Shades of Beauty- New York, NY
Shades of Beauty: Today’s Girls, Tomorrow’s Women
An empowerment program founded by Executive Director Tamekia Flowers-Holland is designed to address issues affecting today’s girls including body image, self-esteem, the true definition of “beauty,” goal-setting, sexuality, peer pressure, hygiene, drugs/alcohol/tobacco, and the negative portrayal of women in entertainment, media and society. Hip Hop 4 Life helps girls to realize their true beauty and empower them to be truly outstanding.
Shades of Beauty is one of the programs of Hip Hop 4 Life that is provided for the Empowerment Team.
Shades of Beauty offers a 16-week course for female members of the Empowerment Team, executed annually during the months of October-May. Shades of Beauty is designed to provide life skills training and education on the following topics:
Self-esteem & body image
College, career & financial health
Conduct (at school, in the workplace, in public, etc.)
Etiquette (dining, tipping, phone, time, etc.)
Sexuality, sexual health, STIs, HIV/AIDS, abstinence, prevention
Interpersonal Relationships (friends, family, authority figures, dating violence, etc.)
Proper Grooming & Hygiene
Develop & flaunt your style (clothing attire-what to wear and when, hair, make-up, projecting confidence, etc.)
Afro Puffs and Ponytails is constantly searching for information about clubs and organizations to provide as resources for parents and community organizers. It is our hopes that each resource provided will serve to build confidence, enhance self esteem, instill leadership skills, empower, uplift and educate our African American girls. We are not recommending these programs, but offering a starting point for you to conduct your own evaluation and research about whether a program is right for your child.
For an up-to-date listing of other programs for African American girls within the USA, please click here.
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nicole, 1 year ago
I have a daughter she is 7 years old and in first grade. i recieved a letter form the school yesterday that stated that my child had been weight, and that they had taken her height and body mass index. Now my daughter is 46.75 inches tall and weight is 63 lbs. and the bmi was 20.27. and they sent a letter home telling me she was 95.84 bmi to age percentile and that she had excess weight associated with health risk, and that the did this to according to state law. What has got me upset is that they are doing this in the schools, girls have enough issues with apperiance that lead to anorexia,bulimia, depression, and so forth. that they should not be doing this in the schools. I promote the education of health living, how to eat a healthy diet, exercise, and so on. but to have these first graders sitting in a line to be weight in front of other students, and lets face it kids can be quite mean. society has such a one tracked mind on how people should look on tv in every option of entertainment, that has a lot of young girls and women doing things to there body to maintain an image that is unhealthy, and if they dont comform to that ideal there treated as less then and discriminated against. Now there anouncing in the schools through goverment law the same thing. girls have enough problems with self esteem. Now the schools have been teaching healthing eating and exercise, but to this is to far… how can we stop this from happening???
Estefany, 1 year ago
hello, i see that your an organization willing to help young girls make a change. well i’am a former college student trying to start up my own team. just like yourself im trying to start a group to help young femalkes come together of all ages world wide of different backgrounds and religions. i’am majoring in human service and have a passion for servicing others. my goal is to createan environment for girls to talk about their fears insecurities , relationship and any other daily topics. to start off i have creates a blog and networking website for young girls to come together. the reason i write you is because i would like to join you in doing this, maybe from this grow and potentially build my project and create it into an organization withing your organization for young girls as a way of broading and expanding help and services to young girls all over. i know this ,may seem awkward but iam passionate about making my project into something greater with help from others . so plesase contact me back if you have anything to say i would like to know more of your organization and if theres anything you can do to help me as well . im trying to start something from the ground up