By: Stacey Kaiser
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COLORADO SPRINGS - Young girls looking to be leaders are getting the help they need. It is a program called InterCept. It is a District 2 program looking to eventually move into District 11. 8th grade girls can enroll at Carmel Middle School, Mountain Vista Community School and Fox Meadow Middle School, then stay in it through all 4 years at Harrison High School.
"Usually I ask girls in a group how many of you have anger issues and pretty much close to 100% of girls raise their hands," said the Woman's Resource Agency's Director of Youth Services Kimberly Bolding. Some of that anger stems from feelings that the community does not see youth as a positive contributor to society.
"When someone doesn't have a sense of power, then they have increased anxiety and levels of anger," said Bolding. Intercept focuses on letting girls know they do make a difference and can be important leaders in our society. They use tools to help girls make healthy decisions, build self-esteem and build relationships.
"They hear their peers talking about something and they finally understand that other people have gone through what they've gone through. And then they hear the adults talking about that as well, so they finally feel that they can trust people besides their peers," said Woman's Resource Agency's InterCept Program Manager Brenna Gomez.
For more information on InterCept and upcoming events, click here.
