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Above: Young Women's Leadership Council and HIV/AIDS Task Force Members
March 2008: HOTGIRLS featured in Real Health: The Black Wellness Magazine
 Spring 2008) "Doin' It for Themselves" by Kellee Terrell
December 2007: 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).
October 2007: HOTGIRLS Featured in the New York Times
Rewriting Rap to Empower Teens by Tara Parker-Pope
For Clues on Teenage Sex, Experts Look to Hip-Hop by Tara Parker-Pope
"We're on Fire!": FIREGRL Club Wins State Award for Excellence in Health & Life Skills Programming
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.
July 2007: HOTGIRLS Awarded Grant from the Ms. Foundation for Women!
HOTGIRLS was awarded a grant from the Ms. Foundation for Women's Safety Fund. The Ms. Foundation is the country’s first national, multi-issue women’s fund. The support will enable us to expand FIREGRL.com, our web site for teen girls, and create GetYourGameRight.com, a web site to raise awareness about street harassment and gender-based violence among young men and boys. Click here to read a statement from the Ms. Foundation's President/CEO about our innovative youth violence prevention work.
March 2007: 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.
December 2006: HOTGIRLS Launches Young Women's Leadership Council for Black College Students:
HOTGIRLS was awarded a seed grant from Advocates for Youth’s Young Women of Color Initiative to establish a local chapter of the Young Women of Color Leadership Council in Atlanta. The HOTGIRLS Young Women's Leadership Council is a nine-month (February – October 2007) training and peer health education program for black female undergraduate students (freshmen, sophomores, and juniors) enrolled at historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in Atlanta, with a focus on preventing HIV among black women and girls. Click here for more information. Click here for the press release.
November 2006: HOTGIRLS Celebrated 5 Years of service on November 21, 2006!
October 2006: HOTGIRLS Launches FIREGRL Club @ John H. Harland Boys and Girls Club: We are excited about the launch of our first FIREGRL Club, a unique media literacy, health education, and technology training program for teen girls (ages 13-17) at the Computer Clubhouse at the John H. Harland Boys & Girls Club in Southwest Atlanta. Click here for a recent article.
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