Girl Action Team: Her Journey Home

Her Journey Home is a year-long, culturally grounded program for (8th grade) middle school and high school girls (9th–12th grade) that culminates in a transformational 10-day journey to Ghana in 2026. This Girl Action Team consists of 15 Girls For A Change (GFAC) participants who have been exploring heritage, resilience, creative storytelling, and global Black girlhood by learning about Africa's content, languages, and cultures. Her Journey Home Ghana 2026 is more than a trip, it's a powerful leadership, cultural, and storytelling experience designed to deepen identity, confidence, and global awareness. Rooted in a year-long process of preparation, reflection, and cultural immersion, this experience invites Black girls to see themselves as leaders connected to a larger history and an even larger future.

For many, this will be their first time traveling outside of the United States. Their first time stepping foot on the African continent. Their first time experiencing a place that holds ancestral, historical, and cultural significance. They won’t just be visitors. They will be learners, observers, and leaders in formation. While in Ghana, participants will document their journey, learning how to tell their own stories through film by turning the camera on themselves and their peers. When they return home to Richmond, the work continues. Participants will learn how to edit their footage, add music, and complete a short film documenting their journey from RVA to Ghana and back home again.