Is Your Daughter a HOTGIRL?
If your daughter tells you she wants to be a "hot girl," don't panic; she may be referring to the non-profit organization HOTGIRLS Inc., an Atlanta-based youth activist group founded in 2001 by Dr. Carla Stokes. HOTGIRLS, or Helping Our Teen Girls In Real Life Situations, works to help young women of color improve their lives. They focus on health education, specifically AIDS-related issues, and female empowerment in the hip hop generation.
In an impressive effort to reach more girls, HOTGIRLS Inc. has taken their message to the web, creating FIREGRL.com, a website that "will provide a safe space for girls to speak out, give advice, receive support, and discuss issues of concern via online discussion forums and other interactive online community features." Congratulations to this grass-roots organization for their positive use of Internet technology and for making young women proud to be HOTGIRLS! Look for the launch of the remodeled website in 2008.
For more news on HOTGIRLS Inc. read about them in the NY Times.
