About Hear Our Voices

Hear Our Voices programs create a special, girls-only time in the Computer Clubhouse, where girls have an opportunity to use a variety of software applications to create projects that reflect their own unique personal interests. Funded in part through a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), Hear Our Voices programs currently exist in nearly 20 Computer Clubhouses in the United States. Hear Our Voices programs provide activities that encourage girls to become excited about learning, and develop sophisticated job and life skills. Adult female mentors serve as role models and inspire girls using a "Circle of Friends" approach to building positive relationships with girls. these relationships nurture and teach girls how to establish strong, trust-building connections. On the strength of their interactions with mentors, girls feel supported as they develop self-confidence, while exploring their curiosity about real-world applications of technology and creative expression. Hear Our Voices programs also provide girls with a wealth of local and national resources on gender equity, career options, self-esteem, and technology. A principal feature of Hear Our Voices, is its specific design for countering the patterns of math, science, and technology avoidance among girls and young women, and their resultant under-employment in these fields.

In the safe, welcoming environment of Hear Our Voices programs, girls form genuine bonds with adult female mentors of diverse backgrounds, and with girls from many different neighborhoods in the communities where they live. Similar to co-ed days in the Computer Clubhouse, Hear Our Voices activities are open to girls ages 10-18 years, and are free of charge to participants.

Examples Of Activities Available To Girls in Hear Our Voices Programs:

  • Writing and recording music in the Clubhouse music studio
  • Learning to use digital cameras.
  • Creating Flash animation, 3-D and robotics projects.
  • Creating digital artwork and graphics designs.
  • Writing, filming, editing original movies and video productions,
  • Creating science and engineering projects.
  • Participating in Clubhouse to College/Clubhouse to Career (C2C) workshops and field trips.

For Additional Information About Hear Our Voices, Contact:
Brenda Abanavas, Program Manager
Hear Our Voices
Computer Clubhouse Network
Museum of Science
One Science Park
Boston, MA 02114-1099
617-589-0271/617-589-0389 (Fax)
email: babanavas@mos.org

Click Links Below To visit Hear Our Voices programs in the Computer Clubhouse Network:

Break Away Technologies
(Los Angeles, CA)



Eden Youth and Family Center
(Hayward, CA)

 

Flagship Girls' Day Program
Computer Clubhouse Network
Museum of Science
(Boston, MA)

 

Lawrence Boys & Girls Club
(Lawrence, MA)

 

Sorenson Multi-Cultural Center
(Salt Lake City, UT)

 

Westside (PAL) Police Activities League (Beaverton, OR)