It connects them with adult women trained to serve as volunteer coaches, who become role models and also advocates.
[2] In 2008 there was a national tour of Change Your World training sessions, an online GFC Action Network was launched, and the organization further spread to Richmond, Virginia.
[3] In 2013, CEO Whitney Smith stepped down and was succeeded by Angela Patton, the organization's program manager in Richmond, Virginia.
The year starts with a Girl Summit at which inspiring women speak[6] and ends with a Completion Ceremony.
[8][9] Starting in 2008, GFC began offering teaching and training at Change Your World conferences.