Lifestyle Health & Wellness Magazine by Girls for Girls.
By Briana Booker
Hungry for lunch? Check out Hard Rock Cafe ! Not only can you get a great meal here but also a great drink that supports the PinkTOBER cause! They have the cutest lunch bags at the store too! Fromgirltogirl went to the Hard Rock Cafe a few blocks from the White House. We had a great time talking to strangers and the staff. 🙂
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Looks like the black women spring has begun. It is about time we stop thinking we deserve less than other women. We are just as wonderful. Stop tolerating non-sense. -Briana Booker, Founder of Fromgirltogirl
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By Briana Booker
I have never been one very talented at sports or pursued sports passionately in my life. I decided to become a writer. But I have been told it has potential to build great character and team work.
Two years ago, I lost faith that good men exist – Men that are respectful. Men that are honest. Men that are affectionate. Men that do not cheat on women that love them. I lost faith healthy relationships existed. But something made me pause – maybe I was following the wrong method of discovering a good man and what he is all about in life.
People often believe I am beautiful and smart. I have no problem finding a good man. Often the males I have dated have been bright young men with very attractive bodies. But as my demands for a man to commit to building a strong and healthy relationship became more important than sex and public appearance, I started to feel more alone than when I was single.
I knew relationships were not supposed to work like that. I knew inconsistency and convenience was not supposed to be part of a healthy and loving relationship. I realized I was attracting the wrong characters. It takes more to being a man than selfishness and chasing ass all day.
Recently, a male friend told me , if you want to learn a man’s character,watch him play basketball,street basketball to be exact.
No, he does not have to be the most talented basketball player. It can be his first day on the court. You will see things revealed about his character, that could tell you how he will treat you in a romantic and committed relationship.
I never thought about it. I do not know if it is true or not. But I plan on discovering, if the theory can add value to my romantic life. Can the game of basketball help me find the one? I mean, it helped Mrs. Obama find the one( more into that story later).
So I got out my phone. I typed: ‘Can I watch you play basketball?’ To a man I will not name at the moment. I have not sent the text yet…but the day that I do will come soon enough.
Are you ready for some Love & Basketball?
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By Briana Booker
If you are sick and tired of being sick and tired, there is a way to break from the chains of misery poverty forces on billions of people in the world. Yes, we often blame corporate world policy and conduct for why we can not put bread on the table. We often blame corrupt governments for our lack of good quality of life. But why have not we turned our fingers to point at ourselves?
When we give ourselves power, we control our own destiny. What are we waiting for? Although many of us are living in poverty, we are at a cross-road where we can change the course of our future for the better. How?
The answer is in the Girl Effect. When we educate our girls we give them, our boys, moms, dads, and entire communities the chance to escape the injustices of poverty for good. When women are educated,they obtain higher paying jobs. They obtain better health care. They obtain the ability to give their families and themselves the ability to live out dreams.
Here are some cool facts, just in case you are skeptical of the power of the Girl Effect, via a book, published by Cambridge Press, called Mothers at Work: Effects on Children’s Well-being by Lois Hoffman and Lise Youngblade, with Rebekah Coley, Allison Fuligni, and Donna Kovacs:
-Daughters of employed mothers have been found to have higher academic achievement, greater career success, more nontraditional career choices, and greater occupational commitment.
– Daughters of employed mothers have been found to be more independent, particularly in interaction with their peers in a school setting, and to score higher on socioemotional adjustment measures. This gives girls the ability to become outstanding leaders in the community.
-Daughters with employed mothers, across the different groups, show more positive assertiveness as rated by teachers (that is, they participate in class discussions, they ask questions when instructions are unclear, they are comfortable in leadership positions), and they show less acting-out behavior. They are less shy, more independent and have a higher sense of efficacy.
-Working-class boys also show more positive social adjustment when their mothers are employed, and true for both one-parent and two-parent families.
-Research results suggest that most families accommodate to the mother’s employment and in doing so provide a family environment that works well.
Read details on the study : http://parenthood.library.wisc.edu/Hoffman/Hoffman.html .
Join the campaign! Write about The Girl Effect at your blog this week, October 4-11, 2011! Link up your post http://www.taramohr.com/girleffectposts/ .
If you support Fromgirltogirl, you support Girl Effect as well.Learn about the big picture here: http://www.girleffect.org/learn/the-big-picture .
Get Ripe. Get Bold. Get Excellence. Check out the video below. Change the course of all our futures for the better, one girl at a time!
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By Briana Booker
Fromgirltogirl is excited and honored to attend, on October 13,2011, the State Visit of President Lee Myung-bak of the Republic of Korea at the White House, in which President Obama will be hosting.
The State Visit will highlight the strong alliance, global partnership and deep economic ties between the United States of America and the Republic of Korea.
The State Visit ceremony tradition started during the Kennedy Administration. The purpose of the State Visit is to formally welcome a visiting head of state to the United States of America.
The arrival ceremony for the Republic of Korea will be the largest White House Tweetup thus far because the Republic of Korea is one of the most wired nations in the world!
But what exactly is a tweetup?
A tweetup as defined by Macmillan Dicitionary is an “organized or impromptu ‘meeting’ between people who use Twitter. A tweetup can be an ad-hoc, face-to-face encounter between two people, but more often describes a wider social gathering, promoted and organized on Twitter itself. As well as a chance to satisfy our natural curiosity –a tweetup can also be a useful opportunity to participate in what is now sometimes described as offline networking, a chance to meet people who might be useful contacts for developing your career, business interests, or even favorite hobbies and leisure pursuits.”
Fromgirltogirl looks forward to the event! We will be posting pictures and writing about our adventures!
Stay tuned!
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My Amazing friend Kim Renee Williams works for City Year Washington DC, an organization that partners with 14 D.C schools to keep youth on track to graduate and be the wonderful leaders we need in our tomorrows! So proud of Ms.Williams! Woot! Check her out in the video! She’s the woman to the right, looking fabulous and being wonderfully fierce!
View more videos at: http://nbcwashington.com.
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Actions speak louder than words! Will you join and commit to the pledge with Fromgirltogirl? Let us stop bullying in our schools, work places and communities. Get ripe. Get bold. Get excellence.
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Get on Beyonce’s level! Beyonce is a superb performer and artist! Fierce! Hard work does pay off girls! Never think otherwise, get on your #Hustle-Swag ! Spread the fierce!
As usual, Andy Suzuki & The Method touch our souls with beautiful instrumentals and vocal skills. Listen to their cover of Adele’s Someone Like You below! We hope you enjoy it just as much as we do!
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