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The S.HA.W. Foundation will host a Heart Disease Awareness Gala this November. The event will feature the stories of heart disease survivors, experts and spokeswomen, a VIP reception and silent auction.
The S.HA.W. Foundation in conjunction with the Miss Black California USA Scholarship Pageants launched a new initiative to raise awareness about green living.
Every month leading up to the Miss Black California USA pageant we will feature a contestant who has impacted her neighborhood. Look and see this months’ featured contestant.
Heart Disease gala
Project green queens
June featured Contestant
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The S.H.A.W. Foundation (Shaping Healthy Adolescent Women) is a non profit organization dedicated to providing opportunities for young women to go to college, network with professionals, develop a greater sense of self awareness through pageantry, clinics, classes, scholarships and also raise awareness about various problems relevant to young women in the United States.
Our Mission....
Is to develop experiences which will foster positive self image, inspire leadership and accountability, promote education and raise awareness about social responsibility. It is our hope that the young women who use our resources will create change in their personal lives and in the lives of other through their achievements and lifestyle.
This mission to be critical because . . .
* As recent as 2007 65% of African American women said that they lacked role models.
* 54% of African American women lacked opportunities to take on visible or challenging assignments.
* Only 14.1% of All undergraduates are African American.
* And 61% of Black women reported that stereotypes and misconceptions about African American
women’s roles and abilities are still a major barrier to their professional advancement in the United States.
