Advocacy Corner: Become a Voice for Girls!
ADVOCACY CORNER:
Raising awareness of the public issues affecting Girl Scouting and girls across our country and in our state; a resource on how to give voice to and take action on important issues impacting today’s girls.
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What is the role of the Girl Scouts of the USA office of Public Policy and Advocacy?
Join the Girl Scouts Advocacy Network
The Girl Scouts Advocacy Network provides a tool for you to become the voice for girls and to make a difference in your community and across the nation. Through this network, you can use your voice and encourage your Members of Congress to support legislation that will directly impact girls and Girl Scouts. Become a voice for girls!
Advocacy = Take Action
Resources to assist you with keeping current on issues, legislation, elected officials- contact information, both nationally, and in the state of Florida and Council advocacy efforts.
Past Highlights
View Support Healthy Media Images for Girls! Urge Your Member of Congress to Cosponsor H.R. 4925 Did you know…
- Nearly 90% of girls say the media places a lot of pressure on teenage girls to be thin
- Only 46% of girls think that the fashion industry does a good job of representing people of all races and ethnicities
- 55% of teenage girls admit they diet to lose weight and 37% know a girl with an eating disorder
(Girls & Body Image, 2010)
Commemorative Coin Act – View GSUSA Press Release
“The coin will be minted and sold in 2013, marking the end of Girl Scouts’ yearlong centennial celebration and kicking off a new century of leadership and service to girls>.
Meet Troop Capitol Hill: Honorary Congressional Girl Scout Troop
Fun Facts
DID YOU KNOW?
The first Girl Scout handbook was published in 1913 and was entitled How Girls Can Help Their Country.
Congress chartered the Girl Scouts in March 1950.
In Savannah, Georgia, in 1983, the second federal building named after a woman was declared the Juliette Gordon Low Federal Complex.
Two-thirds of female members of Congress have been Girl Scouts.
In 2001, the first Honorary Congressional Girl Scout Troop—Troop Capitol Hill—was convened and is currently comprised of all women members of Congress.