Amplify Training

Are you a girls' program organizer looking for an opportunity to build skills and get concrete tools to create empowering programs for girls and young women in your community? Whether you already have, or want to start a program for girls, this training is for you.

Informed by Girls Action’s expertise and by girls’ organizers from across the country, this training involves: designing programs, creating empowering spaces for marginalized girls, developing workshops and facilitation skills, as well as deepening understanding of popular education and building community support, while sharing resources, challenges and strategies.

“This was an incredible training experience!! The facilitators were phenomenal, skilled, knowledgeable facilitators who perfectly complement each other. Thank you to both for being incredibly responsive to the group’s feedback, being flexible, compassionate and fun! I only hope to someday emulate them in my own facilitation. I am very appreciative for the training and cannot wait to return to my community and share my experience and knowledge”

What is the training?

For five days, girls' program providers, as well as those who are building (or hoping to build) programs for girls, get together. Through creative and interactive workshops, there will be opportunities to talk about programming for girls, as well as to build your skills in a variety of areas. The training includes workshops about:

• Starting and sustaining your program

• Designing a program

• Developing facilitation skills

• Workshop development, activities, resources and ideas for programming

• Explaining the need for girls’ programs

• Deepen analysis of issues we are addressing (violence prevention, self-esteem, healthy sexuality, anti-oppression, etc)

It also provides opportunities for:

• Networking and connecting with girls' programs leaders from across the country

• Sharing success stories and action strategies for girls' programs

• Discussing your current projects and providing a space for support

• Relaxing, creating & celebrating!

Who can take part?
YOU, if you are:

• Part of a group or an organization that would like to start a program for girls?

• Looking for new skills, resources, and tools for your current program?

 
For details about Logistics, Childcare, Selection Process and Fees, click here

When?
The Amplify training will be held from October 23rd to 27th 2011

REGISTRATION PERIOD IS OVER! Check back next spring for news of next year's Amplify training.
 

In the meantime?
The Amplify Training Across Distance workshops are designed to keep the discussions going about some of the topics from Amplify’s face-to-face training, to wherever you're located across Canada. Training across distance also provides training opportunities for network members unable to attend Amplify. If you can’t make it to the 2011 training, here’s a chance to take part and forge ahead.

Click here for more information about the Training Across Distance workshops.

 
You have questions?
Do you have questions about the Amplify Training program?

Call us: 1.888.948.1112 or contact janine@girlsactionfoundation.ca