tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37703579999229892332024-03-06T19:34:21.841-08:00Women's Leadership ProjectWomen's Leadership Projecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15920540631472944158noreply@blogger.comBlogger87125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3770357999922989233.post-1598284083079110672017-05-31T07:13:00.001-07:002017-05-31T07:13:55.362-07:00Future of Feminism 2017
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">On May 25th, approximately 130 youth and adult attendees
participated in the “Future of Feminism” conference for girls of color and
allies of all genders at the Foundation Center in South L.A.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Spearheaded by young women of color with a
focus on intersectional feminism, the L.A. County Human Relations Commission
and Women’s Leadership Project conference was the first of its kind in South
L.A.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Participating schools and
organizations included Dorsey High School, King-Drew Magnet High School of
Medicine and Science, Gardena High School, Miguel Contreras Learning Complex,
Fremont High School, LAUSD School Police, David & Margaret Youth and </span></div>
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Services, Barrio Youth in Action and the L.A. Commission for Children and
Families.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Students attended youth-led
workshops on the intersection of sexual violence and homelessness; media
representation, mental</span></div>
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day sexism, racism, colorism and heterosexism at school campuses; redressing
the school-to-prison pipeline through transformative justice; and
deconstructing transphobia and homophobia through the examination of social
norms such as dress, speech and gender-coded</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">behavior.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Partner organizations Youth Justice
Coalition, Media Done Responsibly, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Peace Over Violence and the GSA Network (in
collaboration with Fremont HS and the Trans Youth Support Network) provided
support.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The conference was emceed by
WLP alums Kennedy Moore (2016) and Clay Wesley (2009).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>WLP health educator Issachar Curbeon opened
the event with a video highlighting WLP youth perspectives on intersectional
feminism.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Issachar and former WLP intern
Marlene Montanez co-</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">moderated a feminism and advocacy panel featuring WLP
college alum from UCLA, UCLA’s David Geffen School of Medicine, Mt St Mary's
University, CSUN, CSULB, El Camino College and UCSC.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Panelists Miani Giron, Liz Soria, Marenda
Kyle, Dercy De La Cruz and DJ/activist Kumi James gave their perspectives on
identity, colorism, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">navigating racism/sexism and white supremacy in academia,
pushing back against Eurocentric beauty standards, and community activism.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The event concluded with a commentary and
presentation by King-Drew Leadership and Feminism Club students on the Vagina
Monologues and its significance for women's rights, civil liberties, free
speech and feminist self-determination.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The reading was based on a student-led production mounted at King-Drew
during the spring semester for Women’s Day, a mandatory </span></div>
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focusing on gender justice and anti-sexism.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>St. John’s Health Center, the Youth Justice Coalition and the Positive
Results Corporation provided informational resource tables for conference
participants.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
Sikivuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18421641001672980440noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3770357999922989233.post-6005504216782853852017-05-16T07:42:00.001-07:002017-05-16T07:42:20.242-07:00WLP IN THEIR OWN WORDS: FUTURE OF FEMINISM REVIEW<div align="center" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">
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<strong><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">By
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<strong><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; padding: 0in;">From <i>The Feminist Wire (2012)</i></span></strong></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_5EGASEsIqodcE3FY4PVQCWHDZ_0rGAaSjifAlugz4m9mD3BX8Gkj1fLdfZml6ouq7AAlA6vBOuYJOfs2IGQ-ju4h9xdzJzB-zNyD3p8t2e0QDpbpydrbsuHFyjaqnrpDxY6q4Qjbv3Q/s1600/Miani+2017.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_5EGASEsIqodcE3FY4PVQCWHDZ_0rGAaSjifAlugz4m9mD3BX8Gkj1fLdfZml6ouq7AAlA6vBOuYJOfs2IGQ-ju4h9xdzJzB-zNyD3p8t2e0QDpbpydrbsuHFyjaqnrpDxY6q4Qjbv3Q/s200/Miani+2017.jpg" width="112" /></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">In the
three years that I’ve been involved in the Women’s Leadership Project (WLP) my
awareness and outlook on social issues have been positively impacted. Before I
joined I was unaware of issues like HIV/AIDS, domestic violence, and de facto
segregation and how they directly affect my community. I’m not embarrassed to
admit that I was ignorant of the issues that have the potential to destroy my
community, because it’s not my fault that no one ever took the time to educate
me on these matters. WLP has made me aware of issues that degrade women;
as a result, not only am I conscious, but I am outraged and determined to
actively do something about it. My participation in WLP increased my
interest in talking to young women in my community to raise awareness. I’m
encouraged to advocate and be active in my own school-community. While all the
social issues we discuss in WLP are of great importance to me, the issue of
mainstream media and female representation really concerns me. The media
degrades women and decreases a woman’s value by displaying them as sex symbols…I
feel like I have to rise above the stigma associated with my community.
