Magnificent Me is a signature service project of the Zonta Club of Hilo to equip adolescent girls to confidence-building strategies and tools. The half-day conference brings 100 middle school girls from East Hawai’i schools to the University of Hawai’i at Hilo for a suite of workshops designed to inspire a strong sense of self.
Inspiring a Strong Sense of Self
We want to catch that pivot point as the world opens before them—introducing them to life skills such as communication, goal setting, and confidence building.
Empowering Adolescent Girls
Girls experience obstacles and discrimination early. They’re the target of 24/7 media messages that promote unrealistic images of what it is to be beautiful and successful. If we invest in our girls, offering better models and more holistic ideas about self-worth, we help them unlock limitless potential and drive positive socio-economic change.
The Zonta Club of Hilo is putting its mission – building a better world for women through service and advocacy – into action with adolescent girls. Magnificent Me is an initiative focused on empowerment before these “tweens” transition into teenagers. The Magnificent Me project brings together 100 middle school-aged girls from schools throughout East Hawai‘i (from Laupahoehoe to Pahoa) for a half-day conference at the University of Hawai‘i at Hilo campus to build confidence, explore career pathways, and enhance life skills.
The setting is purposeful. Introducing the girls to the university can inspire their thirst for education. The conference features a series of workshops on campus aimed at encouraging girls to dream, craft plans to achieve goals, celebrate their unique qualities, and fine-tune communication skills. Prominent professional women across industries are featured throughout the conference as keynote speakers and presenters.
