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What the Grrrls say:

“Why ALAG was so amazing?  Well that's simple. It was so amazing because it taught me confidence and strength.
ALAG surrounded me with girls with whom for the first time in my life I could relate. ALAG taught me something
else which I keep close. It was--No one gives you permission to tell your story and no one can keep you from 
telling it, so speak loud and boldly because it's yours to tell. ALAG opened my eyes to the world and I am 
forever changed for the better.”

--Ashley, 16 
 

“ALAG last year was fabulous.  Throughout the program, you have to teach yourself to trust everyone around you 
with your writings and your emotions.  You have to trust everyone else with you, which, being a teenager, is 
sometimes hard, sometimes impossible, and sometimes you think you're sharing yourself when you really aren't.
You're hiding behind one thing or another that you've not admitted to yourself that you think or believe in. 

“So yeah.  I suppose all I'm trying to say is... join a group where you belong, where your opinions matter, 
where everyone lifts you up and tells you that you are special, that you do belong, where they believe in you 
and trust in you.  This isn't your school, a place to learn or put on masks. This is a meeting with a group of 
girls that you don't know that are different parts of you, amplified... maybe how you wanted to do this or do 
that, but you just never did, how you wanted to try something out but were never allowed, or how you wished one
day during school that the teachers would actually give you something interesting to write about.  That's ALAG.” 

--Haviland, 16

What Others Are Saying:

“Act Like A Grrrl was a fantastic experience for my daughter.  With the acting experience, the camp truly taught 
her great lessons about taking control of her life, being strong, showing her strengths and celebrating her 
feminine softness.  She is so excited about attending the camp again this summer for the 'second season'.”

-- Rebecca Scarpati

“Numerous studies have shown that when they hit adolescence, formerly assertive, confident, healthy girls begin to
change.  They stop excelling in math and science courses, they develop eating disorders and anxieties about their 
bodies, and many become depressed or engage in cutting, binge drinking, and other self-destructive activities; in 
short, they begin conforming to the demands of a culture that is often hostile to them.  ALAG  creates a place for
girls to express themselves, to practice speaking out and learning what they have to say, to practice being strong
and loud, to practice taking up space.  ALAG introduces the girls to strong women--through readings and through 
guest lectures--who make healthy decisions about their own lives and bodies.  ALAG also gives girls the tools to 
analyze critically the culture in which they live so that they become active change agents rather than passive 
recipients of cultural messages.  ALAG celebrates girls' strength and girls' voices and by so doing, promotes 
girls' leadership.”

-- Dr. Alison Piepmeier, Director of Women's Studies at the College of Charleston & 2005 ALAG Co-Director