Mission: To expose inner city girls to the cultures of the world. 

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Girls Going Global is a social enterprise aiming to expose African American girls to the cultures of the world. The public education system has been counter-productive in preparing the youth of America to be international game changers and doubly negligent in its preparation of African-American youth. That is a social paradigm that Girls Going Global is aggressively trying to address to better position African-Americans to be more active in international affairs and to increase their involvement in the mid-high-level decision-making processes that create the foreign policies that shape our world.



The long term goal of Girls Going Global is to empower girls through travel! Too often our girls are not exposed to more than their neighborhoods. We want to equip girls with passports and their first opportunities for travel outside of the U.S. We want our girls to go global and to strive to make travel apart of their lifestyles.  Thus far, Girls Going Global has hosted a summer program to advocate for global engagement among adolescent girls and to educate them on the paths to global leadership.

ABOUT THE FOUNDER....

Girls Going Global was founded in 2012 by Martice Sutton. A native of West Philadelphia and avid traveller, Martice wanted to give back to her community by sharing her international experiences with others. It was with this passion for service that the idea for the Girls Going Global summer program began. Martice Sutton is an alumna of Spelman College where she earned a B.A. in International Studies with a concentration in International Business. Her international resume includes study in Barcelona, Spain; Marrakesh, Morroco; Johannesburg, South Africa; Paris, France; London, England; and  Rome, Italy. She has worked with BET Networks marketing department, MTV Networks global inclusion department, and McDonald’s Corporations multi-cultural marketing department. Ms. Sutton has worked in Hyderabad, India as a social enterprise consultant for Hyderabad's Affordable Private School’s and Ashoka Innovators for the Public in Washington, D.C.  You can learn more about her adventures at blackgirlinthebigworld.blogspot.com