Speaking Programs for Educators & Girl Advocates

Participants at the Using Hip Hop To Empower Girls Workshop for Adult Allies

Participants at the Using Hip Hop To Empower Girls Workshop for Girl Advocates

I am available as a guest speaker for keynotes, workshops, retreats, teleseminars, webinars, and other events for educators, girl advocates, youth workers, and other girl-serving professionals. I speak nationally to groups on a wide range of topics including:

youth issues
youth development
adolescent and women’s health issues
adolescent sexuality
HIV/AIDS/STIs
teen dating abuse
developing health education programs, materials, and campaigns for youth
developing culturally relevant educational strategies and media literacy efforts for girls and youth of color
understanding hip hop and youth culture
working effectively with youth on health and social justice topics
youth cyberculture, cyberbullying, and the Internet habits of youth
conducting online research
web design and development

Featured Workshop

Using Hip-Hop to Empower Young Women: A Workshop for Adult Allies

Partners: Young Women’s Action Team, Helping Our Teen Girls in Real Life Situations, Inc. (HOTGIRLS Inc.), Girl’s Best Friend Foundation

The Columbia College Institute for the Study of Research on Women & Gender in the Arts & Media is proud to co-sponsor this adult workshop organized by the Young Women’s Action Team designed to assist youth workers, prevention educators, counselors and other adult allies in understanding how mass media and hip-hop culture affect the lives of young women and girls. Through interactive activities and group discussion, participants will explore messages about sexuality, relationships, and gender in hip-hop and popular culture, and discuss strategies used by women and girls of color to resist denigrating media images and to explore using hip-hop as a tool for empowerment and social change. The workshop will be presented by Dr. Carla Stokes, a scholar-activist, health educator, and President and Founder of Helping Our Teen Girls in Real Life Situations, Inc. (HOTGIRLS), an Atlanta-based non-profit organization dedicated to improving the health and lives of black young women and girls.

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Upcoming Events

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