Today, I am excited to introduce you to the That Girl Rocks! video campaign project, led by I Am That Girl, a non-profit whose mission is for “girls everywhere to have a strong sense of self, have a powerful community, and to collectively use our voices to significantly and positively impact our world.” They are supported by Summer’s Eve in this effort to create a positive media outlet and experience for girls. They are asking people everywhere to upload a video to their site telling everyone which girl in their life rocks and why (or there are other ways you can celebrate the girls in your life, too).
So, let’s start here. Which girl in your life rocks? And then don’t be shy. Go tell the folks at I Am That Girl all about her.
You know her – my girl that rocks is Samantha. Noone knows the complexity and seriousness of the child other than those who know her background. She rocks because she has overcome learning challenges that stood in the way of so many things for her, including her hope to be accepted into a good college. She is not the girl you can tell “you can’t do this.”
Sam is the girl who will defy all the odds and who even after two years of professional tutoring at Huntington Learning Center, faced her biggest challenge when her high school guidance counselor told her to give up any hopes of getting into the schools she wanted to go to because of her SAT / ACT scores and went so far as telling her to apply to schools who would “love students like you.” Sam ignored that comment and rocked it in class and hit a 4.3 GPA (her graduating GPA) and a 3.8 GPA her first year in college. She’s worked harder than anyone I’ve ever known and has a work ethic that others should model and learn from. All skills that she aquired at Huntington have been put to the test and put to use. Tell her she can’t do something….she will never hear you.
Sam is the girl who will overcome it and do it.