Philadelphia, PA – The Girls Action Network SBG Committee hosted a mini-conference on Saturday, October 27, 2012 from 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. at Temple University’s Ritter Annex, located at 1301 Cecil B Moore Avenue, Philadelphia, PA. Cost was $5 per student with breakfast-lunch included. The conference theme was “Unlocking Opportunities: Leadership, Education and Empowerment”

New York, NY – Girls Action Network, Inc. (GAN) is pleased to salute a GAN Group affiliate, Aarti Naik, on her October 4, 2012 Vocational Excellence Award for Bringing the Light of Literacy and Motivating Girls Living Below the Poverty Line. Ms. Naik was presented this award by the Rotary Club of Bombay Seacoast. For

Philadelphia, PA – The Girls Action Network SBG Committee will host a mini-conference on Saturday, October 27, 2012 from 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. at Temple University-s Ritter Annex, located at 1301 Cecil B Moore Avenue, Philadelphia, PA. Cost is $5 per student with breakfast and lunch included. The theme of the event is -“Unlocking

New York, NY – Effective July 1, 2012, the Sisters Giving BackSM (SGB) group, an unincorporated nonprofit association consolidated with Girls Action Network, Inc. (GAN), a nonprofit corporation. In 2011, SGB was formed to deliver educational and career services to girls in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey. GAN was founded in 2002 to educate

New York, NY – Gianna De La Cruz, a 10th grader at The Bronx Center for Science and Mathematics in Bronx, New York; Fanta Fofana, a 10th grader at Brooklyn Technical High School in Brooklyn, New York; and Claudia Torres, a 9th grader at Kent Place School in Summit, Jersey have been selected by Girls

New York, NY – On May 19, 2012, Girls Action Network (GAN) presented Career Exploration 101: Using a Web-based Technology — an introductory, practical, age-appropriate program for female students (grades 6-11) identifying the skills, interests and values essential to exploring and planning one-s career and related educational paths — at St. Philip’s Academy Computer Lab

Philadelphia, PA – In the op-ed, “Through education comes nation’s opportunity, security,” published in the April 1, 2012 edition of the Philadelphia Inquirer, Girls Action Network, Inc. Founder Elisa Basnight opined that, for the sake of economic and national security, “we must ensure that America’s minority girls are provided with the education they need to

New York, NY – Tangiah Royster, an honors student at Spelman College in Atlanta Georgia, was selected as a 2012 Fulbright International Fellows. Tangiah hails from Newark, New Jersey where she attended Marylawn Academy for Girls. While attending Marylawn, Tangiah participated in various Girls Action Network, Inc. (GAN) programing, to include receiving a 2004 GAN

Philadelphia, PA – With the economic downturn continuing to affect families this holiday season, the Power of Partnerships Coat Drive held at Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, PC illustrates how diverse sectors in our society — the U.S. Army and its Grassroots Advisory Board, the private sector and community nonprofits — working together can bring about

New York, NY – Keeping within the spirit of “GAN Can!” – The Girls Action Network GAN Giving Back Program hosted its GAN Thanksgiving Basket Service Day on Saturday, November 19th at Interfaith Hospitality Network Headquarters in Montclair, NJ. View PDF

New York, NY – Cierra Legrand, an 8th grader at TEAM Academy in Newark, New Jersey has been selected by Girls Action Network (GAN) to attend the month-long Smith College Summer Science & Engineering Program in Northampton, MA where she will attend as the 2011 Girls Action Network Summer Program Scholarship Recipient. View PDF

Philadelphia, PA – On Friday, March 19, Girls Action Network ® (GAN) Founder, Elisa Basnight, spoke as part of the Senior Leadership Forum held at the Army Experience Center (AEC) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in celebration of the many contributions made by women in public service, the Army and our communities. The featured speakers and honored