Black Girls Stay Lit - A Literacy Movement for Black Girl Excellence

Rest in Peace and Power, Nikki Giovanni

Revolutionary Dreams

I used to dream militant dreams
of taking over america to show
these white folks
how it should be done

I used to dream radical dreams
of blowing everyone away
with my perceptive powers
of correct analysis

I even used to think I'd be the one
to stop the riot and
negotiate the peace

then I awoke and dug
that if I dreamed natural
dreams of being a natural
woman doing what a woman
does when she's natural
I would have a revolution.

--Nikki Giovanni,1974

Revolutionary Dreams – Poet Nikki Giovanni 1974

Black Girls Stay Lit™ recently recorded its first TV interview with Myra Cates, co-host of WCPO-CH 9's "A New Day."

Tune in this Sunday, April 7 to "A New Day" at 11:30 a.m. (on CH 9 and the WCPO app) to catch BGSL Founder, Tiffany Hinton, along with other fabulous guests, including my fellow grantee, Mary Wineberg, and the hot fire spit of MoPoetry Phillips

Black Girls Stay Lit ™ – A Literacy Movement for Black Girl Excellence Black Girls Stay Lit™ combines an evidence-based, culturally/gender-specific approach to Black Girls’ positive development with a focus on quality literacy instruction and practice that bolsters girls’ cognitive and social-emotional competencies. BGSL develops the ‘qualities of mind’—ora...

More than a youth development program, Black Girls Stay Lit™ (BGSL) is a transformative journey of collective self-discovery, empowerment and excellence.
BGSL is currently registering Black girls/femmes, in grades 9-12, for our Spring 2024 program, beginning on or around March 25, 2024, as well as for yearly subscriptions (That’s three 10 week-long sessions of Black Girls Stay Lit™, one each in spring, summer, and fall 2024). 💕

Hot off the Press! https://www.wvxu.org/local-news/2024-03-06/stay-lit-after-school-summer-literacy-program

Early Bird Discounted Registration Ends February. Sign up your Lit girl, grades 9-12, today and save!

Black Girls Stay Lit is actively recruiting Black and gender-expansive girls, in grades 9-12, for our Spring 2024 program, beginning on or around March 5, 2024, as well as for yearly subscriptions (That’s three 10 week-long sessions of Black Girls Stay Lit™, one each in spring, summer, and fall 2024). Early Bird Discounts are available until February 29, 2024.

Ready for a Lit girl summer? Summer 2024 Registration is open! Sessions begin the week of June 10 and run through August 12, at participants' most agreed upon day/time. All in-person sessions will take place at--our partner--the United Way of Greater Cincinnati, 2400 Reading Rd, Cincinnati, OH 45202. Way of Greater Cincinnati