Overview - Welcome To Girls Empowered

Welcome to Girls Empowered and Kids Empowered! Over 25,000 girls and several thousand boys and Parents have participated in our programs. We offer over 75 one week summer day camps, assemblies, after-school programs, Scout workshops, Parenting workshops and training for professionals.

Why Girls Empowered:

The mission of Girls Empowered is to help all girls improve their confidence, handle life’s situations and feel positive about themselves in a safe, supportive learning environment. Girls Empowered programs put girls at ease in comfortable groups that do not allow cliques or social hierarchies. Each girl is encouraged to express her unique talents and voice her opinion. Girls feel heard, encouraged and nurtured as they practice the skills they will need to succeed, such as assertiveness, public speaking, clear communication, self- protection and self-care. Learning these skills
from professional instructors while a girl is young can prevent major problems from
occurring later. Empowered girls grow into powerful women.

 

 

Girls Empowered Professionals

Teamwork . . . Professionals
The Girls Empowered team is made up of social workers, school counselors, teachers, fitness and dance teachers, assertiveness instructors and dieticians.

About the Founder:
Girls Empowered was founded in 1999 by Kimber Bishop-Yanke. Girls Empowered has provided over 18,000 girls, several
thousand parents, and hundreds of boys and professionals with its programs.

Kimber Bishop-Yanke is President and the creator of Girls Empowered. Ms. Bishop-Yanke and the Girls Empowered team present workshops and programs all over Metro-Detroit. Recently Ms. Bishop-Yanke has expanded her speaking engagements nationally and throughout Michigan by speaking at the 1st National conference for girls organized by The Ophelia Project in Florida, The Michigan School Counselor’s Conference, and to schools and parents in Luddington and Quincy, Michigan. She is scheduled to present in October 2006 at the 2nd National Girls Conference organized by The Ophelia Project.

Ms. Bishop-Yanke has a Masters in International Management from The American School of International Management and a Bachelors of Economics from the University of Kentucky. Her background included teaching fitness classes for over 20 years and multiple trainings from other girl serving and family serving organizations. She co-founded and co-organized The Girls Matter conference and The Michigan Fathers conference for the past 7 years. She is a mother of Kai Aiden Yanke who is 3 years old and step-mother to Taylor Yanke who is 10 years old.

Phone: 248-593-9911
PO Box 236, Birmingham, MI 48012
girlsempowered@aol.com

 

Workshops and Topics include:
*Social Skills
*Self-esteem & Confidence building
*Friendship & Cliques
*Assertiveness
*Conflict resolution
*Etiquette
*Nutrition
*Self-defense
*Fitness classes (Hip Hop, Yoga, Cardio-boxing,
Aerobics)

Girls Empowered programs include:
*Summer Day camps
*After-school programs
*In-school programs
*Scout Workshops
*Parenting Workshops
*Teacher/Counselor workshops
*Train the Trainer
*Girls Nite Out Program
*Life Coaching
*Birthday Parties
*Conferences

Girls Empowered programs teach girls life skills and tools through:
*Discussions
*Role-Plays
*Crafts
*Fitness activities

Testimonials

In their own words . . .

"The professionals at Girls Empowered were
excellent in providing valuable information,
facilitating meaningful student interaction
and giving our girls strategies to improve
the quality of their school based experience."
– Robert E Phillips, Dean of Students, St Regis
Catholic School, Bloomfield Hills, MI

"We love having Girls Empowered do
programs for our Brownie troop meetings!
The workshops fit right in with the Girl Scout
mission."
– Deana Sawicki, Girl Scout Troop
Leader, Berkely, MI

"I heard Girls Empowered at the Michigan
School Counselors conference. I loved the
presentation so much that I decided to bring
the program to my school district."
– Deb Stephens, Middle School Guidance Counselor
Ludington, MI

"It was the best workshop at the conference."
– Quote from evaluation form at the national girls
conference organized by the Ophelia Project.