Let Me Be Serious for a Moment

Ladies, this is a call especially to you. Those of you with daughters, sisters, nieces, female cousins, goddaughters, etc this is an emergency. Grab these girls, regardless of how old they are; tell them how beautiful they are and how talented they are and how capable they are of achieving any and everything they could possibly dream of. The younger, the better-- start telling these girls from birth because ladies, heed my words: If we don't tell the young girls we love how great they are, then they'll start looking for a boy to do so! Do you want a boy to have that much control over a girl's head? How about your little girl's head? I didn't think so.... we need to shout it from the rooftops, print it on tee shirts, make up bumper stickers and everything else we can possibly do to work hard in building the self-esteem of African American girls. I ensure you that if we can accomplish this in one little girl, then we've changed one little girl's life! Please take this to heart.

Chelsey

Things I've Learned NOT To Do From Other People

1. Never get pregnant for a boy that's not your boyfriend.

2. Never be the girlfriend whose boyfriend gets another girl pregnant.

3. Never start watching videos in class without ENSURING that your volume is on mute.

4. Never come to class unprepared consistently, then laugh out loud in class (Clee-lee!).

5. Never lie on a girl and say she wants you...especially when the whole school knows her boyfriend.

6. Never think you won't get a parking ticket in D.C. for parking longer than 2 hours in those Zone districts.

7. Never ask Alfred anything about peanut butter.