{"product_id":"thinking-outside-the-girl-box-teaming-up-with-resilient-youth-in-appalachia-paperback","title":"Thinking Outside the Girl Box: Teaming Up with Resilient Youth in Appalachia - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLinda Spatig\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThinking Outside the Girl Box\u003c\/i\u003e is a true story about a remarkable youth development program in rural West Virginia. Based on years of research with adolescent girls-and adults who devoted their lives to working with them-\u003ci\u003eThinking Outside the Girl Box\u003c\/i\u003e reveals what is possible when young people are challenged to build on their strengths, speak and be heard, and engage critically with their world.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBased on twelve years of field research, the book traces the life of the Lincoln County Girls' Resiliency Program (GRP), a grassroots, community nonprofit aimed at helping girls identify strengths, become active decision makers, and advocate for social change. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, the GRP flourished. Its accomplishments were remarkable: girls recorded their own CDs, published poetry, conducted action research, opened a coffeehouse, performed an original play, and held political rallies at West Virginia's State Capitol. The organization won national awards, and funding flowed in. Today, in 2013, the programming and organization are virtually nonexistent.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThinking Outside the Girl Box\u003c\/i\u003e raises pointed questions about how to define effectiveness and success in community-based programs and provides practical insights for anyone working with youth. Written in an accessible, engaging style and drawing on collaborative ethnographic research that the girls themselves helped conduct, the book tells the story of an innovative program determined to challenge the small, disempowering \"boxes\" girls and women are so often expected to live in.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLinda Spatig\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of educational foundations at Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLayne Amerikaner\u003c\/b\u003eis a communications specialist at People For the American Way in Washington, DC.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.4 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 06, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42130246074503,"sku":"9780821420607","price":52.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/cc57417ea7e6437bf753f1b52adab657.webp?v=1732609522","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/thinking-outside-the-girl-box-teaming-up-with-resilient-youth-in-appalachia-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}