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Tip 1: Focus on your strengths and positive qualities and find ways to bolster them.

Tip 2: Be yourself and don’t compare yourself with others.

Tip 3: Learn to be resilient and bounce back after disappointments.

Tip 4: Don’t dwell on mistakes or limitations.

Tip 5: Accept your mistakes, learn from them and move on with your life.

Tip 6: Use affirmations and visualizations to replace negative thoughts and images.

Tip 7: Take responsibility for your life, realize you have the power to do and be whatever you want.

Tip 8: You can’t control other folks’ behavior, but you have control over your actions, thoughts and words. Exercise it!

Tip 9: Learn skills that give you opportunities and confidence in your abilities.

Tip 10: It’s not enough to feel good about yourself; you must also be able to show that you are competent, reliable and honest.

Tip 11: The more skills and positive qualities you acquire, the more competent and confident you will feel.

Tip 12: Focus on giving, not receiving.

Tip 13: Make others feel valued and appreciated.

Tip 14: As you continue to make positive choices and contribute to the world, your self esteem will increase. It’s a journey!

Tip 15: Create a support system. Surround yourself w/confident folks who feel good about themselves and make you feel good too.

Applying these tips to your life can help you achieve your goals. What are some of your tips that help motivate you, keep you focused and build your self esteem?

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Courtney is a rising senior at The City College of New York where she majors in English (Creative Writing) and Publishing, with minor in Journalism. She currently has a high-falutin’ internship with a major publishing house in New York and is the most voracious reader I know.

Whenever you send an email to Confab (at) BlackGirlProject.org, Courtney will be responding. Oh, and if she looks familiar, you’ve seen her here.

Ever wonder who responds to those emails you send via a contact form? Well, for us, that’s Chanel. Or, rather, Ms. Jones, since she’s almost a “real” adult. A student at Temple University in Philadelphia, Chanel is majoring in Marketing Management and will take over the world in the very near future.

In addition to minding our general email account and responding to inquiries via our contact form, she’s gonna be helping with some event planning. Oh, she’s also in the film. We are so excited to have Chanel on board with us!

If you’ve checked out the film site, then you may notice that Netchem was one of the young women interviewed. She’s currently a student in NYC and loves to explore the city. When not taking photographs (which you all should hire her to do for you), she can be found eating, doing yoga, and enjoying life, the way we all should be.

She’ll be at various events this summer handing out our info fliers as well as our thought cards. Her first stop, The Fort Greene Festival. If you see her, say hello and take a pic with her. I’m pretty sure she’ll have her camera!

We were able to hand out over 100 of our HIV/AIDS “thought cards” which educate about prevention and meet with folks from other organizations who we’ll hopefully have the opportunity to work with in the future.

Our mission includes empowering girls to make better choices for better lives and we’re well on our way. Here are some photos from the event.

Red Ribbon Banner

Bishop Zachary Jones: Unity Fellowship

Dee Bailey, Founder, Watchful Eye

Congressman Townes

Brooklyn Deputy Borough President Yvonne J. Graham

Monica Sweeney, MD, Assistant Commissioner for the Bureau of HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control

While HIV/AIDS deaths have dropped dramatically across NYC in the past decade, it remains a significant problem in Brooklyn where:

Today, at 12pm, in support of Our Watchful Eye’s Red Ribbon Revitalization campaign, we’re participating in a rally to empower those infected and affected by HIV/AIDS to share their healing and recovery and to give out our “thought cards” which provides information on HIV/AIDS prevention and a comprehensive sexuality education program in public schools. Come join us!

Saturday, MAY 15TH

Brooklyn’s AIDS Awareness Red Ribbon Revitalization Kickoff Campaign & Community Memorial

In front of Bedford-Stuyvesant Restoration

1368 Fulton Street

12 NOON

We hope to see you there! Wear red in support of the campaign!

With that said, please take a moment to meet our board. Aiesha Turman, Bianca Laureano, Patrice Perry, LaWanda Abel and Tamara Walker bring diverse work and life experiences to the table and are dedicated to helping our young women and girls achieve success in all areas of their lives.

Stay tuned to the site. Much more to come!