three women with the vision, experience and desire to improve the lives of girls founded Powerful Voices in 1995. Their first assignment was to create a county-wide needs assessment, "Powerful Voices, King County Women Talk About Their Needs". The resulting report has been used to create new initiatives for women in our region. For Powerful Voices, it pointed out an important issue, many of the challenges facing women in King County were rooted in adolescence. Powerful Voices formed to address these issues at their root by developing the individual potential in adolescent girls. Since it's inception, Powerful Voices has served over 2000 girls in King County, 735 in 2002 alone.

Contact people:

Sarah Walczyk, Marketing Director, (email) Tyler Bosma, Office Manager, (email)

Office fax number: (206) 860-2084

Address:

1620 - 18th Avenue, Suite 100 Seattle, WA 98122 (See a map)

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

Directions:

Powerful Voices is located on the corner of 18th Avenue and Madison. From I-5, exit onto Madison, and continue east. Turn right on 18th Avenue. Powerful Voices is located on the left, in the brown building on the. . . (more)

Miscellaneous Information

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