在12月, Gwynedd’s 领导 Development Committee (LDC) worked tirelessly on creating proposals for a project titled “包容性领导力." This project gave the girls an opportunity to pitch a leadership project based on a topic of interest for their group such as social media, 有信誉的网投平台十大, 阀杆, 音乐, 服务, 等. They were challenged to find a creative way to incorporate inclusivity into their projects. Their presentations highlighted a topic of interest that will be displayed during the LDC fair in the spring. These young ladies took on this challenge and rehearsed their presentations and public speaking skills to perfectly advocate for their project.  

 

      One specific project that showed immense teamwork and executed their ideas well was the "Wage Gab" project by Chloe Folk, 迪伦苏厄德, 布鲁克·埃文斯, 莉莉·德弗. Their presentation focused on the wage gap between men's and women's jobs. They focused on the fact that women make less than men and how it can affect women now and in the future. The girls discussed how the wage gap exists because the American employment system was founded based on male supremacy, disadvantaging all women in the workforce, 尤其是有色人种女性. They then devised an experiment where you give 2 lollipops to only a certain amount of people and only 1 to the rest. This experiment represented a visual of men and women that can be attributed to the decreased likelihood of negotiation between genders. This group raised awareness of this issue, 打破了工资差距的界限, and further strengthened women in jobs all over. 

 

      Another project, called “Breaking Body Boundaries”, was especially interesting and influential. This project was created by a group of sophomores: Katie Conforti, Ella Hayes, and Caroline Myers. “Breaking Body Boundaries” educated Gwynedd girls about the effects of algorithms on mental health and body image. They started their project by collecting data via a Google form to understand how many students understood what an algorithm is. One statistic that they gathered is that 89% of Gwynedd girls reported comparing themselves to social media. 看完这个之后, the girls stressed the importance of recognizing that not all aspects of social media are real and that misleading content exists due to the widespread use of filters and editing apps.  

 

“Any teenage girl struggling with body image. A lot of struggles come from comparing ourselves to social media. Not everything we see on social media is real life.——凯瑟琳·康弗提，26岁 

 

“Algorithms were something that our group didn't know but we saw it as an opportunity to discuss them and research them. Now we know a lot more and it is not only beneficial to others but to ourselves.”
——卡罗琳·迈尔斯26岁 

 

      娜塔莉Campisi, 安娜Bagocius, and Vivian Lipsky created a finance presentation about educating young girls about how to handle their assets and encouraging them to get into the business of finance. The girls gathered an important statistic — 73.6% of positions of leadership in finance are held by men. While this number may initially seem discouraging, it serves as a rallying point for change and an opportunity to address gender disparities in the industry.  This group aims to get more girls into the finance industry by preventing young girls from viewing finance as a “man’s job”. 小费, 女孩们说, was to put 10-15 dollars of each of your paycheck away into savings to help you become financially stable in the future. Most women depend on a man to handle their bills, but by becoming aware of how to handle their money at a young age, they can carry this into their adulthood. 整体, the girls' project encourages the inclusivity of women being a part of the finance world and shows that we can break gender boundaries together.  

 

Written by Emily Matos '24, Molly Minnich '25, Audrey Young '25, Sophie Wenz '25