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Andrea Lewis of ‘Those Girls Are Wild’ is looking for an intern!

  • Needs to be in the NY, NJ Tri-state area!
  • for the summer! or longer!
  • for someone with a film background!
  • social media savvy, wants to get into the blogging world!

send in resume + background, links to thosegirlsarewild@gmail.com (ATTN: Andrea Lewis)

(Source: forbrowngirls)

FBG is looking for a Summer Team!

I need interns/bloggers/help! lol If you would like to contribute to the blog, send me an email (forbrowngirls@yahoo.com) with the section you’d like to help with in the subject line.

Chocolate Spotted- Spot a woman/man with a darker skin complexion making moves/a difference in the media/world?

Meaningful Melodies- Songs that are uplifting, encouraging and have an overall positive message.

Guest Bloggers- Seek out/Research/Suggest possible guest bloggers for articles/post on the site.

Makeup/Hair/Fashion- beauty links/tips for brown girls

Events/Opportunities- Research & provide links to fun contests/opportunities/scholarships for young women

*Also include Name/Age/State Thanks & hope to hear from you soon*

(Source: forbrowngirls)

CALLING ALL ENTREPRENEURS! NFTE & Seventeen Magazine have teamed up for the 'Make Your Own Money Contest'!

Make your own money this summer! 3 winners will each receive $2,000 for their business idea. NFTE & Seventeen Magazine have teamed up for this exciting opportunity.

Just write a 500 word essay describing the type of business you want to establish, what this seed money will help you accomplish, and how you will market your business. The deadline to submit your business concept is June 1st.

To submit your business idea and for complete rules, click here.

Wanna be a MissRepresentation.org rep?- CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP!

“MissRepresentation.org is recruiting leaders in every community across the world to be a part of our Social Action Team. These Reps receive special Action Alerts from our team every two weeks with specific instructions on how to further the cause of gender equity.

Sample actions include: organizing meetings in your town, writing letters to your local papers, and activating communities online.

Every Rep will receive a Social Action Kit – an in-depth guide with even more ways of getting involved with MissRepresentation.org.”

-via missrepresentation.org

The documentary Miss Representation, by Jennifer Siebel Newsom, premiered at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, and aired on OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network in October.

The film explores how the media’s misrepresentations of women have led to the underrepresentation of women in positions of power and influence.

(Source: forbrowngirls)

ENTER Seventeen & Tyra Banks’ FIERCELY REAL model contest!

“Seventeen is proud to present Tyra Banks’s Fiercely Real Model Contest, celebrating beautiful girls at any size! Show us why YOU are fiercely real and deserve to win a modeling contract by submitting your photos and information below.”

                                                           -http://www.seventeen.com/sweepstakes/20160

(Source: forbrowngirls)

KOLA on TOUR = Nov. 20th (Miami), Dec. 2nd (Seattle), Dec. 4th (San Francisco), Dec. 7th (L.A.), Dec. 9th (Baltimore) Dec. 11 (NYC)!!
Baltimoreans see you there! :)

KOLA on TOUR = Nov. 20th (Miami), Dec. 2nd (Seattle), Dec. 4th (San Francisco), Dec. 7th (L.A.), Dec. 9th (Baltimore) Dec. 11 (NYC)!!

Baltimoreans see you there! :)

PROFECTIV MISS FRESH FACE 2011 CONTEST LADIES!!

Miss Campus Fresh Face :: College Scholarship Contest!

Strength of Nature, the makers of Profectiv hair care products, has partnered again withBlack College Today Magazine and its highly successful historically Black College Today Magazine Tour.  Steve Mootry, Editor and BCT Magazine program coordinator strategically schedules campus visits around the country, at key student or campus event periods, to maximize on exposure of the program and get optimal attendance and participation.  College Student’s that enter the competition are required to be full-time students, have a passing Grade GPA and submit a short essay for why they should be selected as Miss Campus Fresh Face. As one of the primary and long-term corporate sponsors, Strength of Nature commits the Profectiv Brand to help by providing advertising & promotional insertions in BCT magazine and:

  • Generous product sampling, product literature and helpful general hair care & grooming information.
  •  $2,000 Grand Prize Scholarship and 10  Semi-Finalist Scholarships of $500
  • Profectiv Model contract for website and public relations communications
    Professional photo session

 Deadline: 12 Midnight, December 15, 2011. 

VISIT THE SITE FOR MORE DETAILS » missfreshface.com

i may enter too, but if/when you do , let me know so I can root for you !!! =)