Girls For A Change (GFC) is a national organization that empowers thousands of teen girls to create and lead social change. GFC provides girls with professional female role models, leadership training and the inspiration to work together in teams to solve persistent societal problems in their communities. Explore our web site to learn more about how you can join our movement and how girls are transforming our world--and reinventing girl culture--through GFC!

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Girls For A Change is proud to announce our official partnership with NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle Racer Katie Sullivan. “Kalifornia Katie”, a 19-year old racer from Corning, California, rides proudly in races at top speeds across the United States, displaying the GFC logo on her super cool motorcycle. As a young woman, Katie has made her way in a male-dominated sport, showing girls of all ages that anything they dream can be possible with hard work and determination. GFC believes in Katie and all girls to achieve their dreams – go, Katie, go!

Katie Sullivan Bio:

“Kalifornia” Katie Sullivan

     My name is Katie Sullivan. I am 19 years old and currently a full time student majoring in small business and entrepreneurship. While going to school I am opening a trailer business called Kalifornia Katie’s Trailer Sales. I am really driven to finish my degree and to make Kalifornia Katie’s Trailer Sales a successful business, but the thing I have the most drive and passion for in my life is drag racing.

    I grew up at the race track, and raced jr. dragsters from the time I was 9 until I was 15. While racing jr. dragsters I won numerous races, 1 track championship and 1 runner- up. It has been my dream to race pro stock motorcycle since I was 12 years old. At the age of 18 I made my dreams reality. I attended Frank Hawley’s school of drag racing taught by George Bryce 2 days after I turned 18. I competed in my first national event on a pro stock motorcycle before I was out of high school in Atlanta, Georgia. I competed aboard Shawn and Blake Gann’s Suzuki. In Atlanta we were so close to qualifying, but fell just a tiny bit short of making the field. A couple days after I graduated high school I became the youngest female to ever qualify for a national event in pro stock motorcycle and also only the 7^th female to ever do so. In addition to qualifying at the Route 66 Nationals in Chicago, I received my first round win at a national event and ran my personal best ET and MPH of 7.09 seconds at 189 MPH.

     I made the field a second time in the 2009 season at my home track in Sonoma, CA. Towards the end of my 2009 race season, my dad and I purchased our own pro stock motorcycle operation. We have been working so hard to put together a great team and it paid off when we went to the National event in Denver this year. We qualified for our first national event of the 2010 season on our family owned Suzuki. We have already accomplished so much and I have huge dreams to accomplish so much more.

     Now that we have a little experience in the pro stock motorcycle class, I am ready to shoot for the stars. The team that my dad and I have built has a huge potential. Racing pro stock motorcycle is my passion and my dream and I am ready to make Kalifornia Katie Racing a top contender.

-Press Release

-Katie's Blog

Indianapolis, Ind. September 1-6

Las Vegas, NV October 28-31

Pomona, Ca November 11-14

Girls For A Change is excited to announce a new partnership with U by Kotex, a bold new feminine care product line, to advance the empowerment of women and girls. The alignment of the girls’ and women’s empowerment mission between Girls For A Change (GFC) and U by Kotex is exceptionally synergistic. Girls and women across the nation will see the messages associated with this campaign, which are truly grounded in “girl power.”

This cause-related campaign is the culmination of an eye-opening survey conducted online in August 2009 by Harris Interactive^® on behalf of U by Kotex among more than 1,600 North American women aged 14-35,  which revealed that 7 in 10 women believe it’s time for society to change how it talks about vaginal health, yet less than half (45%) feel empowered to make a difference.  U by Kotex and Girls For A Change want to change this by empowering young women to take control of their health and bodies, lead social change, and speak out against societal pressures and censorship. 

Empowering girls to believe in themselves and see themselves as social change agents starts with helping them to overcome the negative messages about girls that swirl around them constantly. If a girl does not feel comfortable in her own skin, it is almost certain she will suffer in all areas of her life. We see this campaign as a gutsy and bold move to share the message that girls should not feel shame in being a girl. When a girl feels empowered she is unstoppable and capable of amazing things!

