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E270: Y.O.U.T.H. Power Podcast: Polishing Pebbles: Empowering Girls for Leadership and Success


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 Kelly Fair, Founder and Executive Director of Polished Pebbles Girls Mentoring Program, joins the program to discuss her organization's mission to help girls become effective communicators at home, school, and in the workplace. She shares the origins of Polished Pebbles, which began with monthly Saturday sessions and has grown to serve over 50 communities in schools each year. The conversation explores their four core programs, including the Every Girl's A CEO initiative that provides career readiness skills and paid work experience, the Pink Hard Hats program introducing girls to careers in construction and trades, and their global mentoring efforts connecting young women across countries. Kelly highlights the critical need for girl-focused mentorship programs, noting that only 1% of philanthropic dollars worldwide go toward programming for women and girls, while explaining how group mentoring creates powerful spaces for girls to find role models and develop their voices.

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