Girls' LEAP

Girls' LEAP Girls' LEAP (Lifetime Empowerment & Awareness Program) empowers girls and young women to value and champion their own safety and well-being.

Girls’ LEAP’s self-defense and empowerment programs are based on a curriculum that teaches physical safety skills and socio-emotional, reflective activities to develop conflict resolution skills, violence de-escalation, self-esteem and courage. The physical component teaches innovative physical safety and self-defense skills, based on the strengths of a girl's body, to be used in only extreme, wor

st-case scenarios. The socio-emotional learning component uses reflective activities to foster self-awareness and build girls' self-confidence, courage, and self-esteem. By integrating these two components, we allow girls to develop assessment skills, increase their awareness of extreme threats and internal signals, and to practice making decisions then to reflect on what happened. We offer 20-hour out-of-school-time programs, 2-4 hour Introductory workshops and a year-round Teen Mentor Program (a paid leadership and empowerment program that trains young women, aged 14-18, to mentors in our programs). Each program is hosted by a partner organization that provides facilities, recruits participants and covers a portion of program costs. Programs are taught by all female inter-generational teaching teams that include an adult lead teacher, college mentors and teen mentors.

07/27/2026
Every year, a new class of girls completes the Girls' LEAP program, stronger, braver, and more confident than when they ...
07/27/2026

Every year, a new class of girls completes the Girls' LEAP program, stronger, braver, and more confident than when they started. 🌸

This year's graduating class is no exception. They've worked hard, shown up for each other, and proven that courage is something you build, one step at a time.

We're so proud of them. Stay tuned for how we'll be celebrating them soon.

None of this work happens without a board that believes in it. Thank you to the Girls' LEAP Board of Directors:Aisha Mil...
07/24/2026

None of this work happens without a board that believes in it.

Thank you to the Girls' LEAP Board of Directors:

Aisha Miller, Committee Chair & Board Member
Alkia Powell, Board President
Neva Coakley-Grice, Board Member, Retired – Boston Public Schools
Melanie Herrera Cárdenas, Teen Mentor
Philip Carver, UMass Boston
Jennifer Flanagan, Mirick
Andrea Haddad, Ernst & Young, LLP
Raquel Ortiz, Southwestern University
Wendy Rue Williams, Manulife
Delaney Woodfield, Goldman Sachs

We are grateful for your guidance, your generosity, and your belief in Boston's girls. 💛

Our inaugural Annual Women's Leadership Brunch would not have been possible without the dedication of our Host Committee...
07/24/2026

Our inaugural Annual Women's Leadership Brunch would not have been possible without the dedication of our Host Committee.

Thank you to:

Aisha Miller, Committee Chair & Board Member
Alkia Powell, Board President
Neva Coakley-Grice, Board Member, Retired – Boston Public Schools
Crystal Haynes, Simmons University
Stephan Farber, Related Beal
Paul Francisco, State Street
Steven Godfrey, Quincy Geneva New Vision/CDC

Your leadership made this day extraordinary.

Thank you to the Dorchester Reporter for serving as our Media Sponsor for the Annual Women's Leadership Brunch. Your com...
07/22/2026

Thank you to the Dorchester Reporter for serving as our Media Sponsor for the Annual Women's Leadership Brunch.

Your commitment to telling Boston's stories, especially from Roxbury and Dorchester, means everything to us.

One of the most powerful moments of the brunch? Hearing from Ja'Netta Williams.A Girls' LEAP program participant and stu...
07/20/2026

One of the most powerful moments of the brunch? Hearing from Ja'Netta Williams.

A Girls' LEAP program participant and student, Ja'Netta, took the stage to share her story of courage and transformation, leaving the room speechless.

This is why we do this work. 🌸

Spots are still open!! DM us for registration link !!
07/20/2026

Spots are still open!! DM us for registration link !!

A special thank you to Lynn Carberry Masterman, not only an Empowerment Champion Awardee, but also a Strength Builder sp...
07/17/2026

A special thank you to Lynn Carberry Masterman, not only an Empowerment Champion Awardee, but also a Strength Builder sponsor of the Annual Women's Leadership Brunch.

Lynn's generosity goes beyond the stage. She shows up for Girls' LEAP in every way. 💛

Our second emcee, Crystal Haynes, is a Communications Leader, Narrative Strategist, and Community Advocate, and she bro...
07/15/2026

Our second emcee, Crystal Haynes, is a Communications Leader, Narrative Strategist, and Community Advocate, and she brought every one of those strengths to our stage on June 14th.

Thank you, Crystal, for helping us tell this story with such care. 🎤

Behind every great event is a great emcee. Ours was Courtney Boston, Founder & CEO of HERVISION Media and Co-Founder of ...
07/15/2026

Behind every great event is a great emcee. Ours was Courtney Boston, Founder & CEO of HERVISION Media and Co-Founder of WWOC Media Network.

Courtney brought energy, grace, and intention to every moment of the afternoon. We couldn't have done it without her. 🎤

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