The Y.E.S. Circle

If your school, non-profit or community organization is interested in workshops, seminars or presentations, we can suggest topics and/or customize a presentation to fit your needs.

Ideas for topics can include:

• Positive Connections: Fostering Sisterhood Amongst African-American Girls
• Teaching African-American Girls Alternatives to Anger
• Keeping It Real: Navigating the Challenges of Poverty and the Impacts on African-American Girls
• No Excuses: Surpassing Life's Obstacles to Achieve Success!

The Y.E.S. Circle teaches African-American teenage girls that their circumstances do not determine their destination -- life is where you are going, not where you are now. We teach them effective ways to deal with anger and aggression.  We teach girls how to be team players.  We show them the value of a dollar and how to be financially independent. We have workshops on finding their inner and outer beauty, as well as etiquette guidance.  We emphasize their responsibility to their community by organizing charitable drives and doing volunteer work as well as peer counseling.

The Y.E.S. Circle believes in the power of sisterhood -- we teach the value of empathy, respecting and protecting one another. We work to uplift each other…always. 

The Y.E.S. Circle offers multiple week empowerment groups for African-American teenage girls. We address topics including:   

• Self-Esteem:  Hygiene, hair, make up, fashion, health and nutrition.
• Social Issues:  Positive friendships, anger management, teen pregnancy, STD’s, love and relationships and many other social topics. 
• Finance:  Financial accountability, financial stability, being financially healthy, wealthy and strong.
• The Future:  Life beyond school, understanding school and work options, visits to corporations and job fairs
• Paying It Forward:  The value of each one teach one, community service projects
• Etiquette:  Behaving with class and dignity, keping your cool, values and morals

We can launch a Y.E.S. Circle at your school or non-profit organization.



We can work with African-American teenage girls on a one-to-one basis to focus on specific issues or areas.

To broaden the reach of the Y.E.S. circle, we are launching an audio series. You can listen to the short programs in our Audio Gallery and find the programs on iTunes.