Hopefully, my activism and decisions to pursue a college education will
encourage my younger peers to follow the same path.</span></div>
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Leadership Project (WLP) as the light in the darkness. As a senior at Gardena,
I had no hope or desire to go to college before WLP. I used to think it would
be impossible for me to attend college because I’m undocumented. The program
was something special for me because WLP mentors helped me understand the
pressures and obstacles we face while encouraging us to attend college. I see
all the hard work they do by teaching us about equality, the rights of women,
and other things they bring for us to learn. Ms. Hutchinson is my role model
because she has inspired me to value educating young women.</span></div>
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my hair as way to stay in touch with my African-American roots. As someone who
continued to wear and became fond of braid culture, seeing my peers bleaching
and straightening their hair made me feel like an outcast. In the January 2014</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Big Holiday and Glamour Issue of Sophisticate’s
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of “black hair” was light and straight hair opposed to what real black hair is,
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Blackness? As I looked through the magazine I realized that most of the Black
models and actresses were light-skinned with light hair. Most of the pages
promoted weaves and chemicals to lighten and straighten hair. By these
examples, the magazine is conveying the message that is what black hair is
supposed to look like. As a proud wearer
of braids I encourage people to stick with what they have. To quote India Arie,
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">While the majority of Black women I know experience sexual harassment, and too many experience sexual assault, we often don’t acknowledge sexual harassment and violence for the problems they are. When we don’t step back and question these behaviors that diminish our sense of self worth and power, we accept them in our daily lives. Even though we understand that such behavior is unacceptable, we often face numerous obstacles in speaking out about the harassment we face. Learning how to step forward and speak up requires asking questions. That’s where peer-to-peer education — lessons led by students for other students — becomes important. No one can empathize with the problems Black girls face more than Black girls, so naturally we are the ones best positioned to find solutions for our own problems.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">On Denim Day, April 26, 2017, 10th-12th grade students from the Women's Leadership Project (WLP) and Young Male Scholars' (YMS) programs at Gardena
High School and King Drew Magnet of Medicine and Science conducted sexual assault and sexual harassment prevention workshops with over
one hundred and twenty students in health, math, social studies and Advisory classes. Students discussed the prevalence </span><br />
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violence and harassment on school campuses and communities, the stereotypes
associated with rape and sexual assault victims, and the normalization of
violence against women and girls of color in mainstream society. Despite being marginalized in mainstream media representations of sexual violence victimization (which tend to foreground the experiences and lives of white victims), African American women have some of the highest rates of rape and sexual assault, with <a href="https://newsone.com/1680915/half-of-black-girls-sexually-assaulted/">nearly 60%</a> of Black girls reporting sexual abuse victimization by the age of eighteen. </span><br />
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engaged in debate about the implications of victim-blaming and victim-shaming
for sexual </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">violence victims and survivors, as well as the often fraught issue
of giving consent in a relationship. Speaking as male allies, peer educator leaders from YMS stepped up about
<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sikivu-hutchinson/woke-feminist-men-engagin_b_10216138.html">male responsibility </a>for being aware that "no means no" and being conscious that
sexual violence can happen across gender identity and sexual orientation. Students
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violence victims, the prevalence of social media predation, cyberbullying
and sex trafficking as well as recent examples of sexual harassment in sports, entertainment and politics
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In the three years that I’ve been involved in the Women’s Leadership Project (WLP) my awareness and outlook on social issues have been positively impacted. Before I joined I was unaware of issues like HIV/AIDS, domestic violence, and de facto segregation and how they directly affect my community. I’m not embarrassed to admit that I was ignorant of the issues that have the potential to destroy my community, because it’s not my fault that no one ever took the time to educate me on these matters. WLP has made me aware of issues that degrade women; as a result, not only am I conscious, but I am outraged and determined to actively do something about it. My participation in WLP increased my interest in talking to young women in my community to raise awareness. I’m encouraged to advocate and be active in my own school-community.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Women's Day King-Drew present @ Sexual violence & media forum</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">WLP GHS discussing Step Up campaign</td></tr>
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<span style="color: black;">By Issachar Curbeon</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">We are
excited about putting together a powerful visual project to spread awareness
about the sexual harassment and verbal abuse young Black women are experiencing
