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Poder!

142nd APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition (November 15 - November 19, 2014): http://www.apha.org/events-and-meetings/annual
Wednesday, November 19, 2014 : 10:54 AM - 11:02 AM

Lorena Gomez-Barris, Let Girls Lead Communications Coordinator / Film Co-Producer and Co-Director, Editor , Let Girls Lead, Public Health Institute, Oakland, CA
Esther Tahrir, MPH , Public Health Institute, Oakland, CA
¡PODER! A TRUE STORY STARRING 
THE GIRLS WHO TRANSFORMED 
THEIR COMMUNITY

Emelin and Elba, two indigenous Mayan girls, ages 13 and 16, decided the time had come to make a change. These inspiring leaders worked with their friends to convince the mayor of their town to invest in adolescent girls’ development, ensuring that girls can go to school, stay healthy, and learn important skills to help them escape poverty.

Let Girls Lead presents ¡PODER!, a documentary short that tells this powerful story of girl-led change in Guatemala. Produced by Emmy Award winning filmmaker Lisa Russell, the movie highlights how Elba, Emelin, and their friends overcame tremendous obstacles to transform their own lives, their families, and their community. Filmed in an innovative narrative, participatory style, the film features Elba and Emelin as actors portraying themselves. ¡PODER! premieres worldwide in March 2014 for International Women’s Day.

Learning Areas:

Advocacy for health and health education
Program planning
Public health or related education
Public health or related public policy

Learning Objectives:
Discuss how when girls are given the opportunity and tools to advocate for their rights they can change their own lives and the lives of their communities by increasing access to education, sexual and reproductive health services, and increase funding to support themselves.

Keyword(s): Advocacy for health and health education, Public health or related public policy

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: As Program Director of GOJoven I have worked closely with Let Girls Lead and their subject matter for sometime. PODER is set in Guatemala and tells the story of girls advocating for themselves. I am very familiar with the program and the work that they do.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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