A-WOW INC a not-for-profit organization based in Dallas, Texas, USA, operates as the flagship program of A-WOW International Girls Leadership Initiative, an acculturation program, which actively promotes leadership, education, diversity and innovation.
A-WOW IGLI a global female-based initiative-established to help emerging teens and young women ages, 16-21 to develop personal leadership abilities, skill development and help prepare them to assume active leadership roles throughout various communities.
A-WOW provides innovative learning opportunities, education and leadership development through expert experiences and education of a higher quality. Through our programs, students embark upon a lifetime of meaningful participation; trainings and exposure that will help prepare them to become well-informed leaders and citizens.
Our aim is to educate, empower, and enrich irrespective of social, religious or ethnic backgrounds.
MISSION
To establish an enduring legacy for female leadership and promote the expansion and service of female based organizations and businesses globally.
VISION
To be the preferred leadership organization with a global initiative for girls ages 16 - 21, actively aspiring to be leaders of today and/or future generations.
A-WOW IGLI Outcomes-Objectives:
Young women demonstrate authentic leadership skills which facilitate a cross-cultural exchange of ideas and global unity mindset.
Young women display positive self-worth and healthy relationships with self, others, and their environment. (Identity capital, psychological capital, and social capital)
Young women exhibit personal and professional skills to be positive change agents for home, community, businesses, their country, and in a global economy.
Young women demonstrate a commitment to lifelong learning which includes authentic leadership development, life skills, social competencies, and character development. These skills equip them to act as resources, contributors, mentors, and volunteers in a variety of leadership roles at home, community, business, governments, and beyond.
Young women are equipped to be competent and innovative entrepreneurs and mentors in the ever-changing panorama of scientific and technological change in our modern world.
Program Components
A-WOW-Harmony Academy Girls Leadership Program [January - May]
Harmony Science Academy, Grand Prairie, TX. Harmony Public Schools are high performing K-12 public charter schools in Texas that focus on math, science, engineering, and computer technologies to provide opportunities for under-served communities. A-WOW facilitates a leadership - mentor-ship program for girls attending Harmony Academy.
Students enrolled in the program meets once a week for a span of 5 months. The Program is established to assist in providing an increasing number of girl’s ages 11-15 years. We educate and train girls on how to collaborate, handle and understand the unique challenges and pressures faced by youth in today’s society. Participants will learn leadership skills, gain knowledge and experience through education, mentoring and coaching.
A-WOW IGLI Spring Ambassador Institute [January - February]
A-WOW IGLI Summer Ambassador Institute [May - June]
The Annual Spring/Summer Leadership and Development Institute cover a two-month span of personal leadership development. Candidates spend time learning and developing leadership and interpersonal skills. Each program consist of orientation and registration, pre/post-assessments, mentoring and coaching, class assignments as well as, group projects and networking.
A-WOW IGLI World Summit/Conferences [July - August]
The A-WOW International Girls Leadership World Summit is two-weeks of high-level learning, mentoring and coaching designed to help teens and young women's to reach their dreams and goals, and prepare them to assume active leadership roles in their community. It is all about "decisive action and sacred support" for those who are serious about achievements and doing what it takes with a 'no-excuses' approach.
Through A-WOW IGLI, students embark upon a lifetime of meaningful participation, trainings and exposure. Participants are introduced to new ideas and perspectives, that will help prepare them to become well-informed leaders and citizens in making the world a better place.
A-WOW IGLI Fall Symposium [October]
The A-WOW IGLI Mentoring Symposium is a two-day leadership retreat of empowerment, enrichment and education that provides a unique, cross-cultural learning experience via lectures, workshops and team-building exercises that will focus on making choices, personal leadership skills development, self-empowerment, health, and community services.
A-WOW World Summit Scholarship Program
In 2010, the A-WOW Inc., a not-for-profit organization, introduced a scholarship program to encourage students from different communities to pursue leadership. The program is open to girls ages, 16 - 21 years old, from various communities that have achieved academic excellence and will attend A-WOW World Summit. Students are eligible to receive a scholarship by meeting all necessary eligibility requirements.
Fundraisers
Film Screening and Panel Discussions - A-WOW International Girls Leadership Initiative we will host a series of special screening on films relating to girls and women empowerment. In an effort to jump-start “A-WOW Call-To-Action Campaign” that seeks to empower women and girls to challenge limiting labels in order to realize their potential, and to encourage men and boys to stand up to sexism.
American youth are being sold the concept that women and girls’ value lies in their youth, beauty and sexuality. It’s time to break that cycle of mistruths. A-WOW IGLI believes that all people should be represented equally in our media, that our voices should be heard and that we should all be valued for our talents, capacity as leaders, and ability to contribute to the world at large.
Raffle - The girls are working very hard to raise money to travel and attend the International Girls Leadership World Summit in July/August in Dallas Texas. The conference will be the host to girls ages 16-21, locally and from around the world that have been selected to participate in the A-WOW IGLI mentoring program. The raffle is just one part of the girl’s fundraising efforts, which also include a boat ride; Silent auction and doing odd jobs as a group at homes and business in exchange for donations.
Autumn Sail Boat Ride/silent auction - is a silent auction and ticketed event that raises money to underwrite A-WOW IGLI annual educational curriculum, workshops, and classes for girls ages 11 - 21 as well as help contribute funds for A-WOW IGLI Scholarship Trust.