Pretty Purposed Progress-Index
We are excited to announce that we are a 2024 Community Impact Grant recipient, awarded by The Community Foundation of Greater Richmond. The $25,000 in grant funds will increase our capacity to build an advocacy network focused on improving systems that impact young women and girls in Central & Southside Virginia, specifically through our You GLOW GIRL network. We are grateful to do this work!
Read more and learn about the other recipients here.
Pretty Purposed is excited to introduce our Alumni Leadhers. Alumni Leadhers engage in representing Pretty Purposed as ambassadors that support community engagement and outreach, youth led advocacy, development, and other special projects. Each Leadher is an alumni of Pretty Purposed programs and will be working alongside us as we carry out girl centered work within the Tri-Cities and surrounding counties. They are spending their summer training and developing leadership skills with Pretty Purposed staff. Follow our work as we grow together.
Congratulations to Bianca Myrick and Lashunda Dotson for earning certificates in nonprofit management from Duke University! Thank you to the Cameron Foundation for continuing to invest in nonprofit leaders. The Nonprofit Management Intensive Track program selects 25 participants and explores 8 key areas of nonprofit management through courses led by expert practitioners and scholars. We're so proud of our team and grateful for the support!
We are so proud of our girls for sharing their voices! Lauren Mccray and Khloe Atwood were interviewed by the Progress Index for a recent news article highlighting their powerful stories about visiting the Virginia General Assembly. They spoke about food and water quality at their schools and what it was like to have their voices heard. The news article can be viewed here.
Pretty Purposed Executive Director Bianca Myrick was named a “Remarkable Women” finalist and WRIC did a cover piece on all the positive work Pretty Purposed does in the community. Our Dinwiddie girls shared the importance of girl centered work. The story and news article can be viewed here.
Pretty Purposed executive director Bianca Myrick was recently a Top 40 Under 40 recipient, widley recognized for the work Pretty Purposed is doing within the community. Read the article here.
A Q & A with Pretty Purposed Founder Bianca Myrick
To read the full interview continue here
to see the complete story watch below or follow this link https://www.wtvr.com/on-air/virginia-this-morning/pretty-purposed-in-our-community
Sit down with our founder and executive director, Bianca Myrick, as she chats with other leaders in the field about how they work to support Black girls.
Through this series, our founder Bianca, shares her dream list and personal experiences with Delegate Betsy Carr
