U Grow Girl

Our U Grow Girl! group is blazing hot and as always making moves to “be the change” we wish to see in the world.

Through the months we have individually reached and achieved goals. We have overcome obstacles with mountain moving faith and have pushed forward and onward. While we are focused on supporting one another we are also interested in uplifting and empowering others.

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When we started our U Grow Girl! group we had no idea that our efforts would be acknowledged or even recognized by any media outlets. Our focus was simply empowering each other and growing. We are definitely growing in more ways than one!

This morning I stepped out into the sunshine and picked up my Compton Bulletin from my lawn… Guess who and what was featured at the top of page 4A…… U Grow Girl! with a picture of our wonderful Coach Ace (the creator and founder of UGG!). Please go out and get a copy of this weeks Compton Bulletin. Here’s the clip, click on it to make it bigger!  Read more... (217 words, 2 images, estimated 52 secs reading time)

1 Year and Still Going Strong!

This past September marked 1 year since starting our U Grow Girl! group in Compton. We celebrated in style and met with the ladies of U Grow Girl! from San Pedro, Inglewood, and Los Angeles for tea.  We had a wonderful time and our Tea was actually featured in the Inglewood Today newspaper!

Here’s a photo montage of our Tea!

7 is often referred to as a lucky number. Some say it’s the number of perfection and/or the number of completion. I’m inclined to believe all three and then some. I’ll do my best to put into words the power of 7 women coming together in our monthly U Grow Girl! Circle of Thought meetings.

We have been going strong since September 2007.  Together we have set goals, achieved goals, celebrated successes, explored areas of opportunity, and identified personal strengths and weaknesses.  Read more... (344 words, 2 images, estimated 1:23 mins reading time)

It’s been awhile since I’ve given a progress report on what’s happening with U Grow Girl.  We are still going and growing strong!  Our first meeting started with four and now we are 7. 

Meeting #4 was in December and was very different from our regular meetings.  We convened with a spread fit for queens.  We gained a new member and received her into our circle with open arms. 

We spent a great deal of time talking about miracles, blessings, and answered prayers that we all were experiencing and witnessing in our lives.  By the meetings end, I’m certain we all had a much deeper and greater understanding of how nothing is impossible to those that believe.  Our hearts were encouraged.     Read more... (294 words, 2 images, estimated 1:11 mins reading time)

Our third meeting of U Grow Girl was awesome!

It gets even better with each meeting.

This month we gained a new member, we are now 5 strong!

We each gave a progress report on our goals, recapped our 1st two meetings, and welcomed and embraced our new member.

We learned about a contest which provides women interested in starting a business with $50,000 in seed money and encouraged each other to participate.

Our growth in our U Grow Girl! Circle of Thought involves changing our thinking to change our lives and life long learning.  Read more... (283 words, 1 image, estimated 1:08 mins reading time)

On October 7th we had another amazing U Grow Girl! Circle of thought.
At our first meeting we discussed the importance of women rising above divisive old notions and behaviors (jealousy, gossip, hurting one another, believing that we get along better with men…etc).

We committed to support one another as a team, Together Everyone Achieves More. We also talked at length about setting and achieving goals. We each left the first meeting with a poster board and our first U Grow Girl mission.  Read more... (299 words, 1 image, estimated 1:12 mins reading time)

Since November 2006 I have had this vision of bringing a group of like minded women together of diverse ages, ethnicities, and backgrounds, for what I’ve been calling “A Meeting of the Minds.” Every time I tried to organize and set a date things just didn’t come together.

In May, I had an opportunity to discuss my vision with a very close family friend. Not only was she on the exact same page… She told me about a program she has called U Grow Girl! which focuses on cultivating empowerment.  Read more... (247 words, 1 image, estimated 59 secs reading time)