This month, the GSWNY Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Committee is celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month! While we aren’t able to highlight every one of these amazing and diverse cultures, each week will feature an overall theme with related information. Today, we’re talking about AAPI in […]
This month, the GSWNY Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Committee is celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month! While we aren’t able to highlight every one of these amazing and diverse cultures, each week will feature an overall theme with related information. Today, we’re talking about AAPI history. […]
On behalf of the GSWNY Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Committee, every month we’re highlighting different holidays and events that are celebrated by people around the world. DEI Celebrations in May include Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month; Older Americans Month; Jewish American Heritage Month; Mental Health Awareness […]
This year, one of the ways we celebrated Women’s History Month was by running a contest and asking our members to tell us about the women they view as role models. Our winner is Lexi D., age 9, from Troop 34682. Her submission is shown below, as well […]
The following is a guest post written by our CEO, Alison Wilcox I have shared this photo before of my sister Justine and I, circa 1985. We were proudly sporting our brand new Girl Guides of Canada uniforms and you can see the excitement on our faces. Our […]
On behalf of the GSWNY Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Committee, every month we’re highlighting different holidays and events that are celebrated by people around the world. DEI Celebrations in March include Women’s History Month; International Women’s Day; the beginning of Deaf History Month; Pi Day; St. Patrick’s Day; […]
The start of Women’s History Month began 40 years ago, when Congress passed the public law allowing and requesting the president to make the week of March 7, 1982, ‘Women’s History Week.’ This continued for five years until in 1987, Congress passed another public law designating March as […]
On behalf of the GSWNY Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Committee, to celebrate Black History Month, each week we’re highlighting a groundbreaking Black woman for her accomplishments related to the four pillars of Girl Scouts. This week, we’re featuring Bessie Coleman for Outdoors. Bessie Coleman: 1892-1926 We selected Bessie […]
On behalf of the GSWNY Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Committee, to celebrate Black History Month, each week we’re highlighting a groundbreaking Black woman for her accomplishments related to the four pillars of Girl Scouts. This week, we’re featuring Dr. Susan McKinney Steward for STEM. Dr. Susan McKinney Steward: 1847-1918 […]
Today we celebrate and honor the work of Susan B. Anthony, a women’s suffrage champion who dedicated her life to social change. Born February 15, 1820, Susan spent her initial years in Massachusetts until her family moved to Battenville, New York, when she was six years old. […]
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