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Girl Scout Advocacy
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Click on the "Action Alert" Button above to 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)
Girl Scouts worked closely with Congresswomen Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) to introduce the Healthy Media for Youth Act (H.R. 4925). This bill supports media literacy programs and youth empowerment groups, facilitates research on how images of women and girls impact youth, and establishes a National Taskforce on Women and Girls in the Media to develop voluntary standards that promote healthy, balanced, and positive images of girls and women.
Click on the "Action Alert" button to contact your U.S. Representative today and ask him or her to be a Voice for Girls and support H.R. 4925! A draft has been created for your use, but feel free to customize it to share information about why this issue is important to you.
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Our council has been named one of 17 advocacy champions nationwide to work in partnership with GSUSA staff over the next year positioning Girl Scouts as the voice for girls in Iowa and at the national level. Together, Advocacy Champions will help advance the Girl Scout Movement and improve girls' lives through legislative awareness and education to address issues that impact girls.
GSUSA established the Girl Scouts Advocacy Network—a grassroots network where Girl Scout members, staff, alumnae, high school age girls, and the general public can act on issues moving through Congress and the state legislatures that are important to girls and Girl Scouts.
The Girl Scouts Advocacy Network provides a tool for you to make a difference in your community and across the nation. By being an advocate, you can help be a voice for girls. Girl Scouts of Greater Iowa has been selected as an Advocacy Champion council and we are working in partnership with Eastern Iowa/Western Illinois and are working hard to mobilize our own grassroots network of supporters.
On a council level: The Girl Scouts of Greater Iowa advocates for girls in Iowa by educating state and local elected officials on the needs of girls. We are partnering with Girl Scouts of Eastern Iowa/Western Illinois to make this happen for the whole state. Other agencies that support our cause include Iowa After School Alliance and Iowa Commission on the Status of Women.
Even ts:
March 11, 2010: Was our first Legislative Breakfast held at the Legislative Dining Room in the State Capitol. Thank you to the many outstanding women who took part in this day as well as to our honorary troop members (made up of government officials!)
March 16, 2010: Another amazing Girl Scout Day at the Capitol in Des Moines, Iowa happened this year. Girls explored the State Historical Society, had lunch with an elected Representative or Senator and listened to a great speaker. We are already looking forward to next year!
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