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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

THE CORNER GAZETTE™

(our blog)

Welcome to our blog, The Corner Gazette™!

This blog will include thoughts, words, essays, poems, 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, and Tahjma.

***Be sure to contact us so that we know that you've viewed our Site and our Blog, The Corner Gazette™. 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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Thursday, April 21, 2011

The Negative Effects of Girl Bullying
          I know some girls who have been or are currently being bullied. This, to me, is SO disturbing.

          Imagine planning what you are wearing to school EVERY weekday morning, just so that you will not get teased because your mom cannot afford to buy you expensive clothes. Imagine walking down a different hallway at your school just so that you will not run into that tall “mean girl” bully that harasses you about your weight at least 2-3 times a week. Imagine logging onto your Facebook account only to discover that some girl at your school has posted a comment teasing you about your “nerdy friends” under your latest status update about your upcoming birthday party/slumber party. These scenarios are happening every day in schools, in girls’ lives, across this country. As a result, the self-esteem of these same girls is SO low that they cannot even face themselves in their mirrors and repeat the words, “I love ME!” Wow!

          Self-esteem is the core of our being. If we don’t even have that, we don’t have ourselves. If young girls are being reduced to so-called “losers” by other girls, of course, there comes a point when... Those words are internalized and digested, sometimes causing lifetime damage or life-threatening behaviors. We cannot allow our girls to be subjected to this kind of nonsense. So many of them have their whole lives ahead of them and are so incredibly talented, intelligent, creative, and beautiful.

          It is time to band together in our communities and hold educators, clergy, community leaders, parents, and bullies accountable for the societal ill of bullying and its worsening effects on our youth, specifically our young girls. It is also time to embrace bullying victims and teach them survival skills/tactics, as well as ways to boost their self-esteem. Parents, it is not enough for your positive affirmations to be heard in your homes if your children hear the exact opposite for several hours during the week, when they are not in your presence. Please have a presence at the schools where your children attend. Do address problems immediately with your children’s teachers if situations arise. We cannot sit idly by anymore and let our youth destroy each other with words and actions. Years ago, we laughed off words, believing that “sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me.” In this day and age, so many youth are killing themselves over words that taunt them daily. This cannot go on! Join me in the fight against “bullying” before it is TOO late, and we have lost more youth who had potential that they will never realize.
© 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)