As is the case with my own birthday, I forgot about ours. This week, Girl Security celebrated its IRS-Official 5th Birthday. I am so delighted to celebrate this moment in Chicago with a new community of girls, while watching a virtual celebration of a GS Spelman Alum graduating from the very prestigious Rangel Scholars Program. Since 2019, we have: * Supported 3,000 mentees, graduated 250 workforce fellows, and engaged 250,000+ students with our toolkits * Created the first National Security Workforce Training program for girls and young women; * Built the first full academic year high school national security curriculum for all youth; * Informed policy outcomes on building safer and thus more innovative national security workplaces; * Led and shaped important conversations on the need for intergenerational approaches in security... And we're just getting started. This year will bring exciting new pathways for impact. We are grateful to the participants and communities we serve; the mentors who volunteer their time; our partners and supporters; and the absolutely remarkable Girl Security Team.
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Happy to share a birthday week with this phenomenal organization that inspires and delivers hope for our future. Congrats Lauren Bean Buitta and Girl Security!
Truly inspiring stats! So grateful to be a part of this community and for the introduction to natsec the fellowship program gave me!
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Congratulations, but more importantly, thank you! Girl Security is doing so much good for girl and our national security. We are stronger when we all participate. This work is so necessary! Keep up the good work!
Happy Birthday Girl Security! To see the incredible work you're doing in person was such an honor to be apart of! Thank you for including Safelyy on that journey!
The fact that all of this happened in just 5 years is incredible and makes me even more excited to see what the next 5 will bring for the you and your great team. Congratulations!!
Fmr DHS Undersecretary for cyber and infrastructure, Senior Advisor at Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
1moAn amazing record of accomplishment in such a short time, and I know you are just getting started! Transforming the way we think about national security is a big ambition, but GS is making it happen. I could not be more proud to be on the board of this groundbreaking organization.