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Madison SOS (Speak Out, Sister!) is a youth-led initiative uniting high school teen girls across the city in leadership and action. It's a place for girls to stand up and speak out on the issues that most matter to them.

Since its launch in early 2007, Madison SOS has tackled a variety of initiatives to engage teen girls as community leaders and social change-makers.

Madison SOS has received national recognition for its efforts to engage the next generation of women leaders, through initiatives such as:

THE YOUNG WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP FORUM: A fall 2007 workshop series on community leadership, focusing on tools for advocacy and activism - from letter-writing to slam poetry

VOICES OF COURAGE: An exciting November 2007 community forum highlighting the work of local women leaders, like former Attorney General Peg Lautenschlager and United Way VP Renee Moe

GIRLS' VOICES MURAL: Throughout the summer of 2008, teen artists have worked under the leadership of local muralist Sheba McCants to design and paint a mural celebrating their dreams for the future of their community at the Wisconsin Youth and Family Center

SISSTAYS DOCUMENTARY: Madison SOS is partnering this fall with the Wexford Ridge Neighborhood Center-based group SISSTAYS to create a documentary by, about, and for high school young women and the issues they face

PLATFORM FOR ACTION: Throughout 2008, Madison SOS has worked with girls' groups and community stakeholders to create a girl-written roadmap for progress on the issues that most matter to Madison young women

Madison SOS hopes to keep working for years to come to build a city where teen girls are valued as active community stakeholders. Future plans include providing leadership development, training, and support for girls' groups interested in launching grassroots action projects; hosting fall 2008 candidate forums on young women's issues; and launching an online forum connecting action-oriented young women across the city.

To learn more about our work, please check out local news coverage, or download a press release (see link at left):

To read an article in Dane101 on a forum organized by Madison SOS on women in community leadership and local politics, click here.

To read a column by Jenny Price in the November 2007 issue of Madison Magazine, click here.

To read a May 2007 article in The Capital Times, click here.

Madison SOS is an entirely volunteer-powered organization that depends on the support of generous individuals and community organizations. Our partners and supporters include the Girl Scouts of Black Hawk Council, the United Way of Dane County, the Case Foundation, A Fund for Women, DoSomething.org, Mount Holyoke College, and Girls For A Change.