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Outreach Campaign

"I saw resistance, rebellion, self-love, and girls interested in reading, studying, confronting injustice. In short, this film is subtle, moving, nuanced, powerful, and right on. What I love so much about the film is that every topic I am concerned about, every topic I teach about, appears in the film."
- Sharon Lamb, Author, Packaging Girlhood: Rescuing Our Daughters from Marketers' Schemes

The Outreach and Community Engagement Campaign for GOING ON 13 consists of three equally important parts: festival screenings and public television broadcast, community screenings, and an interactive, social-network website for girls.  This page is dedicated to sharing with you some ways that you can use the film in your home, school, and community.

We want you to USE the film - in your classrooms and school districts, in your universities, in your home, and in your after-school programs - with girls, your students, your staff, your local politicians and your friends and family.  GOING ON 13 presents an alternate and perhaps more realistic view of girls and their families in our urban communities.  Screening the film in all of the ways that you can, will ignite a dialogue and support all our efforts to 1) Create a space for girls to share their experiences of puberty - as experts on their own lives; 2) Engage girls and those who care about them in an inter-generational dialog; and 3) Inspire communities to develop programs, policies and spaces that listen to the real needs of real girls.


Dawn and Kristy are available to participate in a screening for a small fee and the cost of the film.  We also know great youth development organizations all over the USA who may be interested in co-hosting a screening.  Contact us for more information at info@goingon13.com

Check for screenings and stay tuned for more info, or sign up on our e-mail list to receive monthly updates.


HOW TO USE THE FILM:

  1. Buy or rent it through New Day Films, watch it online at New Day Digital or catch it on your local public television station

  2. Partner with a local girls organization and host a screening - some groups include Girls Inc, Big Brothers, Big Sisters, Boys and Girls Club, and a variety of local organizations*

  3. Partner with your school's PTA/ PTO/PTSA's host a parent night*

  4. Use the film to teach or train students or staff

  5. Use the film as a fundraiser for your local girls organization, club or after-school program*

  6. After watching the film engage your community in a conversation, using our study guide, about what our girls need to grow up to be healthy, self-sufficient, smart young women. What structures need to be in place to support their healthy development? The study guide is organized so that you can use it with girls, parents/ families, and staff or other youth development people.

  7. Have girls join us on our social network site: www.gurlstalkback.com

  8. Join us on our BLOG, facebook page, twitter, and tell us what you are doing with the film!!

Ari and Esme