in the LAUSD. The campaign will be developed during <b>January-March 2016</b> and will include Gardena HS, King-Drew Medical Magnet and Crenshaw HS.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">To
provoke conversation In November 2015, during our first session with</span><span style="color: black;">
Women’s Leadership Project's Women of Color in the U.S. class, we administered a survey to gauge the self-esteem
of the girls in the class. The survey was designed to find out if young women felt safe,
supported and respected on campus<b>. </b></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">Unfortunately,
we were not surprised when the survey revealed that more than half of the girls
had been sexually harassed on campus or in their communities; and that more
than half of the class recognized disrespect towards Black girls as a major
issue on campus. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">To create a sense of sisterhood among the girls we decided to do an adaptation
of an exercise called Step Forward, Step Back tailored to show them that they
were not alone in their experiences of harassment on campus. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">Step
Forward, Step Back is traditionally a privilege exercise where participants
stand in a straight line in the middle of an empty space and respond to
statements about their personal social class experiences. With each true
statement (i.e ‘step forward if your parents went to college) individuals
either step forward representing experiences and circumstances that have
afforded wealth, education, health, and wellbeing; or step backward
representing experiences that frustrate educational, economic and social
advancement. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">The
exercise reveals that success in our society is not an equal race, there are in
fact, experiences that marginalized people face due to racism, sexism and
economic inequality that act as major obstacles to resources and opportunities
to succeed. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">The campaign will involve the following elements:</span></div>
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<br />Sikivuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18421641001672980440noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3770357999922989233.post-63982695500568896062015-06-30T23:41:00.001-07:002015-06-30T23:41:18.881-07:00WLP Celebrates Five Years of Advocacy and Excellence<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Despite an uphill battle against budget cuts, political challenges and sexist/racist public policies, WLP is still standing. Hats off to the amazing activists, scholars and visionary leaders (the majority of whom are the first in their families to go to college) who have made WLP a strong voice for young feminist of color leadership. The video features WLP alum from Syracuse University, CSUDH, CSULB, UCLA, El Camino College, CSUN and Southwest College, as well the classes of 2016 and 2017.Sikivuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18421641001672980440noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3770357999922989233.post-41655851170152221012015-02-20T07:18:00.001-08:002015-02-20T07:18:21.385-08:00Busting the School-to-Prison Pipeline Forum<div style="text-align: center;">
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Sikivuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18421641001672980440noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3770357999922989233.post-58870608777590695832014-12-09T17:39:00.000-08:002014-12-09T17:39:04.204-08:00WLP Support CampaignDear WLP Supporter:<br />
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Once again, due to fiscal and political reasons, WLP is in jeopardy of being shut down and we need your help.</div>
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When you get a chance could you please send a one-two line email of support with the subject line: "Why WLP is Important to the Community" or "What WLP Means to Me" to the following individuals?</div>
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Your email can be as a simple as "WLP means giving young girls of color a voice in a climate where there a few gender justice programs expressly for girls of color."</div>
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"WLP means access to college, social justice and leadership skills"</div>
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Please include your affiliation in your signature.</div>
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Sikivu Hutchinson, Founder </div>
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12/9: HIV/AIDS & Youth of Color trainings </div>
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12/12: School climate facilitation</div>
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12/15: Guest speaker: Cheryl Dorsey, Author/Activist & LAPD whistleblower</div>
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12/16: Guest speaker: Miani Giron, WLP 2012, Syracuse University, 2016</div>
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Cheryl Dorsey in an illuminating discussion about her career and work as an
outspoken woman of color in the male-dominated culture of the LAPD. Ms.
Dorsey's acclaimed<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Black-Blue-Creation-Manifesto-African-American/dp/0615844138/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1373928935&sr=1-2&keywords=universal+kingdom+print"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">book</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span></span><i><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Black and Blue: The Creation of a
Manifesto<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></i><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">chronicles
her fight against racism, sexism and the Good Old Boy's club in the Los Angeles
Police Department. She writes, "</span><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-size: 13.5pt;">LAPD’s problems and internal struggles, which
precipitated the creation of the Christopher Commission in 1991, are the same
issues facing the department in 2013; they’re cultural and systemic. The
