Empowerment of African American Girls
Inspiration For Teenage Girls – How to Strive For Greatness in a Demanding World
By Kim at August 24, 2009 | 2:13 pm | 0 Comment
These are the years of your life that will help to mold you into the person that you will be as an adult. At least that is what everyone keeps telling you, right?! It seems that with every passing year, there is more and more pressure on you to build yourself up into something great for your future. From your teachers pushing you in school, to your parents'
RYZE N’ SHYNE, LLP – Positive Media and Apparel for Young Girls of Color
By Kim at August 10, 2009 | 6:55 pm | 1 Comments
Afro Puffs and Ponytails present to you the story of Ryze N' Shyne, LLP as presented by it's founders. Ryze N' Shyne, LLP was founded in 2007 by Muhammed Sanchez, Kecia Hayes and Lydia Kelow. We founded Ryze N' Shyne with the goal of creating and producing positive media and apparel for young girls of color, something that we believe is missing in mainstream
Kizuri Culture Camp – Decatur, GA
By Kim at August 9, 2009 | 2:42 pm | 0 Comment
Changing the Buzz, Inc. presents its second culture camp on November 14, 2009! Changing the Buzz, Inc. is a non-profit organization whose mission is to raise a new generation of African American women. The Kizuri Culture Camp for African American Girls is one of the organization's programs which accomplishes this by celebrating our rich hearitage - past, present
It’s Okay NOT To Have A Boyfriend
By Kim at July 23, 2009 | 8:42 pm | 1 Comments
It's Okay NOT To Have a Boyfriend Girls are constantly given the message that they are not complete without a boyfriend. Whenever you turn on the TV you see commercials or shows with couples walking hand in hand looking very much in love. And if you pick up a copy of YM or Cosmo Girl magazine you’ll read headlines that say things like: “How to get him to
Stir Up Your God Given Gifts and Talents
By Kim at July 17, 2009 | 6:16 pm | 2 Comments
Stir Up Your Gifts by Elaine Bryant, Executive Director Sharing & Caring, Inc. Do you remember being wide eyed and excited watching your mother mix ingredients into a bowl to bake brownies? In goes the sugar, flour, eggs and your mom would take a large spoon and stir up all the ingredients until they were well mixed together. Then she would let you lick
Empowerment of African American Girls , Words of Encouragement
Cut Your Mom Some Slack
By Kim at July 14, 2009 | 7:40 am | 0 Comment
The following article is great for helping mothers and daughters realize that there will be times when their relationship will not be so pleasant, but this too shall pass. Cut Your Mom Some Slack You may have noticed that since you became a teenager, you are having a tougher time getting along with your mom. You probably don’t even know why the two of you
Empowerment of African American Girls , For Parents of African American Girls
Love Yourself Just The Way You Are
By Kim at July 11, 2009 | 7:10 am | 0 Comment
One of my favorite songs is a song by India Aria entitled, "Video." In this song she sings about how she does not look like the idealized girls in popular music videos, but that she's beautiful none-the-less. Contrary to the images of beauty that are often portrayed on television and in magazines, there is no such thing as the perfect kind of beauty because we are all
