{"id":1803,"date":"2010-06-02T16:24:09","date_gmt":"2010-06-02T22:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drcarla.com\/home\/?p=1803"},"modified":"2023-04-24T04:02:03","modified_gmt":"2023-04-24T10:02:03","slug":"girl-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drcarla.com\/home\/2010\/06\/girl-up\/","title":{"rendered":"United Nations Foundation Launches Initiative for Girls"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pbs-main-wrapper\"><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Girl Up Logo\" src=\"http:\/\/www.drcarla.com\/images\/girlup.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"70\" height=\"78\" \/>The United Nations Foundation recently launched &#8220;<a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/outgoing\/girlup.org');\"  href=\"http:\/\/girlup.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Girl Up<\/a>, &#8220;an exciting initiative that &#8220;gives American girls the opportunity to channel their energy and compassion to raise awareness and funds for programs of the United Nations that help some of the world\u2019s hardest-to-reach adolescent girls. Campaign supporters are encouraged to give a &#8220;High Five&#8221; to girls in developing countries by donating $5 or more to provide girls with such basic needs as access to school supplies, clean water, life-saving health services, safety from violence and more.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Many American girls are disconnected from girls from different backgrounds living in their own cities, so I hope that this campaign is successful in encouraging girls to become more socially conscious and informed about important global issues that affect their female peers in the developing world. Girls are also encouraged to support the campaign by starting a Girl Up team, organizing fundraisers, and spreading the word about the campaign through social networks. \u00a0Teachers and girl advocates can utilize the web site&#8217;s resources to educate girls about the realities of life for girls in the developing world.<\/p>\n<p>For more information or to give a &#8220;High Five,&#8221; visit: <a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/outgoing\/www.girlup.org');\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.girlup.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.girlup.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United Nations Foundation recently launched &#8220;Girl Up, &#8220;an exciting initiative that &#8220;gives American girls the opportunity to channel their energy and compassion to raise awareness and funds for programs of the United Nations that help some of the world\u2019s hardest-to-reach adolescent girls. Campaign supporters are encouraged to give a &#8220;High Five&#8221; to girls in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[23,26,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-resources","category-resources-for-girl-serving-professionals","category-resources-for-teen-girls","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>United Nations Foundation Launches Initiative for Girls - Teen Girl Speaker \u2013 Life Coach for Teen Girls - Female Youth Motivational Speaker for Teen Girls \u2013 Atlanta Teen Girl Life Coach - Teen Girl Expert | Dr. Carla Stokes<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/drcarla.com\/home\/2010\/06\/girl-up\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"United Nations Foundation Launches Initiative for Girls - Teen Girl Speaker \u2013 Life Coach for Teen Girls - Female Youth Motivational Speaker for Teen Girls \u2013 Atlanta Teen Girl Life Coach - Teen Girl Expert | Dr. Carla Stokes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The United Nations Foundation recently launched &#8220;Girl Up, &#8220;an exciting initiative that &#8220;gives American girls the opportunity to channel their energy and compassion to raise awareness and funds for programs of the United Nations that help some of the world\u2019s hardest-to-reach adolescent girls. Campaign supporters are encouraged to give a &#8220;High Five&#8221; to girls in [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/drcarla.com\/home\/2010\/06\/girl-up\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Teen Girl Speaker \u2013 Life Coach for Teen Girls - Female Youth Motivational Speaker for Teen Girls \u2013 Atlanta Teen Girl Life Coach - Teen Girl Expert | Dr. Carla Stokes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/drcarla\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2010-06-02T22:24:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-04-24T10:02:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/www.drcarla.com\/images\/girlup.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Dr. Carla\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@drcarla\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@drcarla\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Dr. Carla\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/drcarla.com\/home\/2010\/06\/girl-up\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/drcarla.com\/home\/2010\/06\/girl-up\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Dr. Carla\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/drcarla.com\/home\/#\/schema\/person\/9807a8d326e2c8f9ee30954d4708031f\"},\"headline\":\"United Nations Foundation Launches Initiative for Girls\",\"datePublished\":\"2010-06-02T22:24:09+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-04-24T10:02:03+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/drcarla.com\/home\/2010\/06\/girl-up\/\"},\"wordCount\":201,\"commentCount\":2,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/drcarla.com\/home\/2010\/06\/girl-up\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.drcarla.com\/images\/girlup.