department crafts an image of any officer who complains in such a way that
makes that officer appear distasteful, and therefore anything that they say or
do is rejected. However, I am an honorably retired police sergeant who's
willing to expose the department's two-tiered system of discipline and the
manner in which the LAPD condones acts of sexism, racism, and reverse
racism."</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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On Saturday Sept. 13, the Division of Animation and Digital Arts (DADA) participated in the Bridging the STEM Divide conference at the Stauffer Science Lecture Hall. Over 100 local high school students attended the event, which was focused on exposing students of color to STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) both as academic disciplines and also as career paths.</div>
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This daylong conference started off with a keynote address from Dr. Clifford Johnson of the USC Physics department. Johnson, who has collaborated Animation program since 2011, said improved science literacy benefited everyone. “It is important for a stronger and more democratic society as scientific decisions that affect us all should be participated in by all,” he said.</div>
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Two workshop sessions followed the keynote, with each split into three areas: Women of Color, First Generation College Students, and STEM careers. The workshops were aimed at demystifying the STEM fields, and bridging the gap that creates massive disparities in representation for people of color in the professions they support.</div>
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Research suggests a major contributor to that disparity is public attitudes and culture. “People have a perception that STEM is not for people of color, that somehow there is maybe a lack of ability or interest in it, or both. It even makes people of color think that this is the case. It creates an environment that is hard for people of color to work in,” Johnson said. “Doing well in a subject is hard enough, doing it while people around you (maybe even your friends at school or family) think that it is not for you is even harder.”</div>
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The Bridging the STEM Divide conference, which was initially conceived by Sikivu Hutchinson of the Women's Leadership Project and the L.A. County Human Relations Commission, and Ramon Chairez of the Level Playing Field Institute (LPFI), is part of a series of similar immersion programs at USC, UCLA and UC Berkeley. The conference was also co-organized and sponsored by Rosalind Conerly of the Center for Black Cultural and Student Affairs, Mar Elepano of the USC School of Cinematic Arts, Cynthia Joseph of the Center for Dark Energy Biosphere Investigations, and the USC Neighborhood Academic Initiative.</div>
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“All of the panelists spoke of being underestimated and discriminated against in their college departments as well as in the workplace,” Hutchinson said. “Many of the panelists spoke of their experiences being the sole person of color in their professional fields/workplaces and stressed the importance of finding mentors to steer their journeys in college and careers. The Women of Color in STEM panel focused on media representations of STEM as a white male dominated field and how it discourages girls of color from pursuing STEM.”</div>
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Fighting the stereotypes facing Black and Latino youth—young women in particular—was a major focal point of the conference. The event not only provided opportunities for networking and scholarships for the students, but it also provided uplifting dialogue on workplace discrimination and how it should be challenged. Scholarly advice was coupled with emotional stories of personal experience, giving space for the students, faculty, and organizers to empower each other and bring in an end to the divide that disadvantages students of color.</div>
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Johnson said: “STEM is part of our culture - we should all contribute and enjoy it, regardless of background.”</div>
<span style="background-color: #e4e4e4; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 16px;">- See more at: http://cinema.usc.edu/news/article.cfm?id=14550#sthash.Oymg9uJn.dpuf</span>Sikivuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18421641001672980440noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3770357999922989233.post-53721020846318511662014-06-05T22:50:00.004-07:002014-06-06T11:10:05.122-07:00Profiles of the Young Women of Gardena High School's WLP<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pictured: Sikivu Hutchinson, Lena Tina Fongang, Tiare Hill, Caithlyn Torres, Betsy Casas, Yvonne Arechiga, Marenda Kyle, Jennifer Gomez, Lizeth Soria, Betty Rosenda Green. Missing: Danielle Woodcock.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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The ladies of Gardena High School's Women's Leadership Project 2013-2014:<br />
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<b>Lena Tina Fongang</b><br />
This upcoming fall semester, Lena plans to attend El Camino College where she will take up nursing courses. Lena has the goal of transferring to UCLA or UCSB to complete her Bachelor's degree in nursing and eventually plans to attend medical school to become a physician. Another future plan of Lena's is to start a non-profit organization whose mission is to support children in under-served communities in the area of education.<br />
Aside from her professional goals, Lena wants to travel to all of the 24 countries she has on her list of places to visit such as Costa Rica, Greece, Italy and Jamaica.<br />
Reflecting on her WLP experience, Lena says that WLP has helped her to feel better about herself as well as learn to critically think about society and the different issues that affect young female students of color. She says that is is through the meetings where stereotypes related to race and gender were discussed that she was able to understand different issues more deeply.<br />
