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President/CEO & Founder's Message
 On behalf of Helping Our Teen Girls In Real Life Situations, Inc. (HOTGIRLS)®, I would like to welcome you to our web site. HOTGIRLS is a volunteer-led, 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization devoted to improving the health and lives of black young women and girls by providing health education, youth development, media literacy, and technology programming. Please take a look around our web site to learn more about HOTGIRLS.
Keep an eye out for the launch of our upcoming social networking web site for HOTGIRLS allies and concerned adults and the new and improved FIREGRL.com (for teen girls)!
Please consider making a tax-deductible donation to support HOTGIRLS' important work. Your support will help us make a difference in the lives of women and youth. I thank you in advance for your gift.
With gratitude,
Carla Stokes, Ph.D., M.P.H. and the HOTGIRLS Board, Leadership Councils, and Volunteers
P.S.: If you have comments, suggestions, or questions, please contact us. Click here for more information about our name and to read testimonials from young women and girls. |
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 HOTGIRLS Featured in Real Health: The Black Wellness Magazine, Poz Magazine, The Crisis, American Sexuality Magazine, Sisterhood Agenda Magazine, and Daughters
Read the articles
HOTGIRLS Featured in the New York Times
> Rewriting Rap to Empower Teens
> For Clues on Teenage Sex, Experts Look to Hip-Hop
HOTGIRLS Founder Selected for Who's Who in Black Atlanta: 10th Anniversary Edition
In recognition of her community leadership in Atlanta, Dr. Carla's biography was included in Who's Who in Black Atlanta: 10th Anniversary Edition (available online and at Atlanta Barnes & Noble stores).
"We're on Fire!": FIREGRL Club Wins State Award for Excellence in Health & Life Skills Programming
Above: FIREGRL Club members recording an educational song about street harassment
The HOTGIRLS FIREGRL Club program at the Intel ® Computer Clubhouse at the John H. Harland Boys & Girls Club in Southwest Atlanta, received the Boys & Girls Clubs of America’s 2007 Georgia Area Council State Program Award for excellence in Health & Life Skills programming.
The program also received a 2007 Honor Award for Program Excellence in recognition of our exemplary work in metropolitan Atlanta.
HOTGIRLS Awarded Grant from the Ms. Foundation for Women!
Click here for more information.
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HOTGIRLS is Committed to Challenging Violence Against Women and Girls
In partnership with the John H. Harland Boys & Girls Club, the HOTGIRLS Young Women's Leadership Council and FIREGRL Club members are developing educational materials to raise awareness about street harassment and gender-based violence. The FIREGRL Club developed a poster that will be disseminated in all of the Boys & Girls Clubs in metro Atlanta.
Young Women's Leadership Council News
Featured Article by Diana Spell
 Click here to read an article about violence against women written by Young Women's Leadership Council member, Diana. Congratulations to Diana for being selected for Advocate's for Youth's Campus Organizing Team.
 Daphne Cole is the 2007 Volunteer of the Year
Congratulations to Daphne Cole, for being selected as the 2007 Volunteer of the Year. Daphne developed activities for the FIREGRL Club and FIREGRL.com web site, recruited volunteers, and mentored the young women involved in the program. Read more.
Congratulations to Idia Egonmwan & Kristina Williams
 Idia Egonmwan (left) was selected for Advocates for Youth's Young Women's Leadership Council! Kristina Williams (right) was selected for Advocate's for Youth's Campus Organizing Team.
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Ten-year Old Girl Creates Stage Play/Feature Film Focusing on Child Cruelty
Actress Mary Pat wrote “Easy Street Ain’t So Easy" after learning that a friend had been sexually assaulted... More info.
Shop Online to support HOTGIRLS
 You can help HOTGIRLS by shopping online. HOTGIRLS receives a portion of your online purchases. Please click on the banner below to join iGIVE.com.
Hip Hop: Beyond Beats & RhymesHOTGIRLS is the Atlanta local community partner with Firelight Media and God Bless the Child Productions, Inc. in a year-long effort to use the Hip Hop: Beyond Beats & Rhymes film by Byron Hurt as a tool to help young people think critically about the increasingly violent and sexual imagery in commercial hip-hop, and American culture.
Above: YWLC members led workshops for
70 girls in September
Study Finds Black Teen Girls Use Internet Home Pages to Construct Identity and Respond to Sexual Media Messages
HOTGIRLS President/CEO & Founder, Dr. Carla Stokes published a study in the March-April 2007 issue of Culture, Health & Sexuality on the ways in which black adolescent girls residing in southern states with the highest rates of HIV/AIDS use multimedia technologies and hip hop culture to construct identity and respond to sexual media messages. Click here for the press release. |
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