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Resources\",\"Resources for Girl-Serving Professionals\",\"Resources for Teen &amp; Tween Girls\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/drcarla.com\/home\/2010\/06\/girl-up\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/drcarla.com\/home\/2010\/06\/girl-up\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/drcarla.com\/home\/2010\/06\/girl-up\/\",\"name\":\"United Nations Foundation Launches Initiative for Girls - Teen Girl Speaker \u2013 Life Coach for Teen Girls - Female Youth Motivational Speaker for Teen Girls \u2013 Atlanta Teen Girl Life Coach - Teen Girl Expert | Dr. Carla Stokes\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/drcarla.com\/home\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/drcarla.com\/home\/2010\/06\/girl-up\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/drcarla.com\/home\/2010\/06\/girl-up\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.drcarla.com\/images\/girlup.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2010-06-02T22:24:09+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-04-24T10:02:03+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/drcarla.com\/home\/#\/schema\/person\/9807a8d326e2c8f9ee30954d4708031f\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/drcarla.com\/home\/2010\/06\/girl-up\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/drcarla.com\/home\/2010\/06\/girl-up\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/drcarla.com\/home\/2010\/06\/girl-up\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.drcarla.com\/images\/girlup.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.drcarla.com\/images\/girlup.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/drcarla.com\/home\/2010\/06\/girl-up\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/drcarla.com\/home\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"United Nations Foundation Launches Initiative for Girls\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/drcarla.com\/home\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/drcarla.com\/home\/\",\"name\":\"Teen Girl Speaker \u2013 Life Coach for Teen Girls - Female Youth Motivational Speaker for Teen Girls \u2013 Atlanta Teen Girl Life Coach - Teen Girl Expert | Dr. Carla Stokes\",\"description\":\"Teen girl life coach, leadership coach, youth motivational speaker for teen girls, and girl empowerment expert Dr. Carla Stokes inspires girls to build confidence, self-esteem, and leadership; make positive choices and healthy decisions; cultivate healthy relationships; overcome peer pressure and friendship challenges; and reach their goals without compromising their happiness.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/drcarla.com\/home\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/drcarla.com\/home\/#\/schema\/person\/9807a8d326e2c8f9ee30954d4708031f\",\"name\":\"Dr. Carla\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/drcarla.com\/home\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c786e48231701ebbf8754e5b30f79fa1650c43367c747d0822eb89c530b128b9?s=96&d=blank&r=pg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c786e48231701ebbf8754e5b30f79fa1650c43367c747d0822eb89c530b128b9?s=96&d=blank&r=pg\",\"caption\":\"Dr. Carla\"},\"description\":\"Carla Stokes, PhD, MPH, is a pioneering educator and scholar whose work helped lay the foundation for digital girlhood studies and introduced innovative methods for integrating hip hop culture and the internet into health education. Her groundbreaking research helped shape contemporary understanding of adolescence and girlhood in the digital age. Dr. Carla's scholarship has been published in academic books and journals, taught in university courses, and featured in respected media outlets including The New York Times, NBC, CBS, Fast Company, Yahoo! Parenting, Reuters, Woman's Day, and Ebony. As the founder of Teen Girl University\u2122, she prepares ambitious girls and the next generation of women leaders to make healthy choices, lead with purpose, and create meaningful change in an increasingly complex digital world. For 15 years, Dr. Carla also served as the founder and Executive Director of Helping Our Teen Girls In Real Life Situations, Inc. (HOTGIRLS)\u00ae, an award-winning 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the health and lives of underserved Black young women and girls. She also founded the A Heart for Girls\u2122 Business Academy, where she advised educators, entrepreneurs, nonprofit leaders, mental health professionals, and other women committed to improving the lives of girls around the globe. Through leadership development, capacity building, strategic business education, and mentoring, Dr. Carla helped participants strengthen their organizations, programs, services, and facilitation and speaking skills to expand their expertise, influence, and impact.\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"United Nations Foundation Launches Initiative for Girls - Teen Girl Speaker \u2013 Life Coach for Teen Girls - Female Youth Motivational Speaker for Teen Girls \u2013 Atlanta Teen Girl Life Coach - Teen Girl Expert | Dr. Carla Stokes","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/drcarla.com\/home\/2010\/06\/girl-up\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"United Nations Foundation Launches Initiative for Girls - Teen Girl Speaker \u2013 Life Coach for Teen Girls - Female Youth Motivational Speaker for Teen Girls \u2013 Atlanta Teen Girl Life Coach - Teen Girl Expert | Dr. Carla Stokes","og_description":"The United Nations Foundation recently launched &#8220;Girl Up, &#8220;an exciting initiative that &#8220;gives American girls the opportunity to channel their energy and compassion to raise awareness and funds for programs of the United Nations that help some of the world\u2019s hardest-to-reach adolescent girls. Campaign supporters are encouraged to give a &#8220;High Five&#8221; to girls in [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/drcarla.com\/home\/2010\/06\/girl-up\/","og_site_name":"Teen Girl Speaker \u2013 Life Coach for Teen Girls - Female Youth Motivational Speaker for Teen Girls \u2013 Atlanta Teen Girl Life Coach - Teen Girl Expert | Dr. Carla Stokes","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/drcarla\/","article_published_time":"2010-06-02T22:24:09+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-04-24T10:02:03+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.drcarla.com\/images\/girlup.