The GEM Team is growing!! Thanks to the generosity of the ORIX Foundation, we are so excited to welcome Angelica Diaz-Rangel as our full-time Program Coordinator!! Angelica and her daughter began participating in our Pearl Program in 2014. Angelica has been home for over 2 years. She inspires and...
ORIX employees raised $124,500 over the holiday season to support our efforts to prevent a future generation of girls from entering the criminal justice system. Read more here:...
Girls Embracing Mothers (GEM) has received $10,000 from the Texas Bar Foundation to help fund the Pearl Program. The need for services provided by GEM is great. On any given day over 2 million children in this country have a parent serving a sentence in a state or federal prison. Approximately...
We are so grateful to NBC 5 Dallas for bringing visibility to our mission and helping us change the narrative surrounding incarceration. Read more here: https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Program-Keeps-Mothers-and-Daughters-Together-415994523.html
GEM is pleased to announce that our founder, Brittany Byrd is the recipient of a Young Leader Award given by the Dallas Women’s Foundation. Recognizing leaders who have blazed the trail for women in their industries and communities, the award was given to Brittany due to her founding of Girls...
Girls Embracing Mothers (GEM) has received $4,000 from the Texas Bar Foundation to help fund the Pearl Program. The need for services provided by GEM is great. 1.7 million children in this country have a parent serving a sentence in a state or federal prison. Approximately half of the children...
GEM is launching its new Diamond Program in April 2015. The Diamond Program provides monthly character cultivation workshops for girls ages 11-18 with mothers in prison. We strive to equip our girls with the tools necessary to break the cycle of incarceration and make positive life choices in...
Girls Embracing Mothers (GEM) has received $5,000 from the Texas Bar Foundation to help fund the Pearl Program. The need for services provided by GEM is great. 1.7 million children in this country have a parent serving a sentence in a state or federal prison. Approximately half of the children...
SAVE THE DATE: 2014 NORTH TEXAS GIVING DAY is SEPTEMBER 18! Girls Embracing Mothers needs your help on September 18! After last year’s national record-crushing donations, North Texas Giving Day is back with the hope that North Texas will rise to the challenge and outdo itself once again! Give $25...
GEM celebrated the one year anniversary of the Pearl Program last month! Shine bright GEMs! Shine bright! Memories from the first half of...
Building the bond has been the heart of GEM during the past 6 months. The girls have not only bonded more with their mothers – they have bonded with EACH OTHER! Friendships that will last a...
GEM kicked off its Pearl Program on Saturday, July 6, 2013 by taking 8 girls to a women’s prison in Gatesville, Texas to visit their mothers. The enhanced visits take place from 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. once a month. The first lesson covered the topic of “Building Healthy Relationships” with a...