Jade

"You push a girl out of school and you push her into the streets."
~ Susan Burton

"It's just that some people go more through things than y'all even know, and y'all don't even take the time out to see what's going on. Y'all just judge them, just because the way they present themself; and, I don't think it's fair."
~Ariana

We attended a much needed panel discussion on how we can understand and support the needs of African American Girls. The PUSHOUT documentary by Dr. Monique Morris brings to light the criminalization of black girls in our schools.

A beautiful night out supporting the Boys and Girls Club of the East Valley.

"Beauty shouldn't be about changing yourself to achieve an ideal or be more socially acceptable. Real beauty, the interesting, truly pleasing kind, is about honoring the beauty within you and without you. It's about knowing that someone else's definition of pretty has no hold over you." - Golda Poretsky


Art Credit: Faith Jackson