ABOUT BE GIRLPWRD

WE’RE BUILDING WHAT COMES NEXT.

Be GirlPwrd is a youth-development nonprofit creating spaces, experiences, and opportunities that help girls and young women build confidence, strengthen social-emotional skills, discover purpose, and expand what they believe is possible.

CONFIDENCE • IDENTITY • MENTORSHIP • RESILIENCE • PURPOSE • POSSIBILITY • LEADERSHIP • BELONGING • AGENCY • SELF-TRUST • GROWTH • COMMUNITY •

The BE GIRLPWRD approach

BUILT FOR GIRLS.
DESIGNED FOR GROWTH.

Be GirlPwrd supports girls and young women through social-emotional learning, mentorship, leadership development, skill-building, creative expression, career exposure, and meaningful community.

Our work is designed around the real moments girls are navigating — identity, relationships, confidence, boundaries, decision-making, setbacks, transition, purpose, and the future they are working toward.

We create environments where girls are not simply told they can succeed. They are given opportunities to strengthen the internal skills, relationships, exposure, and support that help them believe it for themselves.

THE WHY

POSSIBILITY CHANGES WHEN SHE BELIEVES SHE BELONGS IN IT.

Girls are growing up in a world that asks them to make important decisions about who they are, what they value, who they trust, and where they are going — often while they are still learning how to understand themselves.

Be GirlPwrd exists to create intentional spaces where girls can build confidence, practice new skills, ask questions, make mistakes, discover new possibilities, and grow alongside people who believe in who they are becoming.
CONFIDENCE
IDENTITY
RESILIENCE
AGENCY
PURPOSE
POSSIBILITY

Our approach

HOW WE PWR HER FORWARD.

A connected approach that helps girls feel supported, capable, and free to express who they are becoming.

MENTORSHIP

Girls need people who listen, encourage, challenge, expose them to possibility, and remind them they do not have to navigate everything alone.

SKILL BUILDING

Our programs create opportunities to practice the social-emotional, leadership, planning, communication, decision-making, and personal-development skills girls can use in real life.

CREATIVE EXPRESSION

We create room for girls to explore identity, ideas, emotions, goals, and experiences through hands-on, reflective, and creative learning.

How it started

It started with a simple belief: girls deserve more spaces built with them in mind.

Be GirlPwrd was created from a belief that girls deserve more than occasional encouragement. They deserve consistent spaces where they can be seen, supported, challenged, exposed to new possibilities, and equipped with tools they can carry into every stage of their lives.

What began as a vision to create meaningful experiences for girls has continued to grow into an expanding ecosystem of programs, curriculum, school and community partnerships, mentorship, signature initiatives, and opportunities designed to PWR girls forward.

I wanted to build the kind of space where girls could discover who they are while also beginning to believe in who they could become.

Jessica Pitre — Founder + Executive Director

What makes BE GIRLPWRD different

WE DON’T JUST TELL GIRLS THEY’RE POWERFUL.

We create opportunities for them to experience it.

  1. Interactive learning instead of passive programming

  2. Social-emotional development integrated into experiences

  3. Mentorship and meaningful relationships

  4. Real-world skill application

  5. Exposure to new environments, careers, and possibilities

  6. Programs designed for different stages of development

  7. Partnerships across schools, universities, corporations, government, and community

  8. Experiences that make girls active participants in their own growth

THE WORK IN MOTION

WHAT STARTED AS A VISION IS BECOMING AN ECOSYSTEM.

200+

MENTORSHIP HOURS

More than 200 hours invested in showing up, building relationships, and creating intentional spaces for girls to learn, grow, and be supported.

150+

FORMALWEAR ITEMS COLLECTED

More than 150 gowns and formalwear pieces collected through our Prom Closet initiative to help make milestone moments more accessible.

372

NOTES OF ENCOURAGEMENT

Hundreds of handwritten messages of affirmation and encouragement collected through community activations and our growing confidence campaign.

2

FULL PROM EXPERIENCES SPONSORED

Two young women received fully supported prom experiences made possible through community partners, donated services, and collective investment.

Powered by community. Built through partnership.

HER FUTURE SHOULD FEEL BIG.

And she should have the confidence, skills, support, and opportunities to believe she belongs in it.