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Igniting the Future: Juvenile Justice
Melanie Lawson hosts a documentary exploring strides being made with Jacksonville’s Juvenile Justice system.
02.28.2022
Youth Council Swearing-in Event Seeks to Bring New Solutions to Gang Violence
Makasia Purdy, 14, lost her 13-year-old friend, Christopher Scott, at a party in June 2021. Just a few months earlier, she...
02.23.2022
First Lady Casey DeSantis and the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice Honor 2022 DJJ Youth Ambassadors on Youth Success Day
First Lady Casey DeSantis, the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ), the Florida Juvenile Justice Foundation, and the Florida Juvenile...
02.03.2022
Mary Marx, President and CEO, Pace Center for Girls: Meaningful connections fuel healthy development
Mary Marx joined Pace as vice president of external affairs in 2007 and has served as president and CEO since 2010. PND asked her about Pace’s...
01.10.2022
Investing In Transformation: When Girls Are Supported, Our Communities Benefit
When girls are offered the tools, support, and relationships they need to succeed, a positive ripple effect occurs in our communities. The advocacy...
12.15.2021
Mary Marx Of Pace Center for Girls: Five Things I Wish Someone Told Me Before I Became A CEO
Second, you will make mistakes, and that is okay, as long as you learn from them. You need to pick yourself up, figure out what happened, think about...
12.05.2021
Counseling included in school curriculum to help young girls heal
A report from The Center for American Progress noted young girls are more likely to face long-lasting effects of childhood trauma, and young girls of...
11.19.2021
Listening To Their Voices: Pace Girls Lead Efforts To Help Advance Equity And Program Impact
In recent years, there has been a growing push for nonprofits to move to a participatory feedback model. But what does that look like in practice?...
11.01.2021
How Listening to Constituents Can Lead to Systems Change
More and more nonprofits and funders are seeking participant feedback because, while experimental measures can surface the “what” of change,...
08.18.2021
Second Harvest collects 70K+ period products for girls, women in need
Second Harvest of the Big Bend announced Wednesday the food bank has sourced more than 70,000 period products to distribute to girls and women in...
08.04.2021
Florida group that helps at-risk girls gets $350,000 from state lawmakers to open in SC
Pace Center for Girls has received $350,000 from the South Carolina General Assembly to expand into South Carolina this fall and hire therapists to...
07.22.2021
Pace Center for Girls set Precedent with Juneteenth celebration
Pace Center for Girls, Alachua has long recognized Juneteenth, but with the addition of the day as a Federal holiday, the Center took the step of...
06.18.2021