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Respect Rally
Jenna Druck Foundation Young Women's Program
San Diego
September 25, 2010

Girls' Respect Conference
Keynote
Girls Scouts of Central Texas Statewide Conference
Texas State University
June 12, 2010

Respect Basics Workshop
Oregon Assoc. of Student Council Winter Energizer
February 20, 2001
Led by Respect Rx partner Reality Check Coaching

Girls CEO Connection
Stanford University
January 30, 2010

Respect Rally
Envision Academy for Arts & Technology
Oakland
November 6, 2009

Respect Rally
Texas Conference for Women
November 12, 2009

Respect Rx Training
Blessed Trinity High School
Georgia
October 26, 2009

Respect Rally
Eastern Michigan University
October 23, 2009

Respect Rally
Turn 2 Foundation: Derek Jeter's Leaders
New York
October 17, 2009

Respect Rally
Cornelia Connelly High School
Anaheim, CA
October 16, 2009

Respect Rally
LEAD ON! Conference
Alaska Network on Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault
October 4-6, 2009

Respect Rally
Impact Academy of Arts and Technology
September 25, 2009

Respect Rally
Pennsylvania Governor's Conference for Women
September 17, 2009

Respect Rally
KIPP San Jose Collegiate
September 11, 2009

Respect Rally
Half Moon Bay, CA
June 16, 2009

uniquely ME! Train-the-Trainer
Girl Scouts of Northeast Ohio
May 2, 2009

What Do You Want?
Telecourse
March 18-June 13, 2009
Register now!

Respect Rally Leader Training
April 18-19: Portland-Seattle Training
April 25-26: Los Angeles-San Diego Training

Keynote: 14th Annual "Sister-to-Sister" Conference
Celebrating Asian & Pacific Islander Women of Tomorrow Conference
San Jose Masonic Center
April 10, 2009

Respect Rally Leader Info Night
Wednesday, April 8
Presented by Jen Jones, LA Training Leader, and Courtney Macavinta
6:30 - 7:30 p.m. PST
LA Leadership Academy
234 East Avenue 33
Los Angeles, CA 90031
http://www.laleadership.org

Respect Rally Leader Training Info Call
Thursday, March 26
4:00 - 4:30 p.m. PST
Dial - (641) 715-3200
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Respect Connect Workshop
March 22, 2009
2 p.m.
St. Jude the Apostle Adult Education Committee

Respect Rally Leader Info Night
Thursday, March 19
Presented by Jennifer Davidson, Portland Training Leader
6:30 - 7:30 p.m. PST
imUniQ Beauty Bar
8430 SW Nimbus, Ste 300
Beaverton OR 97008

Respect Rally Leader Training Info Call
Wednesday, March 11
4:00 - 4:30 p.m. PST
Dial - (641) 715-3200
Enter Access Code - 679467#, press 1 to confirm

Increase Your Flow of Abundance
Girls For A Change
March 12, 2009
San Jose, CA

Bodywise
Jr. League of Pasadena
March 7, 2009
Pasadena, CA

Girl Developer Summit
Girl Scouts Heart of Michigan
January 31, 2009
Presenting a keynote about True Respect Starts On the Inside and the uniquely ME! program for high school girls.

Massachusetts Conference for Women
Boston, MA
December 11, 2008

Respect Rally
San Jose - 600 girls at Notre Dame High School
October 21, 2008

Texas Conference for Women
Houston, TX
October 16, 2008

Pennsylvania Conference for Women
Pittsburgh, PA
October 2, 2008

Respect Rally: Salem Gymnastics Center
Salem, OR
September 20, 2008

Democratic National Convention & Girl Scouts of Colorado Building Leadership, Teaching Democracy Week
Denver, CO
August 24-29, 2008

Jenna Druck Foundation
San Diego
Middle School Conference
July 19

uniquely ME! Leadership Academy (Girl Scouts USA)
Atlanta, Georgia
Lead Facilitator
July 7-11, 2008

Bay Area Girls Rock Camp!
Staff Training
June 29, 2008

Teens Plugged In
Tuesday, May 13, Palo Alto
Moderator

Connecticut School Association
Self-Esteem Week
April 28 - May 3, 2008
Led workshops and assemblies for 1,600+ girls, along with a training for 150+ educators and parents. Sponsored by the Dove Self-Esteem Fund.

CosmoGIRL! Body & Soul event
New York
April 26, 2008
Panelist

CosmoGIRL! Body & Soul event
Brea Mall
April 19, 2008
Keynote speaker

BodyWise Conference
Saturday, March 15, 2008
Presenting Getting REAL workshop for the Junior League of Pasadena's one-day conference designed to empower middle school girls and educate their caregivers by providing them with knowledge about developing and maintaining a positive body image.

