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GIRLS DRIVING FOR A DIFFERENCE

 A TEAM OF STANFORD STUDENTS USING DESIGN THINKING TO EMPOWER MIDDLE-SCHOOL GIRLS ACROSS AMERICA TO BECOME LEADERS OF SOCIAL CHANGE.

 

ABOUT US

Watch ouR Kickstarter video to hear the whole story. 

OUR MISSION

This Summer of 2015, a team of four Stanford students will be driving in an RV across America, visiting all-women's communities--specifically leadership and summer camps for middle school girls--, and coaching design thinking and leadership workshops. These workshops will be designed to give girls the tools, inspiration, and creative confidence to discover their purpose, enact social change in their communities, and envision their own dreams for someday changing the world.

Between childhood and womanhood, girls encounter a phenomenon called "losing voice," according to studies published at Harvard University. Seventy-four percent of 12 year olds surveyed by Girl Scouts of America listed "Improving the world around me" as their favorite activity, but a lack of confidence holds them back from taking leadership. That's got to change!

Design thinking is a creative process for approaching any problem. It starts with getting to know the user and moves through steps for defining the challenge, thinking of solutions, building concepts, and trying them out!

SUPPORT

 

Missed our Kickstarter but would still like to donate? We still need your help to bring big dreams to more girls across America! 

Your payment of any amount will be processed through Stripe technology. If you like to discuss a corporate sponsorship, look over this document and contact us at hello@girlsdrivingforadifference.com. 

 

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Camp Kesem, you were rockstars! Thanks for a wonderful morning and afternoon. #DreamDriveRepeat
Anddd we officially completed our first workshop! Thank you Casti Camp for fun and inspiring past two hours #JustKeepDriving
BIG thank you to the Boys and Girls Club and Microsoft for hosting us this afternoon! We are also thankful to have amazing friends (Megan Kurohara & Ariela Safira) to help us out and support us today!
As our Prototype RV trip has just come to a close, we are now in our last 9 hours of our #Kickstarter campaign! We thank everyone who has backed us and spread the word about something all four of us are so passionate about. Let's see where we can go with these last several hours! Check out our campaign here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1066334211/girls-driving-for-a-difference-a-design-studio-on #SpreadTheWord
Another #LittleLeader ! Kiana is a 6th grader who we met at our first Open Workshop at the Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose. This is her 2nd design thinking workshop and hopes the be a #DesignThinker someday. Keep us updated :)
And the prototype trip has begun! Meet our RV! #JustKeepDriving
Today is our lucky day...we have passed our #Kickstarter goal of $25,000!!!!! Thank you so so much to each and every supporter we have put there. We are also blessed to have IDEO be the backer who got us passed our goal--we are so flattered! YOU HAVE ALL helped us make our dream possible! We have a whole week left, so perhaps we can stretch our goal so that we can reach even more girls and places in America #WeMadeIt #JustKeepDriving #DriveforWhat
WOW. Thank you so much to our supporters for helping us pass the $20K mark on our #Kickstarter !! #bigthankyou #justkeepdriving