1 Milk St # 300
Boston, MA 02109-5413
(617) 338-4833
www.swsg.org
Welcome!The mission of Strong Women, Strong Girls is to build upon the lessons learned from strong women throughout history to help girls and young women become strong women themselves. By building communities of women committed to supporting positive social change, Strong Women, Strong Girls works to create cycles of mutual empowerment for women and girls.
Strong Women, Strong Girls has created an innovative after school model that uses the study of contemporary and historic female role models, mentoring relationships with college undergraduate women, and skill building activities to help at-risk girls in grades 3-5 build positive self-esteem and skills for life-long success. 
In addition to supporting the development of young girls, Strong Women, Strong Girls also emphasizes the leadership and growth of the college women who volunteer as mentors. Strong Women, Strong Girls seeks to build the skills and leadership capacity of these talented young women to engage them as mentors for girls in their communities now and as life-long advocates for women and girls.
College women developing the skills to become change-agents in their communities. Girls gaining role models and the skills they need for future success. By working together we believe they'll change the world. They KNOW they will.
Our Mission
Strong Women, Strong Girls has created an innovative after school model that uses the study of contemporary and historic female role models, mentoring relationships with college undergraduate women, and skill building activities to help at-risk girls in grades 3-5 build positive self-esteem and skills for life-long success. In addition to supporting the development of young girls, Strong Women, Strong Girls also emphasizes the leadership and growth of the college women who volunteer as mentors. Strong Women, Strong Girls seeks to build the skills and leadership capacity of these talented young women to engage them as mentors for girls in their communities now and as life-long advocates for women and girls.College women developing the skills to become change-agents in their communities. Girls gaining role models and the skills they need for future success. By working together we believe they'll change the world. They KNOW they will.
Our Mission Strong Women, Strong Girls is an emerging not-for-profit organization that supports the leadership and self-esteem development of women and girls. The mission of Strong Women, Strong Girls is to build upon the lessons learned from strong women throughout history to encourage girls and young women become strong women themselves. By building communities of women committed to supporting positive social change, Strong Women, Strong Girls works to create cycles of mutual empowerment for women and girls.
To do this, Strong Women, Strong Girls has created an innovative after school model that uses the study of contemporary and historic female role models, mentoring relationships with college undergraduate women, and skill building activities to help at-risk girls in grades 3-5 build positive self-esteem and skills for life-long success.
In addition to supporting the development of young girls, Strong Women, Strong Girls also emphasizes the leadership and growth of the college women who volunteer as mentors. Strong Women, Strong Girls seeks to build the skills and leadership capacity of these talented young women to engage them as mentors for girls in their communities now and as life-long advocates for women and girls.
Strong Women, Strong Girls was founded in 2000 by then-freshman Lindsay Hyde as a student group of the Phillips Brooks House Association at Harvard University. The program began working in two elementary school sites and engaged six college-age volunteers serving as mentors. During the first few years of the program, requests from parents, teachers, and principals supported the rapid growth of Strong Women, Strong Girls in the Greater Boston area.
As a result of the program's success, the demand for Strong Women, Strong Girls programming was far greater than could be accommodated by the volunteer efforts of a single college chapter operating as a student group. To meet the growing demand for Strong Women, Strong Girls programming, in September 2004 the organization incorporated as a not-for-profit agency and hired Lindsay Hyde as the organization's executive director.
Working together with our outstanding network community partners and supporters, Strong Women, Strong Girls is building communities of strong and successful women today and supporting the strong and successful women of tomorrow.
To do this, Strong Women, Strong Girls has created an innovative after school model that uses the study of contemporary and historic female role models, mentoring relationships with college undergraduate women, and skill building activities to help at-risk girls in grades 3-5 build positive self-esteem and skills for life-long success.
In addition to supporting the development of young girls, Strong Women, Strong Girls also emphasizes the leadership and growth of the college women who volunteer as mentors. Strong Women, Strong Girls seeks to build the skills and leadership capacity of these talented young women to engage them as mentors for girls in their communities now and as life-long advocates for women and girls.
Strong Women, Strong Girls was founded in 2000 by then-freshman Lindsay Hyde as a student group of the Phillips Brooks House Association at Harvard University. The program began working in two elementary school sites and engaged six college-age volunteers serving as mentors. During the first few years of the program, requests from parents, teachers, and principals supported the rapid growth of Strong Women, Strong Girls in the Greater Boston area.
As a result of the program's success, the demand for Strong Women, Strong Girls programming was far greater than could be accommodated by the volunteer efforts of a single college chapter operating as a student group. To meet the growing demand for Strong Women, Strong Girls programming, in September 2004 the organization incorporated as a not-for-profit agency and hired Lindsay Hyde as the organization's executive director.
Working together with our outstanding network community partners and supporters, Strong Women, Strong Girls is building communities of strong and successful women today and supporting the strong and successful women of tomorrow.
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