Girls Who Brunch Co

With our program Girls Who Brunch, we were forced to go 100% virtual because of COVID. Now that cities are starting to open back up, I plan to continue to grow our now hybrid programming. I will be able to purchase PPE for our team and attendees, ability to hire more people, and purchase supplies. We will be able to purchase equipment for live streaming capabilities so we can maintain social distance standards, while allowing girls that will not be able to be in attendance to still have the ability to attend virtually. I will also be able to host more personalized masterclasses for our girls on weekly basis in our difference cities. 

The I.G.N.I.T.E. Mentoring Masterclass curriculum uses age appropriate content and activities that have been proven to effectively reduce risk around high-school drop-out, drug use, bullying, suicide, depression and anxiety, while uncovering resiliency around academic success, impulse control, stress resistance, social-emotional skills and healthy relationships.

These programs prepare students for the self-sufficiency and resiliency needed to become successful young adults.

The I.G.N.I.T.E. Mentoring Masterclass address the following risk and protective factors:

• Academic Success
• Emotional Competency
• Self-Efficacy Skills
• Communication Skills
• Conflict Resolution Skills
• Connectedness to Family, School and Community

When I was young, I didn’t know my worth. I knew that I was smart, but in the same breath, I was convinced that something was wrong with me. Bad things kept happening to me. I was raped 4 times by 16. I was looking for love in the wrong places, which led to the birth of my 2 daughters by the age of 19. I kept the abuse tucked away and compartmentalized, but the cloud of my secrets hung over my head.  Once I was older and started my writing career, I met an amazing group of girls entered my book signing and changed my life completely. Those girls in breathed life back into my body. They had never seen an African American author signing a book at a major bookstore. This motivated me to strive and create a program that will grow these girls and other girls across the country. I learned that using my hardships and tribulations as an example of what the devil means for bad, God means for good and can turn your journey into a testimony. My goal for the future is to grow this program internationally and saving girls across the world.

The purpose of Girls Who Brunch Tour, a 501c3 is to cultivate, inspire, and empower at risk girls between the ages of 9-17 years old. Today, girls are very impressionable. This demographic of girls is being exposed to bullying, human trafficking, self-esteem issues, and underestimation of self-worth. Through Girls Who Brunch, we provide vital tools needed through literacy, education, life skills, and health & wellness to help girls become leaders and difference makers in their communities. Girls Who Brunch Girls Who Brunch, a non-profit that combats this cultural epidemic by addressing low-income communities, and sponsoring girls in foster care, as well as sex trade victims and teen mothers. Through mentorship, workshops, STEAM training, and panel facilitations, Girls Who Brunch teaches different ways of thinking that ultimately enables at-risk girls to succeed and flourish. As of date, Girls Who Brunch, has positively impacted and equipped over 24K girls nationwide to become the leaders of tomorrow. We also have reading and feeding programs and holiday assistance.

Girls Who Brunch Tour, will empowerment group round table sessions, STEM based training, and human trafficking and safety trainings. Our goal is to develop model citizens that will age and become difference makers in their communities. Through our program they will have access to mental health services, substance abuse counseling and/or treatment, employment assistance, and other support resources and services for participants and their families. Our curriculum uses age appropriate content and activities that have been proven to effectively reduce risk around high-school drop-out, drug use, bullying, suicide, depression and anxiety, while uncovering resiliency around academic success, impulse control, stress resistance, social-emotional skills and healthy relationships. These programs prepare students for the self-sufficiency and resiliency needed to become successful young adults. Through our STEM training and self-efficacy sessions, we will provide the girls with tools, resources, and trainings to change their mindsets which will in turn give them a fighting chance to obtain economic opportunities. Our program will provide support for them to establish their own businesses, and develop job readiness skills and training that will prepare them to enter the workforce and will overall give them access to economic opportunities.

Our I.G.N.I.T.E. Mentoring Masterclass will have an impact on humanity by the following: This program will enhance Literacy, Life skills, STEM training, bully prevention, self-esteem enhancement, leadership skills, and business and financial literacy to girls that resides in marginalized communities within Fulton County. Our program aims to cultivate, inspire, and empower at risk girls between the ages of 9-17 years old. Today, girls are very impressionable. This demographic of girls is being exposed to bullying, human trafficking, self-esteem issues, and underestimation of self-worth.

We will establish this by utilization of the following:

• Utilizing Evidence-Based Curriculum
• Participant engagement
• Providing Participant Incentives
• Utilization of web-based training platform

The results to be obtained are the following:

• Baseline data of girls before program and after such as behavior change, self-esteem, knowledge, etc.  Baseline (beginning), progress, and/or outcomes regarding the academic, behavioral and/or personal goals of the participants.
• Level of self-confidence and self-awareness of participants.
• Log of actual activities that occurred and are occurring and outcomes, including participation
• Policy and protocols
• Challenges and successes
• # and/or type of support services and resources received during programming period 
• Level of actual utilization of support services and referrals, including progress and/or outcomes