Date: Fri Jul 18, 10:00 AM EST - Sat Jul 19, 5:00 PM EST
Level:
- Cadettes,
- Seniors,
- Ambassadors,
- Adults,
- Volunteers
Welcome to our newest program: The Justice Experience in partnership
with the Center for
Civil and Human Rights !
Join us for a curated,
Girl Scouts-only museum experience in partnership with multiple
branches of the Center, including their Education Department and the
LGBTQ+ Institute. The exhibits open at 10a on Friday (7/18) and
Saturday (7/19) and are available to explore at your leisure until
doors close at 5pm.
Take a self-guided tour through the
Mableton Service Center and meet the heroes and heroines of social
justice in the American South and learn about the events that
transformed our nation as part of the Civil Rights, women’s
empowerment, and LGBTQ+ movements! Then, visit our Reflection Station
to complete your tour experience. Tour and reflection time will vary
from Girl Scout to Girl Scout as there will be special activities
along with informational materials to experience. Please plan to spend
at least an hour to an hour and a half with us!
Join us
for special presentations hosted by Director of the LGBTQ+ Institute
for the Center for Civil and Human Rights, Tim'm
West:
Friday (7/18) at 4pm: The Montgomery
Bus Boycott session invites the girls to explore the planning
and organization process that went into the pivotal Montgomery Bus
Boycott through interactive, group activities and discussion. Girl
Scouts will have the opportunity to see how much forethought and what
kind of collaboration was needed to build a movement.
Saturday (7/19) at 4pm: What to Do When You Care So Much?: Self-Care for the Advocate is a self-care session for those interested in pursuing career or volunteer roles that focuses on others, i.e. teachers, activists, medicine, nonprofit, etc. This could be a great opportunity for adult Girl Scout volunteers as well to learn some new self-care tips and advice.
Girl Scouts who participate in at least two tour exhibits
(Civil Rights, Women's Empowerment, or the LGBTQ+ Movement), complete
the self-guided materials, and visit the Reflection Station will have
completed steps towards the Finding Common Ground (Cadette) and Public
Policy (Ambassador) badges which can be purchased on site at the Badge
and Sash store.
Cadettes, Seniors, and Ambassadors who complete at least two
exhibits from the tour, the self-guided materials, visit the
Reflection Station, and participate in one of the presentations hosted
by the Center for Civil and Human Rights will have satisfied the steps
towards their "aMAZE!," "GIRLtopia," and
"Your Voice, Your World: The Power of Advocacy" journeys
respectively.
NOTE: Girl Scouts will still need
to take the resources and tools provided from this event to complete
their Take Action projects.
