TEACH Self-Love

Art by Andrea Pippin

The message in this artwork is strong and urgent, but also very simple. We must reprogram our daughters and sons to love themselves. If you are not careful the media , the schools and churches will have your children with a damaged sense of self identity and pride. Our "HAIRitage" is more than about hair and hair styles. Its a fact that we have to raise the standard for ourselves and our children. Be proud of your own features and textures! That's what we must tell our young queens who struggle with self esteem and who are sexually uncertain while being forced to grow up so fast. Take a look at the small examples you are setting for the ones that are watching you.....They are always watching even when you think they are not...

Take bold steps for our children & set the examples of self love, 

role modeling & mentoring really does start at home.

At the Natural Hair Care Expo we will have information and possibly presentations or live demonstrations about taking care of infant and children skin & hair, what products are safe and how you can communicate better about these sensitive issues with your youth, students, children and family. There is pressure from all directions to straighten , press, perm, put a relaxer , put some weave in etc ,etc, etc....

We want to talk about it! When do you think is too young for chemicals in a child's head?  Where do we continue to get the ideas that our natural curly, kinky, nappy hair is not good enough or won't be accepted as beautiful and by who????? How do you feel about black blonde's?


ALSO:
Dr. Kanika Jamila co-convener of the M.N.H.C.E is also a licensed esthetician and specializes in helping her clients overcome a variety of skin issues. She also is partnered with the Wisconsin Children & Family Services where she assists new parents and racially mixed families on skin & hair treatments. Wisc. Children & Family Services will be at the event to provide information on adoption and foster parenting which we know is needed badly in the black community nation wide.