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A PROGRAM OF 1 STEP UP, INC.
You Have Been Showing Up for Everyone. Now It Is Your Turn.
Dear Black Girl is a healing-centered personal development program for Black women and women of color who are ready to stop surviving and start building the life they actually want.
We create the space. We provide the tools. We build the community. And we make sure that when you are ready to take your next step, nothing stands in your way.
OUR IMPACT SINCE 2020
Dear Black Girl By the Numbers
90+
Women Graduated
9
Cohorts Completed
12
Workshops Hosted
3
Cities
20
Women & Leaders Honored
2
Grants Received
6
Bridge Grants Awarded
100%
Community-Driven
WHAT WE OFFER
Four Things Every Woman Deserves

Space to Heal
A safe, judgment-free environment where you can finally put down what you have been carrying. No performing. No pretending. Just honest, supported work.

Resources to Advance
Educational and financial support, including our Bridge Grant Initiative, so that when you are ready to take your next step, a temporary setback does not stop you.

Tools to Grow
Practical personal development curriculum that builds self-awareness, confidence, and the kind of resilience that actually holds when life gets hard.

Community to Belong
Connections with women who understand the journey because they are on it too. Support that does not disappear when the program ends.

THE WHY BEHIND THE WORK
When a Woman Heals, Everything Around Her Shifts.
Her children grow up differently. Her relationships change. Her community feels it. That is why Dear Black Girl was never just a program. It is a movement built on one belief: healing Black women heals families, communities, outcomes, and generations.
"Healing is the foundation. Education is the bridge. Legacy is the goal."
-Quiana Malone
