Yep, twelve. Bam, woman.
Think of a twelve-year-old girl you know.
Take away her TV remote and ipod. Now, take away her cell phone. Stop sending her to school. Give her a husband or HIV (or both), and then, hand her a baby. Perfect. Now you have the life of millions of twelve-year-old girls who live in poverty.
Have you heard about The Girl Effect? The Girl Effect believes the world needs a kick in the pants, and they believe real change happens with girls and with education.
This week a blogging campaign exploded to help spread the word about The Girl Effect, and guess what? (A big opportunity is coming. Can you feel it?) You can be involved.
How? Easy. Do one (or all) of the following:
- Watch the video below.
- Visit The Girl Effect.
- Bounce around a couple of the sites from the hundreds of bloggers involved in the 2011 The Girl Effect Blogging Campain.
- Love your twelve-year-old daughter, your almost twelve-year-old daughter, your nowhere near twelve-year-old daughter, your niece, goddaughter, granddaughter, or best friend’s kid. In summary, love your girls.
I first heard about The Girl Effect here and here.
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I am so excited to see how I can be a part of this. Off to check out the links and to share this on every social network I'm a part of :)
Thanks, A.!
Lor,
Thanks for sharing. I'd love to help spread the word on this. Plus, since I have about twenty Google Plus people (still not loving Google Plus) I could use some help!
I love girls of all ages . . . this is great.
Fondly,
Glenda
This is wonderful@ I am raising 3 girls so this is very interesting to me!! Thanks for sharing this!
Thanks for sharing Amy, I've shared the video on my FB wall..and will make sure my SN friends do the same, too.
I love my girl and others' girls of all ages...
Thanks, Sophyta!
Amy, this really hit home with me since I have a twelve year daughter. I could not imagine her caring for an infant or managing a household. My heart and prayers are with these women.
I can't watch the video right at this moment. But I sure do plan on coming back later today to watch it! (and the one posted below)
Of all the ministries in the world, this is the type that impacts me most profoundly. It's chilling. And empowering to think what we can do.
Oh wow...I am trembling. I am off to see what this is about. Especially because I am, at 53, just beginning to learn to love the 12 year old in me. This is going to be good!
I will be coming back to visit these sites and video....but I had to say I thought about you this week as I was driving through our town and contemplating the needs of our community. I thought, If Amy lived here she would know what was offered in the line of resources and what isn't offered and what would be offered. A community resource specialist wrapped in God's love, is what you seem to be. I want more of that. Promise to come back and check this out. You painted a great picture and setup for it.
I was young enough..I can't imagine Grace..just can't.
but I know it is a very real reality and one I am so touched is receiving more notice!
xo
Thank you for sharing this! I'll check it out ASAP.
Love this video, Amy. No girls in my house to love -- but plenty at school, and I sure do. I'll love on them more now. Thanks.
Amy Lauren-
Two sentences into this blog, I thought, yup, this girl sounds exactly the same. I can here your voice and see your facial expressions while I read this. Love it!
Susan Marie told me about your blog tonight and I had to find it. I'd just asked KJ for your address like two weeks ago. Crazy. Hope all is well. I'm going to be catching up on the story of A via your blog.
Miss you like crazy!
Barbara Jean
Barb,
So way jealous you got to hang with Suey. Can't wait to drop you and email and catch up! I can't even attempt to guess what you are up to. Love you.
Wow, powerful stuff. Makes my heart hurt b/c I have a 12 year old and as much as they want to be big, they're still so young with so much more to learn. Thanks for sharing this - I'm going to hop over to this site in a sec.
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