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<b>Tiare Hill</b><br />
After Gardena High School, Tiare plans to transfer into a four year university where she will major in journalism and will become a television news anchor reporting on the issues that the larger society needs to know about. She is passionate about issues related to the justice system and the discrimination that the African American community faces. Tiare wants to bring about positive change related to these issues through her work as a news anchor. Aside from her academics, Tiare loves to sing, play volleyball and be with her friends. <br />
Having been introduced to WLP by Jennifer Gomez, Tiare has been able to enjoy the rich and important discussions on issues faced by women, particularly women of color, as well as the fun bonding activities that WLP has, such as the camping experience at the beginning of the school year.<br />
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<b>Caithlyn Torres</b><br />
Always displaying her entrepreneurial and creative spirit, Caithlyn has plans of becoming an entrepreneur and starting up her own business with future business partners after she graduates. She also will be working towards becoming a pediatric nurse practitioner and will have this practice while simultaneously maintaining her future business.<br />
Caithlyn enjoys playing volleyball and art and she firmly believes the importance of going after something she wants. The fact that she has more than one career goal shows that she believes she can be the type of person she wants to be and she does not need to fit into a box.<br />
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<b>Betsy Casas</b><br />
Before attending UCLA in the fall, Betsy plans to enjoy her summer by traveling to Mexico to visit her father and her dog. Aside from being inspired by her supportive parents, Betsy is motivated by many things, such as her own personal dreams, her surroundings as well as her failures. She says that in her current state of life she is greatly interested in exploring her world and the world outside. With the support of WLP, Betsy has been able to understand her world more deeply as well as discuss and comprehend various subjects she had never talked about before. Also through WLP, she has learned to question many unfair situations that have happened to her as well as in her environment.<br />
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<b>Yvonne Arechiga</b><br />
After graduation, Yvonne will attend Long Beach City College before transferring into a four year university. She plans to major in Business Administration and sees her father as one of her biggest influences. His journey of moving to the United States at a young age and doing years of hard work to finally becoming his own boss has greatly inspired her and her choice of majoring in the business field. Yvonne states that achieving her dreams motivates and reminds her to not give up and that if she wants to accomplish a goal, she understands the importance of facing obstacles.<br />
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<b>Marenda Kyle</b><br />
<i>Please see her bio below.</i><br /><br />
<b>Jennifer Gomez</b><br />
Jennifer is proud to attend Cal State Dominguez Hills this upcoming fall.<b> </b>Although she is not completely sure as to what she will major in, she wants to explore the areas of music engineering, tour management, event planning as well as the work of a probation officer. Jennifer also understands how a formal education can help her to earn a financial wage where she can live comfortably and can indulge in spending if she chooses. Like several of her WLP peers, she enjoys playing volleyball and being involved with campus activities, such as Leadership.<br />
She states that her experience with WLP has had a big impact during the two years she was involved. WLP has helped her to find her voice and to be less timid when it comes to sharing her mind as well as learning how to be more independent.<br />
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<b>Danielle Woodcock </b><br />
Danielle will be a senior at Gardena High School this upcoming fall and plans to attend a four year institution afterwards. She wants to obtain her Bachelor's degree in Psychology and will move on to working on her PhD. Being aware of her privileges, Danielle says that she is passionate about social justice and equality for all as well as educating her community about issues that are not given the amount of attention that is needed, such as violence against women. Issues that affect marginalized groups and different struggles that the human race faces are what inspires her the most, which is why she has participated in many of WLP's events, such as Denim Day and Women's History Month.<br />
Danielle says that WLP has helped her to become more socially aware as well as more confident with speaking out when people who have privilege are apathetic and do not help to create positive social change.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3770357999922989233.post-39283144361522064292014-06-05T11:25:00.002-07:002014-06-06T08:04:51.092-07:00Marenda Kyle: Future Educator, WLP Service Award<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6B6pOiBYNOIYcYVo5FOKGG7sUNzU_mD-Nr9-FFzCyuYvwYpdY3MLBvsisFZaLC17Ez-9766mKsFs4q9XkDHqVZheAxm3JrC0XRxs7R28t_KpFZ4g86SvL89mKyHb5ut2ODfyQQnG7gtM/s1600/Marenda+2014.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6B6pOiBYNOIYcYVo5FOKGG7sUNzU_mD-Nr9-FFzCyuYvwYpdY3MLBvsisFZaLC17Ez-9766mKsFs4q9XkDHqVZheAxm3JrC0XRxs7R28t_KpFZ4g86SvL89mKyHb5ut2ODfyQQnG7gtM/s320/Marenda+2014.jpg" /></a></div>Women’s Leadership Project service award winner Marenda Kyle has always expressed a passion for education and women’s rights. Last year, she moved to Los Angeles from Bethesda, Maryland. Although she has only been in the program for a year, she participated in nearly every student campus outreach, workshop and field trip. During WLP’s women’s history month assembly she presented on the life of one of her role models; civil rights activist Diane Nash, an important yet little known founding member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) who was jailed for civil disobedience.<br />
