SuperGirl Marley Dias writes her own book
SCHOLASTIC TO PUBLISH ACTIVISM BOOK BY MARLEY DIAS, 12-Year-Old #1000BlackGirlBooks FOUNDER, IN SPRING 2018
Recruiting Middle School Girls for Wellness Program in Philadelphia
LEAVES, a free public health and social action program for girls in 4th-8th grade, will resume this month. GrassROOTS is training girls to be healthy and how to use their healthy energy to make a difference in the world. Our curriculum focuses on four key elements of adolescent girls’ development: Physical Health (healthy eating and physical activity) Mental Health (self-confidence and positive self-image) Sexual Health (informed sexual decision-making) Economics of Health (how money affects our health) Girls…
Year in Review – 2016
Happy Holidays!! We thank you for being a GrassROOTS Investor. We appreciate that you have shared your valuable time, dollars, and energy with us. Because of you, we are helping to create a world where all girls grow up to be healthy women. Read our Year in Review report to see your investments in action. Please continue to support, and if you have not already made your annual investment, you can do so at www.grassrootscommunityfoundation.org/INVEST To your health,…
2016 Give Thanks Benefit Gala
GrassROOTS, Mona Scott-Young, CEO, Monami Entertainment and Marley Dias, Founder of #1000BlackGirlBooks hosted the 5th Annual Give Thanks Benefits Gala, to raise funds to support GrassROOTS’ work in New Jersey. This year’s Give Thanks honored three Wellness Warriors. Women who despite of their own mental health challenges have shown great courage in the face of their own devastating health challenges but continue to selflessly give back to their communities. We also recognized Volunteer of the Year, Sherille Raymond who…
GrassROOTS #GiveBack
This year GrassROOTS collaborated with the City of Newark for a two-day turkey giveaway providing 6,000 turkeys, 1000 pumpkins and 2300 organic apples for Newark residents. A total of 50 adult and 18 youth volunteers lend their support to this effort.
Turkey Challenge Winner
Mona Scott-Young remains the reigning champion of the Turkey Challenge; second place goes to a late and great newcomer Yandy Smith-Harris. We are so thankful for support of Faith Evans and Naturi Naughton. Special love to our board members, staff and our Philadelphia supporters. We could not do this community work without you. All donations goes to our #GiveBack efforts for residents of Georgia King Village and families in the Greater Newark community.
Roots, Rock, Run 5K in Newark Results and Pics
“Let’s get together and feel alright” is the slogan for GrassROOTS Community Foundation’s 1st Roots, Rock, Run 5K in Newark, New Jersey, on October 1, 2016. Despite the inclement weather, the race had over 150 runners and walkers at Weequahic Park in the city’s South Ward. The energy of the largely Black audience was electric. Community members gathered to get their numbers, dance, and move outside. We started with an energetic warm up Zumba session with Lisa Charles of…
Join Our Turkey Challenge
For the past six years, GrassROOTS has been providing necessary resources for Newark, the West Ward neighborhood and the over 1,000 families living at Georgia King Village, a housing development in Newark, and home to a significant number of single, black mothers and their children. Almost 30 percent of Newark’s residents live below the US poverty threshold and 1 in 5 residents of Essex County are food insecure. This year we have partnered with the City of Newark and the…
Power of women honoree Ava Duvernay
#1000BLACKGIRLBOOKS and the GRASSROOTS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION congratulate AVA DUVERNAY as a POWER OF WOMEN HONOREE We applaud you for being a disrupter in your industry and for paving the way for future generations. We appreciate the way you use your power and thank you for showing the world the beauty and diversity of black women and girls. Your work inspires young girls and women around the world to be a leader and follow their passion to make a difference.…
Hillary Clinton Faces Her Toughest Interviewer Yet, 11-Year-Old Marley Dias
Our SuperGirl Marley Dias interviews Hillary Rodham Clinton. Read the article and interview HERE Published on OCT 6, 2016 Publisher: www.elle.com