Congratulations goes out to SuperGirls Marley Dias, Amina Anekwe and Tori Fergus. Eleven years ago, we started with five SuperGirls, three remained with the program for all ten years. Now they are off to college. Tori Fergus will attend Columbia University and major in Biology. Amina Anekwe will attend New York University and major in History. Marley Dias will attend Harvard College and major in Government. Thank you for investing in our girls. #SuperGirls
Marley Dias will be doing a special Instagram Live event called 1 Year Anniversary of Club Quarantine with special guest. IG Live Rooms: Adam w/ D-Nice & Friends —Javicia Leslie (Batwoman) and Marley Dias (#Founder of #1000BlackGirlBooks) Date/Time: Thursday, March 18 @ 4:30 PM PT/ 7:30 PM ET Host: Adam Mosseri (Head of Instagram) @mosseri Please support the #1000BlackGirlBooks Campaign live on Instagram on March 18, 2021.Below are options to donate to the campaign. Donate with PayPal: Raise funds to offset the cost…
Bookmarks: Celebrating Black Voices is a live-action collection of twelve five minute episodes featuring prominent Black celebrities and artists reading children's books from Black authors that highlight the Black experience. The series premiered on 1 September and is available to watch globally on Netflix as well as Netflix Jr. YouTube channel. It includes 12 episodes, each around 5 minutes.
The work contributes. October 12-17 we continue the work to help #endperiodpoverty. SuperGirl Ambassador Amina Anekwe will lead this initiative. We will visit four schools and donate 2500 sanitary napkins. Each girl will get up to 3 months supply of resources including a book from SuperGirl Marley Dias’ #1000blackgirlbooks campaign. Mrs. Alberta Ekar made each of the 500 reusable bags for the girls. Also joining the trip is GrassROOTS President Dr. Janice Johnson Dias and…
At GrassROOTS, we train young black girls to use their skills and talents to make a difference in the world. Leadership training begins in the first grade and extends through high school. By the time our girls are in sixth grade, we begin assessing their capacity to share what they have been taught in our leadership development programs. Social action projects is our primary mechanism for evaluating their leadership competencies. More specifically, we use social action projects to evaluate…
International Day of the Woman gives us an opportunity to honor women who enhance our joy and our liberty. GrassROOTS celebrates two hardworking Supermoms who inspire our girls and embody our work. There are so many stories like these so we encourage each of you to watch these videos, then handwrite a letter and read it to a woman in your life. Call her or send a video to tell her how she helps to enhance your joy…
Join the GrassROOTS Community Foundation as we come together to raise funds to develop a summer leadership camp for Black girls. This is the same camp that brought us girl changemakers like Marley Dias, Founder of #1000BlackGirlBooks. All proceeds to SuperCamp Philadelphia. For more about the camp click HERE. PARTY FOR A PURPOSE. A healthy girl is a return on your investment. Music by Cosmo and Lean Wit It. 21+ only Chic dress. Bring a friend and expect some…
SuperCamp Philly Open House will be held after the Roots, Rock, Run training. Meet Marley Dias and other SuperGirls and learn more about our black girls leadership training program On spot interviewing available. To be held in the Auditorium of Anna Lane Lingelbach Elementary School SuperCamp will be held from July 9th thru August 3rd. Final performance on August 4th.
After years of success in New Jersey and a short pilot in Philadelphia, GrassROOTS Community Foundation is ready to expand our girls leadership training model. We are seeking your support to develop more black girl changemakers. Support black girl leadership in New Jersey and Philly by donating today!! SuperCamp: The Leadership Training Experience For 8 years, we have trained 50+ black girls at SuperCamp, the summer intensive leadership training program where our SuperGirls learn the foundation of becoming changemakers. …