Anna Maria Chavez Quotes

• Simply stated, girls want role models and mentors.

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  Girl, Role Models, Mentor

  "Girl Scouts Changed the World 100 Years Ago — Now it’s Our Turn" by Anna Maria Chavez, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 12, 2012.

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• Cyber bullies can hide behind a mask of anonymity online, and do not need direct physical access to their victims to do unimaginable harm.

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  Bully, Needs, Mask

  "Confronting Cyber Violence in the Digital Age" by Anna Maria Chavez, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 25, 2013.

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• Unless and until our society recognizes cyber bullying for what it is, the suffering of thousands of silent victims will continue.

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  Bullying, Suffering, Our Society

  "Confronting Cyber Violence in the Digital Age" by Anna Maria Chavez, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 25, 2013.

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• What gets posted online is not short term, and is open for easy misinterpretation. Messages and pictures spread faster through the Internet than they ever could by word of mouth.

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  Mouths, Messages, Internet

  "Confronting Cyber Violence in the Digital Age" by Anna Maria Chavez, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 25, 2013.

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• There’s a tendency for young people to get discouraged and frustrated easily. But don’t be afraid to fail. In many ways, we learn so much more from our failures than our successes. Remind yourself that failure is nothing more than a means to a greater end. Bide your time, learn from your mistakes, and lead by example. If you believe in what you’re doing, it will show.

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  Mistake, Believe, Mean

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• Girls who lead turn in to women who thrive.

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  Girl, Thrive, Turns

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• I live to inspire girls, volunteers, Girl Scout staff and alumni

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  Girl, Volunteer, Inspire

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• Too often, nonprofits are viewed as rigid and bureaucratic - less nimble and capable of adapting in this fluid environment than our corporate counterparts. I don't agree.

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  Nonprofits, Nimble, Environment

  "The Dynamics of Change — A New Vision for a New Girl Scouting Century" by Anna Maria Chavez, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 7, 2013.

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• Sometimes when I speak to groups or I'm interviewed by a journalist, I ask them to imagine their communities without Girl Scouts - to imagine the thousands of food drives and clothing and toy collections that would never take place if not for Girl Scouts.

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  Girl, Community, Groups

  "Girl Scouts Changed the World 100 Years Ago — Now it’s Our Turn" by Anna Maria Chavez, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 12, 2012.

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• Research shows that girls look at leadership differently than boys.

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  Girl, Boys, Looks

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• Girl Scouts is such an iconic organization that it's easy to overlook how daring an idea it was for founder Juliette Gordon Low to gather those first 18 girls in that troop in Savannah, Georgia. It was 1912, after all, and women wouldn't earn the right to vote for another eight years.

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  Girl, Eight, Years

  "Girl Scouts Changed the World 100 Years Ago - Now it's Our Turn" by Anna Maria Chavez, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 12, 2012.

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• At Girl Scouts, we create leaders.

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  Girl, Leader, Girl Scout

  "Leading with Distinction" by Anna Maria Chavez, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 5, 2013.

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• Girls are twice as likely as boys to avoid leadership roles for fear of being deemed 'bossy' by their peers.

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  Girl, Boys, Roles

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• Many people don't know, but American Girl Scouts get to travel the world, and that's a very good thing, as the more we can expose our young people to other cultures, the better off we'll be in this increasingly globalized environment.

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  Girl, Other Cultures, People

  "It’s All About Doing Some Thinking on This Very Special Day" by Anna Maria Chavez, www.huffingtonpost.com.

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• Girl Scouts is a girl-serving organization, so our members are girls.

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  Girl, Organization, Members

  "Girl Scouts About More Than Cookies, Says CEO". "Tell Me More" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. November 28, 2011.

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• At Girl Scouts, we are committed to raising awareness about the terrible effects of cyber bullying, and to teaching girls how to recognize the signs of bullying of any sort and extricate themselves or another from a bad situation before it spirals out of control and ends in tragedy.

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  Girl, Bullying, Teaching

  "Confronting Cyber Violence in the Digital Age" by Anna Maria Chavez, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 25, 2013.

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