Girl Scout Journey Photos

The SFRB Women Prepping Before the Girls Arrive!

 The Girls Hard at Work on Their Market Research Projects!

 Some of the Girls Presenting!

 The SFRB Leaders!  Mayet, Caroline Kiernan, Katharine Kiernan, 

Hilary, Katie, Katelyn, Ayanna and Jessica

Girl Scout Journey = Success!

Since last April, I have been collaborating with the Girl Scouts of the Florida Panhandle to lead a MEdia Journey for Cadette Girl Scouts (6th to 8th grade).  Two weeks ago, I lead 25 girls scouts and 10 chaperones (with the help of some SFRB volunteers!) in an overnight camping trip.  The weekend was an amazing experience for myself, SFRB and the girls.

We taught them about all types of media (including blogs, music, television programs, magazines, newspapers, social media) through fun activities, games and discussion.  With some fun dance parties, yoga breaks and relay races in between!  The weekend culminated with a MEdia remake in the which each troop chose a topic in the media they were unsatisfied with and remade!  The goal of this remake is to then post it on the internet, create some buzz for it and hopefully have it seen by the creators of the original piece.

Some of the MEdia remakes included...
- Rewriting the lyrics of Lady Gaga's Love Games and creating a music video to go with it
- Designing an appropriate advertisement for a local student housing company
- Styling a photo shoot featuring modest clothing and real girls
- Shooting videos about how to apply makeup naturally and posting them on YouTube

Our Favorites from the Journey
- The UnBranded Fashion Show!
- Ice Cream Sundaes!
- The Market Research Presentation!
- Water Balloon Fight!
- Celebrity Impersonations!
- The Telephone Game and Talking About Stereotypes!
- The Dance Parties!!