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Marenda will attend CSUN in the fall and was recently awarded a $1000 scholarship for achievement by Delta Sigma Theta. She wants to focus on Early Childhood Development and pursue a Master’s in Education. She has had extensive experience volunteering at early childhood learning centers and teaching preschool students. Despite having had a few strong adult mentors at Gardena, her overall impression is that many adults in public schools have negative/low expectations for youth of color which lead them to underachieve. As an educator she hopes to play a role in redressing these issues. She believes that “giving back to the community” is of the utmost importance in helping other women of color succeed.Sikivuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18421641001672980440noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3770357999922989233.post-16932868625962407662014-06-03T08:21:00.001-07:002014-06-03T08:39:29.163-07:00From Foster Care to College: Clay Wesley, Inspirational Youth Leader<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEllzwoz8i4Pz98-wG01wBNhb23F1yhahWyaNgivI3aBZH-m3SWXwwdNXaTwXXPrUvbHvIbiJA3w6x7RoiUROaE1t_eJ8pgJl9y0gSVwNNMTw5B7DSlzJfJ_9Wls3joUjPgsPIFt1gI8U/s1600/Clay+Alliance+2014.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEllzwoz8i4Pz98-wG01wBNhb23F1yhahWyaNgivI3aBZH-m3SWXwwdNXaTwXXPrUvbHvIbiJA3w6x7RoiUROaE1t_eJ8pgJl9y0gSVwNNMTw5B7DSlzJfJ_9Wls3joUjPgsPIFt1gI8U/s320/Clay+Alliance+2014.jpg" /></a></div><br />
By Sikivu Hutchinson<br />
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Anyone who meets Clay Wesley can’t help but be impressed by her intellectual fierceness, wry wit and deep sense of compassion. I first met Clay when I was teaching a Life Skills workshop on racism and identity at Gardena High School in 2007. She was outspoken about social justice issues and shone as an inquisitive mind and forceful debater. When she began participating in the Women’s Leadership Project she dove right into our school-community outreach on sexual assault and sexual harassment, HIV/AIDS prevention, intimate partner violence and college preparation. During the 2008 election cycle she was a strong voice at our student debates on Proposition 4 (which would have required parental notification for abortion) and Proposition 8. Clay’s support of choice and reproductive rights was inspirational to other young African American women who have been bombarded with shaming religious messages that abortion is sinful and immoral. Responding to the loss of friends and family as a result of gang, drug, intimate partner and anti-LGBT-related violence in their communities, Clay also helped organize a Day of Remembrance with her peers. For Clay, WLP was formative because, “Many of us have no one in our lives discussing sexism, domestic abuse or going to college.”<br />
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Clay lost both of her parents in middle school and had to become self-sufficient at an early age. She supported herself through high school and community college with part-time jobs while being in the foster care system. Like many foster youth she’s been in multiple placements and homes, struggling to find transitional housing after she aged out of the system at eighteen. In addition to her involvement with WLP, Clay was a youth advocate for <a href="http://www.calyouthconn.org/">California Youth Connection</a> (CYC), a foster care advocacy and support network. Through her work with CYC, she travelled to Sacramento to lobby legislators to support <a href="http://www.childsworld.ca.gov/PG2902.htm">Assembly Bill 12</a>, which was designed to provide resources for youth who age out of foster care. Currently she juggles positions at the Alliance for Children’s Rights, the Southern California Foster family agency and the Foster club.<br />
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This month, she will get her AA degree from Southwest Community College and plans to transfer to a four year university in the spring. With a 70% African American population, <a href="http://articles.latimes.com/2012/feb/21/local/la-me-colleges-20120221">only</a> 29% of Southwest’s students transfer in six years. Clay believes that the environment at Southwest, specifically the scarcity of supportive academic and social resource providers, is disenabling for many students. Black students disproportionately come from schools where they have minimal to no college preparation. As a result, most have to wade through remedial classes before taking their core college requirements. Clay credits strong mentors with giving her the leg up to make it through the process—yet it’s a hurdle that is often more difficult for foster youth to overcome than going to a four year institution. According to the Pew Research Center, fewer than 3 percent of foster care youth will graduate from college. The stats are even graver for African American youth, who are <a href="http://www.sfcasa.org/the-crisis/california-national-statistics/">over-represented</a> in the foster care population. Nationwide, black foster youth are more likely to become homeless and/or incarcerated due partly to racist profiling, sentencing and incarceration policies which exacerbate the lack of community resources for foster and homeless youth.<br />
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Over the past several years, Clay has worked as an intern with WLP, mentoring homeless youth at Covenant House California, conducting HIV/AIDS outreach at Washington Prep High and sharing her experiences as a foster care youth navigating college with students throughout the Los Angeles Unified School District. Her love for debating, public speaking and helping others has her leaning toward sociology, political science or communications majors. As an inspiring leader and role model in her own right, she has her eye on positions with emphases on public policy, law and education. Though making this journey without her parents has been painful she feels doubly motivated by their vision for her: “Before my father died I promised him that I would graduate with my college degree. He was very big on education and I always wanted to make him proud.”<br />
Sikivuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18421641001672980440noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3770357999922989233.post-22653342936486027662014-05-12T21:29:00.000-07:002014-05-12T21:43:45.251-07:00A Day at UCLA- People of Color Tour and meeting with MECHAThis past May 8, 2014, students from Gardena High School, including those participating in the Women's Leadership Project and the Young Male Scholars groups, visited UCLA's campus to learn more about the school, the campus climate for students of Color and to gain more information.<br />
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Briana Little, who is a fourth year student and very active on campus with the Afrikan Student Union (ASU) and with current campus elections, gave a People of Color tour that spoke of the rich history of activism from students of Color on campus. During the tour, she also asked her peers and friends to come speak to the group, further giving more insight to the diversity of experiences from undergraduate and graduate students on campus. Many spoke of the challenges they faced in their lives as well as the reality of student life for many students of Color.<br />
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Sebastian Flores, a transfer student from Riverside Community College and an active member of MECHA (<span class="st">Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán), met up with the group to introduce the organization, its history and relevance. Sebastian and his MECHA colleague, </span><span class="st">Isai Madrid who is also a transfer student, </span><span class="st">spoke about their experiences, challenges and lessons learned as transfer students. Towards the end of the discussion, a Q&A session opened up allowing the students to ask whatever questions they had.</span><br />
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<span class="st">Overall, the not-so-typical visit to UCLA was not only fun but informative, with all of the speakers being warm, approachable and honest. It left many of the students's minds open to the possibility of attending UCLA in the near future as well as offering helpful advice and resources to assist in navigating their journeys to academic success.</span><br />
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<span class="st"> </span> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3770357999922989233.post-88073701941025478052014-05-07T10:55:00.001-07:002014-05-07T11:03:53.271-07:00Denim Day Workshops- Sexual Harassment and Sexual Assault Prevention EducationStill today, in 2014, sexual harassment and sexual assault occur at alarming rates. With this reality and in conjunction with Denim Day (http://denimdayusa.org/), the young women of WLP at Gardena facilitated six necessary and important discussions regarding sexual assault and sexual harassment. The differences between these two issues were laid out as well as discussions revolving around gender, gendered expectations of men and women and rape myths occurred. Also discussed were what young men can do to help stop this epidemic that affects too many women as well as many boys and men.<br />
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WLP conducted eight facilitations in all at Gardena High School, as well as Washington Preparatory High School and Duke Ellington Continuation High School, which produced fruitful discussions with the young women and men of these schools.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3770357999922989233.post-20238031618298429292014-04-10T23:05:00.000-07:002014-04-10T23:06:50.609-07:00Women's History Month Presentations at Gardena High SchoolAlthough women of color have always played active roles in various fields such as politics, culture, medicine, literature, activism, etc. in this country and around the world, our contributions are not highlighted in mainstream media and textbooks as frequently as compared to (white) men. It is because of this constant erasure that leads to a lack of knowledge surrounding the works of many women of color that has led the young women at Gardena High School's Women's Leadership Project (WLP) to not only educate their peers on many unsung heroines and historical women, but to also celebrate their lives and works.<br />
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This past March 28th, various classes joined the young women of WLP in learning about the lives and contributions of inspiring women like Audre Lorde, Diane Nash, Paula Crisostomo and Malala Yousafzai. The lively presentations included facts on the lives and contributions of these women as well as a lively discussion on the myths and stereotypes surrounding the capabilities and interests of women in general. Overall, the presentations were an interactive success due to the leadership of the young women of Gardena High School's Women's Leadership Project.<br />
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On Friday, March 28th, the young women of Gardena High School's Women's Leadership Project will highlight several historic women who are too often over-looked in mainstream media and many classrooms as well as link the significance of Women's History Month to the realities many women face. We invite you to take part in an enriching discussion!</div>
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3770357999922989233.post-35754592608019286882014-03-10T21:53:00.000-07:002014-03-10T22:18:20.203-07:00Men of Color College Forum: #Collegenotprisons<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPJVQXVtQGx0VLVw4aBa_GyVfmCKNqiBml_4hkgJW_1Lz1J0XD5qQ9bnaQ8c8QuxYIWae5CbLMP7O_2rsdoAkEHee94I6pZHd3rYZjcRAaBcPeYTXxz6mNNccA4SUHX_UuWm1VkCN_4TA/s1600/YMS_College_panel%5B1%5D.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPJVQXVtQGx0VLVw4aBa_GyVfmCKNqiBml_4hkgJW_1Lz1J0XD5qQ9bnaQ8c8QuxYIWae5CbLMP7O_2rsdoAkEHee94I6pZHd3rYZjcRAaBcPeYTXxz6mNNccA4SUHX_UuWm1VkCN_4TA/s400/YMS_College_panel%5B1%5D.jpg" /></a><br />
