In the Press
Forum encourages girls toward math, science careers
By Laura Pace, October 5, 2006, Pittsburgh Post Gazette
... The forum was paid for with a $745 grant the students received from the Women and Girls Foundation of Southwest Pennsylvania, through a program called ...
Teens grant money to charitable groups
Pittsburgh Tribune, Sunday, August 27, 2006
Girls as Grantmakers grant awards
Pittsburgh Post Gazette, Sunday, August 27, 2006
Media, hormones, peer pressure do a number on girls' confidence
Mon, July 31, 2006, By Carol McGraw, Fort Wayne News Sentinel
... Recently, a group of girls in Pennsylvania launched a "girlcott" against Abercrombie & Fitch to protest T-shirts with demeaning slogans...
NOW conference highlights beating the far-right
July 27, 2006, by Dan Margolis, People's Weekly World - USA
... An award for “Women of Action” was accepted by teenagers Emma Blackman-Mathis and Jettie Fields of the Women and Girls Foundation of Southwest Pennsylvania ...
Downtown T-shirt 'Girlcotters' get NOW award
Friday, July 21, 2006, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
... The girls, part of the Downtown-based Women and Girls Foundation's Girls as Grantmakers program, protested store T-shirts with sayings such as "Who needs ...
As NOW holds annual convention, is feminism still relevant?
July 21, 2006, by JESSICA M. PASKOP, Newsday - Long Island, NY, USA
... such as Blackman-Mathis, who was honored at Friday's conference along with 23 other Pennsylvania girls who successfully staged a "girlcott" against clothing ...
Abercrombie "Girlcotters" Get Award
July 21, 2006, The Pittsburgh Channel
NOW to honor local Girls as Grantmakers group
Friday, July 21, 2006, Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Stupid is as 'stupid girl' does
Sat, Apr. 22, 2006, By Jessica Yadegaran, CONTRA COSTA TIMES
Dirty laundry: The craze of offensive t-shirts
By Ben Moffatt, Contributing Writer, Vanguard University, March 30, 2006
Abercrombie gets a new attitude
February 2, 2006
St. Petersburg Times - St. Petersburg, FL, USA
... Three months after a group of teenage girls demanded that too-cool-to-care retailer Abercrombie & Fitch stop selling T-shirts with demeaning slogans, the ...
Mission Accomplished For Abercrombie 'Girl-Cott'
January 24, 2006
WPXI.com - Pittsburgh, PA, USA
PITTSBURGH -- Abercrombie and Fitch pulled the rest of the T-shirts that led to a "girl-cott" by local teens. The group protested ...
Chatham College Hosts Advocacy Training for Women January 27-28
January 11, 2006
PR Newswire (press release) - New York, NY, USA
... boot camp" sponsored by the Pennsylvania Center for Women, Politics, and Public Policy at Chatham College and the Women and Girls Foundation of Southwest ...
Combining efforts
Monday, December 12, 2005
Pittsburgh Business Times - Pittsburgh, PA, USA
... this one are now available because of the collaboration of the Regional Women's Initiative at Chatham College and the Women and Girls Foundation of Southwest ...
'Girl-Cotters' Propose Girl-Power Tees To Abercrombie Execs
Dec 8, 2005
MTV.com - USA
... "The intent when it leaves your studio isn't how it's always taken in the hallways of a high school," added Heather Arnet, one of the girls' advisors who was ...
Girls Ask Abercrombie To Rethink Slogan T-Shirts
December 6, 2005
NBC4i.com - Columbus, OH, USA
... are witty, certainly in the A&F style, but they're also really empowering for girls," said Heather Arnet, executive director of the Women and Girls Foundation. ...
'Girl-Cott' Organizers Meet With Abercrombie & Fitch Execs
December 5, 2005
WPXI.com -
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
PITTSBURGH -- The local girls responsible for a "girl-cott" are meeting with Abercrombie and Fitch. The girls are a part of the ...
Local Girls Pitch Idea To Abercrombie & Fitch
Dec 5, 2005
KDKA - Pittsburg, PA, USA
Fifteen Allegheny County girls between the ages of 13-16, boarded buses for a trip to the Abercrombie and Fitch headquarters. The ...
'Girlcott' organizers get chance to share message
December 5, 2005
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Pittsburgh, PA, USA
... ideas for new T-shirts and other clothes and to plan their presentation, said Heather Arnet, executive director of the Women and Girls Foundation of Southwest
Gender inequality hurts area women, report says
December 01, 2005
Beaver County Times - Beaver County, PA, USA
... "The enemy isn't men, it's gender inequity," said Heather Arnet, executive director of the Women and Girls Foundation, adding that it will take a committed ...
Young women champion Pittsburgh foundation
Friday, November 25, 2005
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Pittsburgh, PA, USA
What the Women and Girls Foundation of Southwest Pennsylvania lacks in experience and money, it makes up in moxie. The 3-year-old ...
Monday, November 7, 2005, “Abercrombie Pulls T-Shirts After Teen Girls Launch Boycott” MTV.com Headlines
Thursday, November 03, 2005, “Bawdy T-shirts set off 'girlcott' by teens: Say slogans are demeaning to young women” by Monica Haynes, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
On TV
Tuesday, November 1, 2005, Girlcott on the Today Show with Katie Couric, NBC TV
