Workshop/Demo Amplifying Youth in Design: Girl Scouts Making an Impact!

Workshop/Demo Amplifying Youth in Design: Girl Scouts Making an Impact!

Join us for an enlightening presentation and demonstration that showcases the creative minds of our community’s young designers and innovators working on their World Design Capital San Diego Tijuana 2024 Community Initiative. Hear inspiring stories from Girl Scouts about their journey co-creating a solution to improve the lives of pets and plans to develop a new Girl Scouts badge.

Young Girl Scouts earning their Bronze Award (ages 11-12) will share their perspectives on leveraging design to address pressing issues regarding the crisis in overwhelmed animal shelters in San Diego and Tijuana. 

Experience a live demonstration of their innovative prototype app for pet owners, designed to make an impact on the pet crisis in our region and discover how humanity-centered design can be a powerful tool for solving real-world challenges.

Learn about key collaborations with community partners and how an older Girl Scout mentored the troop and will develop a new educational design badge.

Whether you are a pet lover, a design enthusiast, or simply passionate about supporting the next generation of changemakers, this event is for you! Be inspired by the creativity of our Girl Scouts as they lead the way in designing a better future.

About the Host

Girl Scouts of San Diego Troop 4940

Girl Scouts of San Diego Troop 4940 includes 10 scouts (10-12 years old) working towards earning their take action Bronze Award project, also endorsed by the World Design Capital San Diego Tijuana 2024 as a Community Initiative in the Youth and Education Design-to-Action Network. The troop is Co-Led by Girl Scout parents Michelle Woodhouse (design strategist) and Sarah Cockerill (digital marketing specialist) who serve as mentors guiding the troop. The troop developed partnerships with a 15-year-old Gold Award Girl Scout Candidate, UC San Diego The Design Lab designers, and collaborated with animal shelters and the community in San Diego and Tijuana.