Written by stephanie | Saturday, April 21st, 2012

We are thrilled to announced Jessica Latshaw as our second artist to join GIRLS WHO ROCK 2012. Jessica first received attention for her Youtube video, that scored a million plus views in its first week! (more…)

Written by stephanie | Monday, April 9th, 2012

This post is by GWR contributing writer Brielle Maxwell 

 Making change is all about the right elements in the right equations. Girls Who Rock put education at the heart of their equation. To make this happen they champion design, technology and music as their elements. 

Written by shelley | Friday, April 6th, 2012

Goodbye Mashable, Hello Conashable!

.@mashable is out of touch. So as of this moment, I am taking over. ALL HAIL YOUR NEW CEO: on.mash.to/H19O1W #Conashable

— Conan O’Brien (@ConanOBrien) April 1, 2012

 Leave it to Conan O’Brien to trick the world into thinking he bought Mashable.com! Good one O’Brien, although we are pretty sure Pete Cashmore’s not leaving his post anytime soon — but he did come up with one of the best April Fool’s joke in the cyberspace! Peter, you had us fooled (for a millisecond).

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Written by stephanie | Saturday, March 24th, 2012

Meet Isabel Rutherford, a former volunteer who will be giving us an on the ground view of what it was like at Shanti Bhavan.  Hailing from the great state of New York, she has spent time in India teaching at our 2012 She’s the First School Beneficiary. (more…)

Written by shelley | Thursday, March 22nd, 2012

 #ContentAs a Means for Social Change

“Change is not a triumph of technology – its a triumph of humanity.” – @biz #SXSW #sxcontentas #girleffect

— The Girl Effect (@girleffect) March 12, 2012

This year Biz Stone returned to SXSW for the first time since Twitter hit it big there in 2007.  The Twitter co-founder wasn’t there to unveil “the next big awesome thing”, but to share five personal stories with useful lessons that can be applied to life and using content for social change.

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