Toolkits and curricula to support girls and gender expansive youth
As a girl or gender-expansive youth, have you ever faced a situation that could have been alleviated by certain support services but had no way of accessing them? You are not alone. Most youths are in the dark about the extensive network of service-providing organizations and the myriad of resources they offer to girls* from educational and career support to mental health resources and reproductive healthcare.At Alliance for Girls, we aim to bridge this information gap between girls and girl service providers by providing girls and gender-expansive youth with a map of sorts to help them navigate the resources available to them and to keep them in the know about their rights.We have compiled a list of accessible toolkits, curricula, and trainings provided by our broad member network of girl-serving organizations to familiarize girls with the many services available and to ensure that no girl is left stranded in times of need. Find our curated list of toolkits below;
Toolkits/Trainings
- Student Survivor Toolkit by Equal Rights Advocates
- A comprehensive 70 page guide written by student survivors, Title IX experts, attorneys, restorative justice practitioners, and community organizers. It includes guides to the Title IX process, survivor-centered self-care practices, advice for Muslim and LGBTQ+ survivors, and more.
- 12 Free Online Warm-Up Activities for Group Facilitators by One Circle Foundation
- What’s up with periods? by Planned Parenthood
- Student Period Poverty Primer by Free the Period
- A guide to understanding period poverty and the disproportionate impacts on marginalized groups.
- RedWomenRising.com by the California Consortium for Urban Indian Health (CCUIH)
- A comprehensive resource intended to raise awareness about the violence affecting Native women and children and provide resources to facilitate healing and linkages to services. Features educational materials related to domestic violence and sexual assault, resources for survivors seeking safety or guidance, tools to enhance providers’ cultural competence in addressing Native patients, training and technical assistance opportunities, as well as a regional DV/SA resource directory for the State of California.
- Know Your Rights materials in response to immigration agents/ICE
- Resources for Supporting Youth
- From the ACLU of Northern California
- What to do if immigration agents/ICE are at your doorEnglish | Español (Spanish)
- What to do if you are an immigrant stopped by law enforcement agentsEnglish | (Arabic) العَرَبِيَّة | 中文(简) (Chinese) | Creole | فارسی (Farsi) | Français (French) | Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian) | 한국어 (Korean) | Português (Portuguese) | Soomaali (Somali) | Español (Spanish) | Tagalog | (Urdu) اُردُو | Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
- What to do when faced with anti-Muslim discriminationEnglish | (Arabic) العَرَبِيَّة | فارسی (Farsi) | Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian) | (Urdu) اُردُو
- What to Do When You’re Raped: An ABC Handbook for Native Girls by the Native American Women’s Health Education Resource Center
- Young Voices for Justice by Spark Movement, New Moon Girls and Wee The People.
- This free downloadable toolkit and slide show offer inexpensive, simple, creative ways to support children age 13 and under to engage in social justice activism.
- Mayors Guide: Accelerating Gender Equality by It’s Time Network
- This comprehensive guide provides mayors with a “toolkit” of readily accessible resources, model programs, and checklists for supporting the advancement of women and girls in their communities.
- Social media toolkit
- Title IX Know Your Rights Brochure by Fair Play for Girls in Sports and Morrison & Foerster
- Fair Play Act Toolkit Materials by Fair Play for Girls in Sports, Coaching Corps, and Latham & Watkins LLP
- This toolkit helps community members and park and recreation departments achieve gender equity in local sports programs.
- Educator Toolkit and Coach & Athletic Trainer Toolkit for addressing eating disorders with youth by the National Eating Disorders Association
- Pregnant and Parenting Students’ Toolkit helps young mothers who are also studying, succeed in both their education and in raising their child
- Student Survivor Toolkit is meant to help students who have experienced sexual assault, sexual harassment, or dating violence while enrolled at a college, university, or institution of higher education.