mission statement
The mission of GRRRLS with HEART is to empower teenage girls in an intentional community by allowing them to creatively find their authentic voice and strengthen communication skills through an interdisciplinary collaborative arts program culminating in a self-expression based performance of original work.
GRRRLS with HEART strives to provide an intentional, tight knit community of girls and women for teenage girls (ages 12-18) to explore life through prompts based in various movement, literary, performance, and visual art forms giving them a sense of self, value, and empowerment while creating and sharing their work. When approached with creative exuberance and a willingness to participate, GRRRLS with HEART gives grrrls tools to create collaboratively and strengthen communication with their everyday communities through their original work and Nonviolent Communication (NVC) training. Our hope is that grrrls will go on to impact the world around them using art and creative self expression, strong communication skills from NVC, self-affirmation, and the ability to approach all communities with mindfulness and our core HEART values: harmony, ease, authenticity, respect, and trust.