The GLW Program
The Girls’ Leadership Workshop (GLW) delivers programs each summer to educate, empower, and activate adolescent girls to become the next generation of social justice leaders. The primary objective of the GLW is to create a more just world by preparing young women for future positions of personal, political, and professional leadership, using the example set by Eleanor Roosevelt.

At Val-Kill, Mrs. Roosevelt’s country home and retreat in Hyde Park, New York, high school girls celebrate the life and legacy of Eleanor Roosevelt, develop their leadership skills, and strengthen their commitment and confidence to make a difference in their communities.

The GLW reaches girls during a critical period in their development when many young women may become distracted and sometimes derailed by societal pressures, rigid gender-role expectations, and plummeting self-esteem.   As a counterbalance to these challenges, GLW builds on the legacy of Eleanor Roosevelt by promoting human rights, gender and racial equality, and the responsibilities of citizenship.

In addition to summer programming, GLW sponsors an online email network to provide a forum for ongoing exchange between GLW graduates.  Using this forum, girls continue to support, involve and inform each other about their exciting projects and leadership activities.  ERVK continues to support girls after they return to their schools and communities through a “Young Women in Action” program.  Through this program, GLW graduates are encouraged to apply to ERVK for mini-grants to support their social justice leadership projects in their home communities.   GLW Reunions and Symposiums are held every few years to encourage networking and relationship-building, and to support GLW alumnae in their world change leadership efforts.

Read the complete program description:
GLW Program Description

GLW 2010

2010 Application>    This application is in a writeable PDF format. Please complete all possible sections of the application by typing in the file before printing the form.  If this option is not available, please write clearly in blue or black pen on the printed form.

Mail completed application by
February 16, 2010* to:

Girls' Leadership Workshop Application
Eleanor Roosevelt Center at Val-Kill
P.O. Box 255
Hyde Park, NY 12538

*Note: This date has been changed from the February 8th date that appears on the GLW application.

Housing for the 2010 sessions will be at Vassar College.
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Session	Dates — 2010
I	July 9 - July 18
II	July 23 - August 1

How to Apply
In addition to online, brochures and applications are distributed nationally to school administrators, teachers, and guidance counselors, affiliates of Girls Inc., Girl Scouts and other girls’ and women’s organizations.  If you would like your school or organization to be added to the GLW mailing list,

Write to:
GLW Program Director
ERVK
PO Box 255
Hyde Park, NY 12538

Call: 845.229.5302

Email: girls@ervk.org

If you will be a sophomore (tenth grade) or junior (eleventh grade) in high school the September after the GLW program, you are eligible to apply. Candidates are selected based on personal maturity, demonstrated volunteer service, social awareness, and intellectual readiness. The selection committee makes an effort to identify both potential and demonstrated leadership among a diverse group of qualified applicants.

2009 Session II Hike at Val-Kill

GLW 2009

Hudson Valley Residents Graduate from Eleanor Roosevelt  Center’s Girls’ Leadership Workshop at Hyde Park
Press release, August 2009

GLW 2008

Eleanor Roosevelt Inspires Girls’ Leadership Workshop at Val-Kill
Press release, July 21, 2008

2008 GLW Testimonial
Hasna A. from Baghdad, Iraq

2009 Session I Water Exploration at Val-Kill

2009 Session II FDR Entrance

GLW Funding
Participants accepted for the program are asked to pay a program fee which includes all meals, lodging and transportation during the GLW. Participants are also responsible for transportation to and from GLW.

ERVK scholarships are available to meet the demonstrated financial needs of participants. Upon request, ERVK will provide as much assistance as possible to girls and families who have difficulty meeting these requirements.

Fundraising Assistance
2010 GLW Fundraising Tool-Kit>

For information regarding fundraising and scholarship assistance, please call our offices: 845-229-5302.

Foundations, businesses, organizations, and individuals ensure that GLW participants need only pay an acceptance fee and their own transportation costs.

GLW on facebook
GLW participants – meet and keep in touch with your GLW friends and colleagues. Log on to GLW on facebook: