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What do girls and women want in Santa Monica? The Commission on the Status of Women (COSW) is conducting a survey to identify the needs and most important issues relevant to girls and women of all ages in the Santa Monica community. This is a wonderful opportunity to be heard and to help create a new focus and long range agenda for the COSW. For more information or to receive a paper copy of the community survey for women and/or the survey for middle and high school aged girls, please contact the Commission at (310) 458-8701.

Click the link below to complete survey.


http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=_2fdIhCHD_2bPfK_2f3qhkjyfveA_3d_3d

FAT

Way too many girls think their FAT but their not,

Models media and actresses are part of the reason why girls feel this way. The people who are highlighted in mainstream media are very thin. I feel like girls should wake up! I hear, " I am fat." way too often. We should change this culture. Bigger is better!

By Majo

This is what i think about makeup, Nicole

why do girls wear so much makeup?

I feel girls wear makeup cause they want to look better for boys, and don't want to feel so insecure. Think about if you don't wear makeup people actually see you're natural beauty.When you wear make up for such along time an then you just stop you look really different.

I love makeup but I hate the people that wear soo much makeup at one time. A little goes a long way. 

by majo

Accepting Peace Youth Venture

This year, the street team collaborated with Youth Venture. This organization is meant for helping youth start their own non-profit organization or venture. Our idea is to create more unity among students which will help reduce peer pressure, gossip, and tension between cliques. This will help students accept one another,which will help students not feel the need to do certain things to be accepted. 

As a starting point, we will be going to Friday Forum at Rosie's Girls summer camp. This forum will be used as an opportunity to learn how to facilitate discussion regarding acceptance, diversity, and issues related to peer conflict. We are excited about this opportunity because we will soon be able to take what we learn and bring to schools and other camps. WE ARE BRINGING PEACE TO YOUR FACE.

Thanks,

Accepting Peace  

Los Angeles

I really gotta ask, 

Is this city what it says it is?

The City of Los Angeles 

means its the City of The Angels

yet, some of the things it is known for doesn't seem too angelic

Bloods, Crips, MS-13, 18th Street, Arian Brotherhood, Do they rep this city right?

How about the people swimming in money when they know people are starving and all they can do is talk shit about middle class, and look down upon everyone? they are not angels.

Yet, they live up in the hills of The City of The Angels. 

and these people are so strong, they have so much 

but they don't use it the best way possible

like, couldn't all of the crack sales stamp out world hunger?

couldn't the money of the people swimming in money and the strength, and power of the gangs being united together help fix the worlds problems?

-Nicole Daghighian

Welding Workshop Dec. 30th

The Rosie's Girls Street Team hosted a workshop in the Santa Monica City Yards to introduce girls from Virginia Avenue Park and PAL to welding and the camp experience. The girls created words that describe the Rosie's Girls camp. These words were designed by the girls to hang in there rooms as reminders of what they can do! The words were GIRLS, WE CAN DO IT, CONFIDENCE, FRIENDSHIP, STRONG, LEADERS, COURAGE, BELIEVE, ROSIE, ADVENTUROUS, and FUN! Each girl picked one of these words and a street team member helped them create a art piece. Below are the pictures!

Looking within-MAKEUP!

Alright everyone, need to know, what do all of you think about makeup and use of it?

please comment saying if you are against or for makeup being used by girls as a tool to embrace their already good parts (like eyes).

Thank you,

--Nicole

Trip to Japan by Elisa

This past summer I went to Kizugawa, Japan as an exchange student. It was an experience I will never forget. When I first got there I was surprised because Japan was nothing like I expected, Japan had cool vending machines in every corner, their food was different and their air is very clean. Everyday we would go to exciting places like temples and shrines. One day we went to The Golden Temple, which is a temple that is made out of gold, and we went to a temple were there was a giant Buddha, and one of the places that I liked the most was a public park where there are deer all over the place, and they let them wonder around, and people can feed them. Even though the flight was about 10 to 12 hours the trip was worth it. Another cool thing we did was meet the mayor of Kizugawa city, Kizuagawa is a new city about 2 or 3 years old, and they combined 3 cities Kizu, Kamo, and Yamashiro, the mayor of the city was a woman and I thought she was really nice to receive us and let us talk to her.

Boys and the attention they give and get

Is there ever a time when you feel that as a girl you have to sit there an look pretty for a guy to approach you? Does that ever get you any attention?

and honestly,
What's so great about a guy paying attention to you?

First Day of School by Elisa Aquino

This year is my first year at Santa Monica High School. The first day was very crazy because it was a big school and many people trying to find their class. If next year you will be going to high school and you are scared you shouldn’t. Remember when you were in fifth grade and people would tell you that middle school was a big and that things will be different, but when you “survived” your first day it was like any other normal day, well high school is the same, it is just like any other school but bigger. The best thing about high school is that there are many clubs and sports you can be part of. Another cool thing is that you meet so many new people from different schools and grades. See you next year at SAMO.