{"id":211430,"date":"2016-03-15T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-03-15T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/?p=211430"},"modified":"2016-03-15T12:15:23","modified_gmt":"2016-03-15T16:15:23","slug":"211430","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/?p=211430","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Believe in a Black Girl&#8221; to Launch March 17"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-211431 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/BWFBG13_Purple.png\" alt=\"BWFBG13_Purple\" width=\"250\" height=\"72\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><em>Believe in a Black Girl<\/em> is a tremendous movement that recognizes and uplifts black girls. This is an incredibly exciting movement is sponsored by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blackwomenforblackgirls.org\/about\/\">Black Women for Black Girls<\/a>. \u00a0Please see details below.<\/p>\n<p>WHAT:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blackwomenforblackgirls.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Believe in a Black Girl\u2120<\/a> Campaign Launch Event &#8211; The <em>Believe in a Black Girl\u2120<\/em> campaign will engage the public in an effort to reduce the distinct challenges faced by\u00a0black girls by providing empowering messages and actions to encourage and uplift black girls. The campaign will run during March and May and it will launch with an inspiring and informative networking reception to be held at Harlem Hospital Center&#8217;s Mural Pavilion on <span class=\"aBn\"><span class=\"aQJ\">Thursday, March 17<\/span><\/span> from <span class=\"aBn\"><span class=\"aQJ\">6 pm- 8 pm<\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The launch event will provide Black women and girls an opportunity to network, create empowering videos and messages, and be informed and inspired by a number of\u00a0the city\u2019s thought leaders and activists. That evening, BW4BG will present the 2016 Believe in a Black Girl Rising Star Award to the 5th grader from Queens, Egypt \u201cIfy\u201d Ufele, anti-bullying activist and the only kid designer that dressed curvy models during Fashion Week. Additionally, NBC News Correspondent, Morgan K. Radford, will moderate a conversation on the state of black girls.<\/p>\n<p>WHEN:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><span class=\"aBn\"><span class=\"aQJ\">Thursday March 17, 2016<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"aBn\"><span class=\"aQJ\">6:00pm \u2013 8:00pm<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>WHERE:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>Harlem Hospital Center&#8217;s Mural Pavilion<\/div>\n<div>506 Lenox Avenue (btw 135 &amp; 136th Streets)<br \/>\nNew York, NY 10037<\/div>\n<div>WHO:<\/div>\n<div>Black Women for Black Girls, Inc. Giving Circle Members including Sharene Wood, Harlem Haberdashery<br \/>\nBW4BG College Shower Honorees<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Moderator: Morgan K. Radford, NBC News Correspondent<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Panelists:<br \/>\nIfy Uflee, 5th Grade Curvy Girl Designer and Anti-Bullying Activist<br \/>\nDominique Jones, Executive Director, The Boys &amp; Girls Club of Harlem<br \/>\nTamika Mallory, President of Mallory Consulting and Co-Chair, Justice League of NYC<br \/>\nFeminista Jones, Author, Social Worker, Activist, Public Speaker<br \/>\nAkua Soadwa, Action &amp; Life Coach and Founder, Gye Nyame Empowerment Project<br \/>\nHeather Hughes, Image Stylist and Founder, Style Unleashed<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>For press coverage &#8211; please RSVP to: <a>info@blackwomenforblackgirls.com<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Believe in a Black Girl is a tremendous movement that recognizes and uplifts black girls&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":832535,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12756786],"tags":[124718295,124718294,124718296,124717913,60275839,37572200,124718297,124718181,124717396],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211430"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=211430"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211430\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":211434,"href":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211430\/revisions\/211434"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/832535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=211430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=211430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=211430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}