Hi! Back on the tour and it’s great!  This time it’s from British Columbia to Manitoba.  We’ve started in beautiful Vancouver, where the mountains touch clouds and the hot pot is good and spicy. This time we talk about Haiti again, with an update on the earthquake and a heightened need to remember girls.  We [...]

Yesterday some girls told us about the different ways they’ve experienced gender discrimination.  One told us of how she plays hockey with boys.  The boys make fun of her for being a girl and whisper about her being weak.  Another girl said she challenged a boy in her class who said ‘girls should only be [...]

I have been an advocate of Girls Rights since before I knew what “Girls Rights” meant. My mother left home when she was fourteen.  She faced abuse at the hands of my father.  She raised three children as a single parent, without a high school degree, on government assistance.  She was an amazingly capable mother, [...]

After the show yesterday in Thunder Bay when Masia One and Eternia were signing autographs, I sat down in a chair and exhaled.  A student walked up to me and said “Woah, you totally had a sad look on your face right then.” I didn’t want to admit it to her, but I was.  For [...]

Eternia, me and Masia at Holy Name of Mary CHS in Brampton. Masia came in from L.A. for the tour, so she was happy to see this California sweater in Brechin! Kyle is our tour driver.  I don’t know why he’s holding up forty bucks but I do know he used some of the money [...]

The Because I am a Girl documentary film crew has wrapped up its month-long, cross country trip but we’re not sitting still. The 411 TV:Because I am a Girl School Tour has just hit the road in Ontario with a cool concert and mock live-to-TV Talk Show to keep building the buzz on how investing [...]