Mainely
Girls:
- Advertises
and promotes events and opportunities for girls throughout Maine.
- Supports
the work others are doing on behalf of girls.
- Acts
as a point of connection and a referral service to available community and
state resources for girls and women.
- Provides
both phone and in person consultations around issues affecting girls.
- Advocates
for girls and young women on the state level.
- Is
working to establish a network for girls and women statewide.
Mainely
Girls also jumps in and assists whenever possible to make good things happen for
girls. For instance?
- When
Maine Coast Artists and the Chewonki Foundation co-sponsored their first Adventure
Arts camp for girls, Mainely Girls helped them get it off the ground by offering
encouragement, assisting in the planning, finding them some funding , and
connecting them with some girls who were interested in attending.
- Mainely
Girls connected Cathy Plourde, a feminist playwright, with girls and women
on Islesboro who have wanted to be more involved in theatre there. Cathy worked
with them on a project called Islespeak, which culminated in an island performance.
- Mainely
Girls also helps with the annual Camden
Girls' Conference: One Incredible Day. It has given a helping hand during
the planning stages for similar conferences in Portland, Millinocket, Waterville
and Old Town.