2024

Cultivating Community and Empowerment in Online Spaces

This year’s Digital Wellbeing Workshop Series included two dynamic sessions: a one-week virtual workshop in July and a one-day in-person workshop in June. Both sessions were free and open to rising 6th-9th grade girls and their allies, fostering a supportive space to explore digital citizenship, media literacy, and the power of social media to create positive change. Participants engaged in small group activities with Wellesley College facilitators, building skills in respectful online behavior, identifying and raising awareness of social issues, and co-designing prototypes for healthier digital communities.

This program was generously funded by the Metrowest Women’s Fund, the Metrowest Health Foundation, the Wellesley Centers for Women, and the Wellesley College Social Science Summer Research Program.

Digital Wellbeing Workshop

Our In-person workshop takes place in June! The workshop is one day spent at Wellesley College. They are also open to everyone ans are a great way for students to participate and engage with other students.

Virtual Wellbeing Workshop

Virtual workshops take place in July! They are a week of long in-depth exploration of digital wellbeing through interactive online actvities.

Virtual Teams and Prototypes

A series of prototype apps and websites from students!

Team 1: Aquatic Capybaras

Wellness & Positivity :

Our app has motivational videos, inspiration for people’s hobbies, and wellness suggestions.

Team 2: Purple Ponies

Healing Together:

Our website is dedicated to improving healthcare access rights to underrepresented communities through promoting donations, information spreading, and volunteering opportunities.

Team 3: Puppy Fashionistas

Scantag:

A website dedicated to informing people of the production processes in fast fashion.

Team 5: The New Romantics

Eating for Everyone:

An app designed to provide affordable, healthy and accessible eating options for all.

#Half the Story

#Half the Story; a nonprofit organization with a mission to empower the next generation's relationship with tech shared new games with our workshop that they had just begun testing.