The Badge Archive

2011 – MEdia! (Journey Set)

Per GSUSA’s 2025 Award Log: “These awards are retiring on 10/1/26”

Yes – 2011 Is the current GSUSA badge

Released in 2011 and is considered part of the 2011 Girl’s Guide. The Cadette page has information on when all badges were released.

Choose your own activities!

  • Activity List  (Not Available Yet)

Our Summary* of requirements:

  1. Monitor Award – Do three activities (of the 8) AND a conduct a media survey or poll in your community.
  2. Influence Award – Do a MEdia Remake Project (This counts as the TAP when shared with others to advocate or educate).
  3. Cultivate Award – Make a Cultivate Commitment AND share it in one way.

* – This summary is based off the GSUSA booklet activity choices.

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What is a good Troop Meeting Plan besides the VTK?

Click to Expand → All Known Meeting Plans and Resource Links

Meeting Plans

Other Resources

  • (Not Available Yet) See the Activity List – choose your own activities!

What is a good way to earn the badge at home?

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At Home Plans

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GSUSA Information and Details

Explore media and find out how to reshape negative media messages into more positive ones—invite a TV show producer to talk about what influences her work, organize a movie night and discuss the film’s messages, or write a rap song or TV script.

Three steps are needed to complete this badge:

  1. Monitor Award
    • Girls take stock of media in their world and influences it has.
    • Complete three (out of 8) activities from the book that get them to hone in on the role media plays in their lives and the lives of those around them, plus one that considers media in their community.
  2. Influence Award
    • Girls understand the importance of having media reflect the realities of their world.
    • They team up on a Media Remake Project to make media that better represents their reality.
  3. Cultivate Award
    • Girls have made a personal commitment to cultivate a new perspective on media.
    • They challenge themselves to make a positive change in the way they use media in their lives – a change that they cultivate so it grows into full-fledged inspiration for others.
Official badge from Girl Scout Shop online
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Please note that the Leader and Girl Guides of all journeys were no longer being printed as of 2024 as far as we are aware. Copies being sold are those leftover until the supply runs out.

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Is there a matching badge for Multi-Level Troops?

Learn about the Advocate Journey Multi-level GSUSA 2011.

Where does this go on the Uniform?

This is a Journey Badge – Click Here to see diagrams and details on where to place it.

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Tia Kennard