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Our Purpose
The Girls Talk Back program empowers girls and young women to become compassionate leaders and agents of change in their communities. Through mentorship, leadership development, and action-planning, youth — with a focus on underrepresented girls and young women — are equipped with the skills, confidence, and resources to address social justice and community issues. The Girls Talk Back program, a free summer program in Hawaiʻi, creates a supportive environment where participants design and implement projects that reflect their voices and vision, creating a foundation for lifelong impact and community engagement.
The Girls Talk Back program is one of a kind, bringing the next generation of leaders across the state together to create peace-building action plans and foster powerful community connections. As a mentor, I had the opportunity to watch a group of young women
transform in just a few weeks, as they realized
through the power of their own creation that their
potential is limitless. This is a program about making
dreams possible and developing young local leaders into community builders.
-Emily Latimer, Owner of Lōʻihi Consulting
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