Media
Girls Helping Girls and Sisters 4 Peace have been recognized through a variety of local, national, and international media to celebrate and advertise girls’ amazing efforts to change their world. We are all grateful to the media for helping us to share our mission and empower a new generation of changemakers.
If you are interested in supporting Sisters 4 Peace through the media, then please email our founder at Sejal
empoweragirl [dot] org.
Time for Kids, "Girls Can Change the World," November 2009
Featured in Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn- Published September 2009
ABC7 Television News interview, The View from the Bay, June 2009
Sejal Hathi recognized as an ABC7 Top Scholar 2009
San Jose Mercury News,"Student Scholar Empowers Girls, Inspires Adults," May 2009
India Abroad, "A+, Eight of the Best Make Presidential Scholar List," May 2009
The Leader World magazine, "She Inspires Girls to Be Better Than They Think" , May 2009
Showthelove.com, An article about Sejal Hathi's speaking engagement with the Dalai Lama , April 2009
Change.org:"Youth Taking Action: Empowering Girls Globally", February 2009
VJIAM.tv: Exclusive Interview, February 2009
Tri-City Voice Newspaper: "Girl Power", December 2008
Imagine Magazine, November 2008
CNN: "Young People Who Rock" Interview, November 2008
Sejal Hathi is recognized as one of CNN's Young People Who Rock
The Boston Globe: "Youths Propel a Push toward Volunteerism", November 2008
Bay Area News Group: The Argus, San Jose Mercury News, The Contra Costa Times, November 2008
Sejal Hathi is recognized as a Comcast Hometown Hero
The International Museum of Women's 'Women Organizing Internationally' Exhibit, November 2008
Sejal Hathi has an exclusive interview with IMOW about her work with Girls Helping Girls
C-SPAN television interview, September 2008
A special interview with Sejal Hathi about her commitment to service after the Service Nation Forum held with the presidential candidates
ElleGirl.com Magazine, September 2008
India Abroad magazine, July 2008
India West magazine, July 2008
Respect RX interview, July 2008
CNET News Article, Stefanie Olsen, The dumbest generation? Not this crowd, May 13, 2008
Mercury News, L.A. Chung, Peace, One Girl at a Time, March 8, 2008
Los Gatos Rotary Club International article:
KPFA Radio interview:
Sejal Hathi's interview about Girls Helping Girls and its involvement in International Women's Day is discussed beginning at 32 minutes.
Mary Beth Riley International Study or Service Award, February 2008
Girls Helping Girls recently had the honor of receiving the Mary Beth Riley International Study or Service Award from Notre Dame High School. This award is in acknowledgment of global awareness and action and comes with a $5,000 check, which Girls Helping Girls will use in a call to action in Calcutta, India. There, the team will assist the school in constructing its own library and begin an educational program featuring the Four Global Issues- eradicating poverty, increasing access to education, promoting peace, and improving health.
A Successful Woman, 1/18/2008
Empower a Girl: Girls Helping Girls link
Sisters in Biz, 1/18/2008
Girls Helping Girls: Empower a Girl today link
Exchange Club Newsletter, Exchange Club of Fremont, 1/2008
Excerpt, January 2008 Exchange Today (PDF)
Omprakash Foundation, 12/2007
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