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On <b>March 14th</b> men of color college graduates, activists and entrepreneurs from South L.A. will join students from the Young Male Scholars pilot discuss the challenges of college access and success in an era of Black/Latino mass incarceration and school push-out policies:<br />
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<b>Campaign for College Opportunity</b>: <i>In Silicon Valley, fount of American technological innovation, fewer than 25% of black and <br />
Latino students successfully complete Algebra. Moreover, only 20% of Latinos and 22% of African-Americans “graduate with passing grades in the courses that are required” for admission to UC and Cal State universities. </i><br />
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<b>Education Trust West</b>: <i>“Only one of every 20 African American kindergartners will graduate from a four-year California university if (these) current trends continue.”</i><br />
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<b>Inside Higher Education</b>: <i>"In 2012 only 75 Black males enrolled at UCLA. UCLA currently has more NCAA championships than African American male students"</i><br />
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March 14, 2014, 10:00 a.m.<br />
Gardena High School library<br />
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Sikivuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18421641001672980440noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3770357999922989233.post-71450049559158485492014-02-26T08:39:00.000-08:002014-02-26T18:01:23.428-08:00Filmmaker Aishah Shahidah Simmons: Women's History Month presentation<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJaUeSyEy8AxeLpy0J-0ohtW9DxGqM1TdpyLA48WZud7ZQOwynndNEqLRWO9T6vzSODcN9GgWVPIPIHJTfutzipEA2Q63nOBWyJCLxuThXzjIXgLp5T3M1mS0KW0AK45Kqv8KZLMeQqTM/s1600/Aishah-200x200.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJaUeSyEy8AxeLpy0J-0ohtW9DxGqM1TdpyLA48WZud7ZQOwynndNEqLRWO9T6vzSODcN9GgWVPIPIHJTfutzipEA2Q63nOBWyJCLxuThXzjIXgLp5T3M1mS0KW0AK45Kqv8KZLMeQqTM/s320/Aishah-200x200.jpg" /></a></div><br />
Friday, March 7, 2014<br />
Washington Prep High School<br />
Room 1306, 11:30am-12:30pm<br />
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Please join us for an insightful discussion with award-winning African-American feminist lesbian independent documentary filmmaker, television and radio producer, published writer, international lecturer and activist <b>Aishah Shahidah Simmons</b>. She will come to speak on her latest groundbreaking film "No! The Rape Documentary", which explores the reality of rape and other forms of sexual violence and healing in African-American communities.<br />
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Although record numbers of women of color are entering colleges and universities, persistent barriers still exist. Institutional factors such as massive cuts to K-16 education, limited-to-no access to college preparation courses, nonexistent college mentoring, high student-to-college counselor ratios, and sexual abuse hinder opportunities for youth of color (particular first generation college students) to go to and succeed in college. On January 30th, Gardena High School's WLP will hold its first Women of Color College Forum in 2014. WLP and Gardena HS alumni will discuss their experiences negotiating the college landscape as first generation students challenging stereotypes, low expectations, sexism, and access inequities. <br />
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Location: GHS Library, 2:15-3:30<br />
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Jamion Allen, (WLP '13), El Camino College<br />
Betty Rosenda Green, MA. UC Berkeley<br />
Quinn Howard, CSU Fullerton<br />
Janeth Silva, (WLP '12) El Camino College<br />
Clay Wesley, (WLP '10) Southwest CollegeSikivuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18421641001672980440noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3770357999922989233.post-90047324806466359052014-01-03T18:25:00.001-08:002014-01-03T18:25:45.722-08:00Thank You to Our Donors!!<br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">As a little girl my mother braided my hair as way to stay in touch with my African-American roots. As someone who continued to wear and became fond of braid culture, seeing my peers bleaching and straightening their hair made me feel like an outcast.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">In the January 2014 <i>Big <st1:place w:st="on">Holiday</st1:place> and Glamour Issue of Sophisticate’s Black Hair Styles & Care Guide</i>, I was relieved to see the advertisement of a <i>Braids and Natural Hair</i> mini-magazine. However the Black Hair magazine’s definition of “black hair” was light and straight hair opposed to what real black hair is, which is braids and natural hair in the mini-magazine.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">As I looked through the magazine I realized that most of the Black models and actresses were light-skinned with light hair. Most of the pages promoted weaves and chemicals to lighten and straighten hair. By these examples, the magazine is conveying the message that is what black hair is supposed to look like. I did come across a page that glorified braids, but that acceptance was short-lived because the next page had a light-skinned model advertising the KOEE Skin Lightening System. This holiday issue of Sophisticate’s Black Hair Styles & Hair Guide is telling black girls that if you want to be festive for the holidays, wear your hair like this and <b>look like this</b>.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I have now came to the realization that braids and natural hair are a thing of the past and if you want “glamorous” hair you have to straighten, bleach, or do anything it takes to achieve the desired European look. As a proud wearer of braids I encourage people to stick with what they have. To quote India Arie, “I am not my hair.”</span></div>
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