In addition to the Power Portrait program, the girls at Bird Street Community Center will participate this spring in Robin's workshops called A Girl's-Eye View. They will photograph their everyday lives and illustrate their ideas about how to improve society. The workshops will culminate in a public display of the exhibits on April 5 at the Strand Theatre in Dorchester. The Bird Street Community Center is a resident-led organization in Uphams Corner that provides recreational, educational, and developmental activities for youth and their families. Bringing Girls' Voices, Views, and Art into the World By Mira Gibson Based in downtown Boston, Women Express, Inc. is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to further social and economic justice by empowering teenage and young adult women, especially those who are low income or at risk of becoming another statistic.
Teens work with writing mentors to select and edit written pieces and artwork for the magazine.
The Teen Editorial Board produces features such as Teen Motherhood, Health, Surviving Sexual Assault, Arts and Culture, and Media Watch, and takes part in Friday journalism and life skills workshops, monthly Saturday fieldtrips, and monthly editorial meetings. Peer leaders take more of a leadership role and learn public speaking and fundraising skills, how to organize and facilitate meetings, and how to recruit other teens to join the Teen Editorial Board. The senior editor facilitates the Monday Independent Writing Group, where teen participants work on specific features for the magazine, with a special emphasis on extended journalism skills and the political meanings of their work. Articles in Teen Voices focus on self-esteem, racism, sexism, feminism, popular culture, health, and other issues important to teens. Teen women everywhere can contribute to the magazine by submitting their poems, short stories, artwork, and life experiences.