Take the Field is a new young women’s empowerment program for girls in grades 7-12 put together as a collaboration between Triangle Youth Ultimate, Emily K Center, and Without Limits. The program teaches leadership skills along side with Ultimate Frisbee skills to girls in North Carolina. The participants will meet a series of local women who will give classroom sessions about a variety of topics such as healthy lifestyles, communication tactics, and decision making. Then the girls will participate in outside field instruction where they will learn the basics of Ultimate. The program will culminate with the girls applying their leadership and life skills to organize Ultimate clinics of their own to reach youth in grades 3-6.
No prior Ultimate experience is necessary for participation in the program. In the inaugural year, Take the Field will be offered free of cost to participants. The sessions will take place in the Durham / Chapel Hill area.
Interested in participating? The application is available via this link:
http://tinyurl.com/cjj3scx
Please submit via email to Take the Field at takethefield.nc@gmail.com and also plan to bring a paper copy with parent / guardian signature to the first session that you attend.
Questions? Email Take the Field organizers at takethefield.nc@gmail.com
Help us spread the word to young girls about this leadership program around the Triangle!
Take the Field organizers
Heather Ann Brauer (TYUL), Janna Coulter (TYUL), Meg Duffy (TYUL), Lauren Gardner (Emily K Center), Michelle Ng (Without Limits)