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The Black Girls' Corner (TBGC)

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The Black Girls' Corner, Inc.™ (aka "TBGC™")
for minority girls, ages 10-15

TBGC'S CREATIVE CORNER™

(our blog)

Welcome to our blog, TBGC's Creative Corner™!

This blog will include thoughts, words, essays, poems, cartoons, artwork, and accounts of
The Black Girls' Corner™ sessions/community service projects/fundraisers/social events.
The entries will be submitted by our Founder/Executive Director, "Miss Vickie";
all Mentors; our Mothers (or other caregivers); or most importantly, our Debutantes.
The Lead Persons in charge of this blog are Debutantes Amari, Tyeast, Jazmyn, and Nyah.

***Enjoy our Blog, TBGC's Creative Corner™. Peace and Blessings!

"Steppin' out of the Corner into our destinies™"

TBGC Debutantes™

"In the Corner, I Dream...™"

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Message to all youth:
"Stop bullying!
You are hurting yourselves,
other kids, their parents, your parents, and entire families.
Just STOP IT!
Some kids are committing suicide
as a result of their pain as bullying victims.
Don't let the loss of their lives
become your lifelong guilty consciences!"
Miss Vickie, August 2011
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Below is a cartoon
by our very own, Debutante Jazmyn.
She tackles and captures the essence
of the societal ill, BULLYING, here.
© 2011 "Debutante" Jazmyn McCallum All rights reserved.

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Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Some Inspiration and Encouragement for Black Girls
          In this Black History month, I must encourage all Black girls to expand your horizons and to know about/learn more about women like First Lady Michelle Obama, TV talk show host Oprah Winfrey, poet Maya Angelou, former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, and former college president Johnnetta Cole. They have all worn many hats and accomplished great things. These are some powerful women, all still living! As young girls, it is imperative that you learn about all strong and powerful women to model yourselves after, and not just those like Beyonce and others in the music industry.

          Over the years, Black girls have grown into Black women who function daily as businesswomen, lawyers, beauticians, doctors, scientists, teachers, astronauts, news anchors, bankers, artists, and other professionals. The more you learn about these women, your own interests, passions, and strengths will start to surface and you can begin to explore those things and strengthen them within yourselves. It is never too early to dream and to think about what you would like to do and accomplish with the rest of your life.

          Even though you may never meet most of the well-known women you read about or listen to, you can find a role model who has done similar things. Your role model may even be a relative, mentor, or family friend. Shadow that woman and learn all you can from her.

          We all have unique gifts. Dream and discover them! What better way to do that than to study what some women, who were once girls before you, have done. Dream big!
© 2011 Vickie L. Hughes, J.D. All rights reserved.

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Our Theme Song

Every day we are forced to deal with
the trials of life.
And so many other
kids' words
cut like a knife.
We must stay strong.
We must not cry.
We will survive!
These days,
it's a struggle to stay alive.

Chorus:
We are T-B-G-C DEBS!

Determined...
Empowered...
Beautiful...
Successful...
Yes, we are!
And we will always be.

We have work to do,
preparing for our futures.
Our destinies await us...
And one day,
we will step into them.
We must stay focused on
what lies ahead.
There are others depending on us,
to lead our generation
to the next level,
for sure.
To all the dysfunction
in the world today,

strong leadership shall be
our cure.

(repeat chorus)

We can't all rap or sing.
Some of us need to discover,
to explore, to create, to teach,

we may even be called
to preach.
Based on humanities' history,
there are so many paths
we could take.
Our own futures
we shall make.
Don't rattle us,
we won't shake.

We stick together because
we've formed a bond.
We will always be
TBGC sisters,

Other special treasures near and dear to our hearts...

"It's Your Voice!™" (created by
Miss Vickie)

"My Two Causes™" (created by
Miss Vickie)

"My Fight For A Right™" (created by
Miss Vickie)

"What Do You Like About
Being Black?™" (created by Miss Vickie)

"Don't Carry Your Burdens...™" (created by Miss Vickie)
"Mirror, Mirror...
An exercise on self-esteem™" (created by Miss Vickie)

"Give Us Your Best Sexy,
Confident Strut™" (age-appropriate, of course) (created by Miss Vickie)
"If I...™" (created by Miss Vickie)

Praise Line (introduced to us by
Ms. Adeola)

Legacy Cord (introduced to us by
Ms. Adeola)

Memory Quilt (introduced to us by
Ms. Adeola)

Debutantes or DEBS (Determined, Empowered, Beautiful, Successful)