GirlForward

GirlForward turns 15 today! 🎂✨

1,065 girls. 53+ countries. 57 languages. One community of belonging.

To girls everywhere—past, present, and future! 🥂

Help us celebrate! Tag a girl who is fiercely chasing her dreams. 💖

Learning 🤝 summer camping

Check out scenes across Austin and Chicago as we kick-off our first week of summer camp! The girls are getting to know each other one puzzle piece at a time and setting camp expectations like pros. We’re ready for a season of growing 🌱 “Leaf a Shoutout” in the comments!

Intern training in full swing ✅ swipe to see our team prepping for summer camp! We kick-off our lit circles and field trips next week! Stay tuned ✌️

Round up, y'all! We're excited to announce our partnership with Wild Onion Market in Chicago 🥰 Starting today, you'll be able to round-up your purchase to support our after-school snacks and help us organize a future safe spaces workshop for the girls! You'll be able to support GirlForward through July 31st. Spread the word!

Playing catch up on our latest adventures in June☀️🌷This month we celebrated World Refugee Day in Chicago both at Daley Plaza and Foster Beach Park! What a joy to share the sunlight with our amazing community! We all belong here and don’t you forget it

Catch us at the World Refugee Day festivities at Foster Beach Park TODAY June 20 till 4pm. We’re cheering on a world cup-level soccer match and celebrating our amazing refugee community!

Check out the site maps here!

World Refugee Day in Austin 🥰

Y'all we're catching up on all the fun at GirlForward! Our Austin super team, Becky and Cindy, brought the artistry to World Refugee Day as they celebrated with the kiddos!

Becky shared, "GirlForward took on the youth table this year with zines, coloring, art, and a board game! Cindy made awesome zine templates for attendees to practice in popular languages of Austin’s newest residents and for families to help preserve heritage languages at home! We’ve been a popular table 💖

Catch us this upcoming Monday June 22 for our virtual Mentoring Info Session! Cindy will be leading the session and answering all your questions on how to become a star mentor! RSVP at the link below!

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScNKoqcvygAC5esH7Zl7ielfhq5S8ctS6UADFNvYYEtzs5J5g/viewform?pli=1

Join our mentoring team! 📣 We're hosting a virtual info session this upcoming Monday, June 22 at 6pm to talk about our mentoring program at GirlForward. We're looking for mentors in Austin, TX and Chicago, IL. Follow the QR code below to apply and join the info session!

You can also RSVP for our info session here: https://docs.google.com/forms/u/0/d/e/1FAIpQLScNKoqcvygAC5esH7Zl7ielfhq5S8ctS6UADFNvYYEtzs5J5g/viewform?usp=header&pli=1&authuser=0

🥰 Thank you to Women Crossing Boundaries Foundation for hosting a vision board workshop and for donating a book cart! We're envisioning a bright future ahead!

Speaking of futures... RSVP to jOURneys, our 15-year (!!) anniversary celebration and annual awards ceremony! Even if you're unable to attend, you can still volunteer or send in a gift to help fund the next 15 years ✨ RSVP here: https://girlforward-bloom.kindful.com/e/journeys-2026

🎊 Tipping our caps to the graduating class of 2026 🎓 Tahaguas graduated from UT nursing school this weekend AND she is our Austin Founder’s Award Winner! The Founder’s Award is presented to an alumna who embodies the spirit of GirlForward ✨ And just look at that iconic spirit! So proud of you, Tahaguas!