For every person who joins the movement by signing the Declaration of Real Talk and/or recording an empowering statement at www.UbyKotex.com, the U by Kotex brand will make a $1 donation^[1] to Girls For A Change.

U by Kotex, in sharing a common mission with Girls For A Change, is taking the lead in encouraging young women to spark a new conversation that is long overdue. A pivotal part of the campaign launches in September 2010 when Girls For A Change will train a 1000 girls across the US to create change in their communities around women’s health. These Love Your Body, Change Your World trainings will be focused on breaking down myths and stereotypes about women’s health and give girls the skills and tools they need to enact change. Trainings will be held in Las Vegas, Milwaukee, San Francisco, Dallas, and Baltimore.

Read more about the partnership in the New York Times.

Visit this page about GFC's Love Your Body, Change Your World Tour in partnership with U by Kotex.

Stay tuned for more details.

At GFC, we’re committed to saving costs and saving trees – to that end, our annual giving program is green – using email as the primary means to stay in touch with our donors.  But we need your help. By responding to our annual appeal with a gift, you make possible the programs that serve over 1,600 girls annually.

Really want to make a difference? Make your recurring gift today and spread the news, widen the circle of support for Girls For A Change, by posting this on your Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, or other social media; email your friends and colleagues and encourage them to be the change!

Help us reach 500 donors… sign up to be a part of Girls For A Change today! Click here to make your secure donation and join us!

 Inspiring Partner $10,000 and above provides GFC programming to two or more teams per year.  
-Includes benefits below, plus two tickets to our signature event in California.
-Includes invitation to all three events in our annual Powerful Change Series in the Bay Area.

Empowering Partner $5,000 to $9,999 provides GFC programming to an entire team of girls per year.  
- Includes benefits below, plus invitation to two events in our new Powerful Change Series in the Bay Area.

Circle of Change $1,000 to $4,999 provides GFC programming to one girl or more over an entire year.
- Includes benefits below, plus invitation to one event in our new Powerful Change Series in the Bay Area.

Friends For A Change $1 to $999 provides support to train volunteers, provides grants to Girl Action Teams and materials to make GFC programming possible.
- Quarterly newsletter
 - Invitation to join the Girl Action Network, a resource of girls and women involved in Social Change around the world.

Corporate sponsorship packages are available, contact our Development Team for more information.

Keep Girls For A Change programming alive and well. Join our campaign today by clicking here.

GFC now accepts your automobile, boat, or other vehicle donation to benefit our programs.  With our partner, Bizzarro’s Auto Auctions, anyone, nationwide, can donate their vehicle, regardless of condition! Simply call Frank Bizzarro and his team of experts at (650) 363-8056 to start the donation process! Email our development staff for more information.

Learn more about GFC's vision:

Summer debut edition of the podcast interview series with Whitney Smith, CEO and Founder, with questions submitted by YOU the listener to annie@girlsforachange.org

Words With Whitney.July.2010

We are pleased to announce that as part of the Powerful Difference campaign presented by Pine Sol GFC will be featured during the Saturday night movie on TNT (Turner Network Television), beginning Saturday January 16th at 10pm EST (7pm PST). Watch with us as one of our Silicon Valley area teams is represented on network television. Or you can see the video here:

IMAGINE if girls are told they can change the world.
IMAGINE they are told this by powerful women.
IMAGINE that you are one of those women.

Each year, GFC Girl Action Teams in our sites around the world complete social change projects. Every team of girls is partnered with adult women volunteers, called Girl Action Team Coaches. Coaches guide girls through the process of creating change in their communities. We are looking for women to partner with middle school and high school girls in the fall and spring!

Being a GFC Coach means working with a team of girls for 4 months, supporting girls in designing and implementing a social change project and, most importantly, telling girls they're important and powerful and that they can change their world. GFC offers training, staff support and a coach manual to support you during the year.

Sign up today! Be a change agent in your community--and in the lives of girls. Find us in your city to learn more about volunteering. If GFC is not in your community yet, click here to learn more about how to get started.

At Girls For A Change (GFC), we care as much about girls’ online safety as you do. That’s why we make all of our web sites COPPA (Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act) compliant and work with you to ensure a fun, healthy, and safe online experience for girls.

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