Afro Puffs and Ponytails

Connecting With Your Pre-Teen and Teenager

// by Kim Connecting With Your Pre-Teen and Teenager As the parent of a pre-teen or teenager, you may long for the days when you could hold your child on your lap and they ...

DeShawn Snow Foundation – Atlanta, GA

// by Kim In 2006, DeShawn formed the DeShawn Snow Foundation (DSF). DSF’s mission is to give teenage girls with low self-esteem, the tools to overcome academic, social and emotional difficulties so that ...

Let’s Give Due Props to African American Teen Girls!

// by Kim Acknowledging and displaying appreciation for African American teen girls in the home, at school, and in settings created by clubs, organizations,  mentoring programs specifically designed for African American teen girls  improve communication and builds an environment ...

Camp Kupugani – Leaf River, Illinois

// by Kim “Kupugani” is a Zulu concept meaning “to raise oneself up.” The fundamental point of Camp Kupugani is—in a residential camp setting—to expose girls of varied backgrounds and ethnicities to each ...