Hey beautiful ladies!

Ok, so let’s have a truth moment. Do you HONESTLY think it’s cute when guys walk around wobbling because their pants are  literally at their knees? Yeah, we don’t think that look is too hot either. I mean fitted jeans are trendy nowadays but unfortunately we  still have guys for some reason who want to show their boxers. Gross!

A group called the Black Mental Health Alliance of Massachusetts is behind a controversial ad urging black youth to pull up their sagging pants.

In the ad, a black police officer sternly advises against the divisive style by mentioning some staggeringly harsh consequences; including a $300 fine and up to three years in prison!

From All Hip Hop:

The video, targeted to young urban dwellers in Massachusetts, is the brainchild of Dr. Omar Reid.

Dr. Reid, President and Founder of BMHAM, said the video’s purpose was to address the growing issue of young men walking in the streets, without regard and respect for themselves and their community.

“This is just the beginning of our public strategy to encourage parents, schools, police, social service agencies, housing agencies, faith-based organizations along with men and women in our community to take a collective stand and tell our young men and boys to pull those pants up,” said Reid.

 

Do you think the trend of saggin’ will ever pass?  Do you think it’s cute when guys do?

SPEAK OUT!

 

Good morning, Loves!

It’s Tuesday…you know what that means! Another hot track to jam out to in the morning. Check out Jacob Latimore’s new song & vid “All Mine.”

“Saying ‘Yes’ to anything is easy. It’s what you say ‘No’ to that defines you.”  -Ciara

“Being able to self asses, prepares you for the future. There’s nothing more powerful than knowing when you were wrong.”

– Ciara

“Don’t limit yourself because you are a woman because you can do exactly the same that a guy could do.” – Ciara

Good morning, Dope Girls!

Guess what loves? C.O.R.E On-Site is about to start up again at Lead Academy in Nashville! I know, I know we’re just excited as you are to hang with such fly girls, like you!

Check out couple pics from the last semester! Looks fun? We’re doubling the fun, chats &  teen  inspiration!

Hey Fly Girls!

So you end your last period class and go to closest vending machine before you jump on the bus and head home, right? Well, after you take a quick read over this, you may want to do a double take on what you’re snacking on.

According to a recent study, African American  youth are almost twice as likely as their peers to consume unhealthy high calorie, sugary drinks like Pepsi and Coca-Cola.

From Think Progress:

“Some groups may be more at risk for soda, others may be more at risk for fruit drinks, all of which … have the same sugar base that contributes to obesity and disease,” one of the study’s co-authors, health policy researcher Lisa Powell, explained.

This particular study didn’t try to figure out why that’s the case, although Powell did suggest to Reuters that “cultural norms” and cost could both be factors. But other studies have examined the links between race, class, and nutrition — and research has confirmed that access to healthy food is divided along racial and socioeconomic lines.  The fast food industry also contributes to nutrition disparities by targeting its marketing to low-income communities.

Read more at ThinkProgress.org

How can you start living a HEALTHIER lifestyle?

SPEAK OUT!

Hey loves!

Kick off your Tuesday with fresh song- Santigold- Girls

“Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.” -Martin Luther King Jr.

“If you’re walking down the right path and you’re willing to keep walking, eventually you’ll make progress.”  -President Barack Obama

Internet Sensation

Guns click-clacking, all day trapping, money stacking, so-called rapping
Gum popping, booty dropping, man hating, always debating
A million kids… she must stay ovulating!
The hood star. The ghetto queen.
Who come from a place where the streets are mean.
They’re everywhere to be seen,
Shown on every single screen.

Described in CDs
Coming soon to a theater near you. They can be seen in 3-D.
Every night on every channel; they call it “reality” TV.
Sure, for some, it really is their life
Not poking fun at their plight
Just emphasizing a point that I wish others might.
I’m aware that to some we all look alike.
But unlike what we constantly see on TV and computer screens
We are not all living one big dysfunctional life.

What I’m asking you to do is to make the choice of how you define you.
Are you going to model yourself after the latest World Star sensation?
How about the hip hop star whose song is on every station,
Often spewing pure idiocy over the radio waves of the nation?
Gold all in your watch or gold all in your grill…
Is that the definition of you that’s real?
How ‘bout Fendi, Gucci, Louis, Prada?
Will brands become your identity like cattle headed for slaughter?

These are the days in which you figure out the ways
To determine how to set the stage to move your life into a phase
Where people can look at you and be amazed!!!
Not by your stupidity, but by your brilliance.
I’m asking you to develop strong character and integrity that’s resilient.
Because there will be times when you’re tested.
But do the work so as not to be bested
By those who saw more in themselves than you see within you.

To make a long story short, don’t model your life
After those who will obviously do anything for views and likes.
Require more of yourself than learning the tools of fools whose only vocation…
Is trying to become the next internet sensation.

• Tiffany Vicks

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Good morning!

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