Spirit of Leadership Conference
Saturday, March 1, 2008
NTC Liberty Station, Point Loma
Keynote speaker for the Jenna Druck Foundation Annual “Spirit of Leadership” Conference for young women.

RESPECT Basics
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
3:00 p.m.
San Jose State University Center for Community Learning and Leadership & Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library TeensReach program present.

Spring Into Action - Girls For A Change
Saturday, February 9, 2008
9:00 a.m. keynote
300+ girls come together to learn to change their world.

Getting REAL
Friday, November 2, 2007 - PUBLIC EVENT
7:00 p.m.
Menlo Park Library
800 Alma St., Menlo Park
Join us for an empowering interactive parent-daughter workshop about how to get over unrealistic ideals and get REAL instead. Through fun activities and group discussions, learn how to break through media and celebrity hype, boost your self-respect and body image, and how to be a REAL model for all girls! To register for this workshop, please contact Michelle Barrese at barrese@plsinfo.org or call the Library at 650-330-2530.

Getting REAL
Thursday, November 1, 2007
10 a.m.
San Jose State University

Getting REAL
Thursday, November 1, 2007
4:30-6:30 p.m.
Girls Incorporated of Alameda County

Getting REAL
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Willard Middle School - Berkeley, CA.

5th Annual Girl Summit
San Jose
October 30, 2007
Summit Chair

American Association of University Women
Bay Area
September 15 & September 25
Presentations on Girls For A Change.

Omega Teen Camp
New York
July 30-August 4, 2007
Teaching a course on the Respect Basics and social change for teen girl campers.

G.E.M. (girls empowered and motivated) Graduation
San Jose
June 2, 2007
Commencement speaker

Yahoo! Telemundo: Meet the news consumer of the future
National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ) conference
San Jose Convention Center
June 15, 2007
Moderator

SDForum: Next Generation Tech: Teens Plugged In!
Hewlett-Packard in Palo Alto
May 23, 2007
Keynote speaker: Is It a Woman's Web? YES!

Forum for Women Entrepreneurs & Executives
Bay Area
May 16, 2007
Representing Girls For A Change at the FWE&E Annual Dinner, which represents the who's who of Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, executives, and their strategic business advisers. This year's dinner honors Marissa Mayer, Google's Vice President, Search Products & User Experience, as our Leadership Award recipient.

Dove Campaign for Real Beauty Workshop
Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference (educators)
April 26, 2007
50+ girl advocates connect and learn how to support girls (and themselves) with the Respect Basics.

Southington High School
Connecticut
April 25, 2007
275 freshman girls learn The Respect Basics and to find out out how to make self-respect, sisterhood and social change a part of their lives in a big way.

Carry the Vision
April 21, 2007
Evergreen Valley College
San Jose
In honor of the Season of Nonviolence, Respect Rx is participating in an amazing conference that will bring together more than 1,000 youth, parents, community leaders and members of Chavez, Gandhi and King families to learn how create nonviolent communities and promote peace. Two young women will be youth delegates through Respect Rx!

GFC Networking Nights
2007
Bay Area
Connecting girls and women with social change resources--and each other.

Girls For A Change Girl Steering Committee
January
San Jose
Public-speaking training for girl activists.

Girl Summit
San Jose
October 12, 2006
1,500 girls come together to learn how to be social change agents. Courtney presents a workshop on "The 7 Respect Basics."

The Friendship Club
Nevada City
May 11-12 2006
Two days of workshops for young women about how to get, give and spread respect. Thanks to Linda Campbell for fundraising to give The Friendship Club 80 books to distribute to girls.

Options Clinic Annual Meeting
April 27-29
Wisconsin
Courtney Macavinta will be the keynote speaker at Options Clinic's annual meeting and will present three workshops for teen girls about sex and self-respect.

Barnes & Noble
Eastridge Mall, San Jose
April 11, 2006
7:30 p.m.
2200 Eastridge Loop
San Jose, CA 95122
Author book signing.

Respect Day
San Bruno
November 9, 2005
Parkside Intermediate School will spend the day spreading respect and we'll hold a special workshop just for 8th-grade girls.

Girl Summit
San Jose
November 3, 2005
We'll be teaching girls about "The 7 Respect Basics" at Girls For A Change's annual summit which brings together 1,000 girls to teach them leadership skills.

Northern CA Independent Booksellers Association
Oakland
October 8, 2005
We'll be signing books at booth 82 starting at 11 a.m.

Girls For A Change Fundraiser
San Francisco
September 14, 2005
Join us as we get behind the bar to raise money for GFC and make your book donation for the Girl Summit.

Women's Expo
San Jose
July 16-17, 2005
Meet the authors at the San Jose Convention Center for an event attended by 5,000 women.

Book Expo America
New York City
June 4, 2005
Courtney and Andrea will be signing the galley copies of Respect at the Jacob Javits Convention Center.

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