THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE OF BLACK GIRL BEAUTY FOUNDATION CURRENT CHAPTERS

On October 31, 2018 The Founders Amanda and Uniquia decided to brainstorm on how they wanted to add programs to give back to a specific group of women and leave an impact on the world. They wanted their focus to be on Black women and Black girls. They knew it would involve beauty because that was Amanda’s passion.  She’s been in the beauty industry over 40 years. Uniquia’s passion was the arts. She’d been modeling, acting, writing and performing poetry for over 20 years and it’s something that kids need in these days and times. They decided to connect their passions together to create scholarships, programs and outreach initiatives to help Black Women & Girls. Uniquia watched her mother work hard and fight hard to stay afloat. She watched her go up and down in order to make ends meet for her and her 2 brothers. She saw her mother at the top of my career, and she saw her at the bottom.  She knew her mother’s story and she understood the mission. The two of them continued holding conversations that most of the time turned into a debate because they always had two different perspectives that required opinions from other family and friends. 

These were healthy, fun conversation while having dinner and drinks. They were both trying to understand each other better and understand the generational differences. They enjoyed it so much that they decided to start a fb group to hold future conversations where other women can join in. They were often told by others that they enjoyed their conversations which featured the seasoned and unseasoned perspectives being very transparent. Women said they wanted more…  Their topics were about black beauty, black women and black businesses and other topics that were important to the black community but not often discussed.  They also started two talk shows. One in reference to black women (hosted by Uniquia) and another in reference to business & beauty (hosted by Amanda) They wanted to test the waters, create content and data as they formed their brand. These talk shows created laughing, crying, lots of connections and relationship building. They decided to host Meetups. These Meetups have been very successful. They realized that Black women need these connections. It creates healing and personal development. No one understands a black woman more than another black woman…  BGB is a place where black women can be heard and feel seen without being judged in a negative way. It’s a place for transparency. 

They sometimes welcome men to their platform so that we can hear a male’s perspective and business strategies. Black women want to be looked at in a positive light for who we are, not because our voice is loud, our hair is pink, dreaded or our skin are in darker shades… They wanted to continue the movement of serving with a strong focus on black women & girls. It’s their desire to help motivate and inspire a special group of women who too may have been dealt a bad hand in life. They created unique programs from life experiences. They took those challenging circumstances and turned them into amazing opportunities for other Black Women & Girls who may be experiencing those same life challenges. These social engagements is how Black Girl Beauty was birthed…   They had the name “BLACK GIRL BEAUTY” trademarked, rebranded and began the first (FOUNDING) Chapter as The National Alliance of Black Girl Foundation Inc. (NABGB) and the BLACK GIRL BEAUTY movement. In 2022 they began to recruit Presidents to start chapters in their cities. They are professional experts in their industry who help inspire, empower mentor and lead. They are “volunteer empowerment coaches” who offer their services to our members who become change agents.