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Dr. Carla","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@drcarla","twitter_site":"@drcarla","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Dr. Carla","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/drcarla.com\/home\/2010\/06\/girl-up\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/drcarla.com\/home\/2010\/06\/girl-up\/"},"author":{"name":"Dr. Carla","@id":"https:\/\/drcarla.com\/home\/#\/schema\/person\/9807a8d326e2c8f9ee30954d4708031f"},"headline":"United Nations Foundation Launches Initiative for Girls","datePublished":"2010-06-02T22:24:09+00:00","dateModified":"2023-04-24T10:02:03+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/drcarla.com\/home\/2010\/06\/girl-up\/"},"wordCount":201,"commentCount":2,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/drcarla.com\/home\/2010\/06\/girl-up\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/www.drcarla.com\/images\/girlup.jpg","articleSection":["Resources","Resources for Girl-Serving Professionals","Resources for Teen &amp; Tween Girls"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/drcarla.com\/home\/2010\/06\/girl-up\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/drcarla.com\/home\/2010\/06\/girl-up\/","url":"https:\/\/drcarla.com\/home\/2010\/06\/girl-up\/","name":"United Nations Foundation Launches Initiative for Girls - Teen Girl Speaker \u2013 Life Coach for Teen Girls - Female Youth Motivational Speaker for Teen Girls \u2013 Atlanta Teen Girl Life Coach - Teen Girl Expert | Dr. Carla Stokes","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/drcarla.com\/home\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/drcarla.com\/home\/2010\/06\/girl-up\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/drcarla.com\/home\/2010\/06\/girl-up\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/www.drcarla.com\/images\/girlup.jpg","datePublished":"2010-06-02T22:24:09+00:00","dateModified":"2023-04-24T10:02:03+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/drcarla.com\/home\/#\/schema\/person\/9807a8d326e2c8f9ee30954d4708031f"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/drcarla.com\/home\/2010\/06\/girl-up\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/drcarla.com\/home\/2010\/06\/girl-up\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/drcarla.com\/home\/2010\/06\/girl-up\/#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/www.drcarla.com\/images\/girlup.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/www.drcarla.com\/images\/girlup.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/drcarla.com\/home\/2010\/06\/girl-up\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/drcarla.com\/home\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"United Nations Foundation Launches Initiative for Girls"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/drcarla.com\/home\/#website","url":"https:\/\/drcarla.com\/home\/","name":"Teen Girl Speaker \u2013 Life Coach for Teen Girls - Female Youth Motivational Speaker for Teen Girls \u2013 Atlanta Teen Girl Life Coach - Teen Girl Expert | Dr. Carla Stokes","description":"Teen girl life coach, leadership coach, youth motivational speaker for teen girls, and girl empowerment expert Dr. Carla Stokes inspires girls to build confidence, self-esteem, and leadership; make positive choices and healthy decisions; cultivate healthy relationships; overcome peer pressure and friendship challenges; and reach their goals without compromising their happiness.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/drcarla.com\/home\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/drcarla.com\/home\/#\/schema\/person\/9807a8d326e2c8f9ee30954d4708031f","name":"Dr. Carla","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/drcarla.com\/home\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c786e48231701ebbf8754e5b30f79fa1650c43367c747d0822eb89c530b128b9?s=96&d=blank&r=pg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c786e48231701ebbf8754e5b30f79fa1650c43367c747d0822eb89c530b128b9?s=96&d=blank&r=pg","caption":"Dr. Carla"},"description":"Carla Stokes, PhD, MPH, is a pioneering educator and scholar whose work helped lay the foundation for digital girlhood studies and introduced innovative methods for integrating hip hop culture and the internet into health education. Her groundbreaking research helped shape contemporary understanding of adolescence and girlhood in the digital age. Dr. Carla's scholarship has been published in academic books and journals, taught in university courses, and featured in respected media outlets including The New York Times, NBC, CBS, Fast Company, Yahoo! Parenting, Reuters, Woman's Day, and Ebony. As the founder of Teen Girl University\u2122, she prepares ambitious girls and the next generation of women leaders to make healthy choices, lead with purpose, and create meaningful change in an increasingly complex digital world. For 15 years, Dr. Carla also served as the founder and Executive Director of Helping Our Teen Girls In Real Life Situations, Inc. (HOTGIRLS)\u00ae, an award-winning 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the health and lives of underserved Black young women and girls. She also founded the A Heart for Girls\u2122 Business Academy, where she advised educators, entrepreneurs, nonprofit leaders, mental health professionals, and other women committed to improving the lives of girls around the globe. Through leadership development, capacity building, strategic business education, and mentoring, Dr. Carla helped participants strengthen their organizations, programs, services, and facilitation and speaking skills to expand their expertise, influence, and impact."}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/drcarla.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/drcarla.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/drcarla.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drcarla.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drcarla.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1803"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/drcarla.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1803\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8048,"href":"https:\/\/drcarla.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1803\/revisions\/8048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/drcarla.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drcarla.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drcarla.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}