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I AM B.E.A.U.T.I.F.U.L is an educational enrichment program dedicated to build self-esteem and leadership capabilities in girls of all ages.

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💜✨👑 COMING JANUARY 2027! 👑✨💜

Something exciting is on the way for the girls of our community!

I AM B.E.A.U.T.I.F.U.L. and Stone Temple Nation are proud to announce our upcoming “Bling Your Crocs” Creative Workshop Series!

Get ready to design, create, and shine as you learn how to customize your own Crocs with rhinestones, charms, pearls, and more! This hands-on program will help girls build confidence, creativity, leadership skills, and explore entrepreneurship in a fun and supportive environment.

🌟 Learn new skills
🌟 Express your unique style
🌟 Meet new friends
🌟 Build confidence
🌟 Showcase your creativity
🌟 Discover the entrepreneur within

This 4-week workshop is designed for girls ages 6–17 and will conclude with a special showcase celebrating each participant’s creativity and accomplishments.

📅 Launching January 2027

📍 Historic Stone Temple Baptist Church

📧 ia.mbeautiful@yahoo.com

📱 Follow our social media pages now for registration updates, program details, sneak peeks, and exciting giveaways!

💜 Walk Boldly. Shine Brightly. Be Beautiful. 💜

#IAmBeautiful #GirlsMatter #YouthEmpowerment #BlingYourCrocs #CreativeGirls FutureLeaders StoneTempleNation NorthLawndale ChicagoYouth GirlsProgram YouthDevelopment CommunityStrong ComingSoon January2027 BeTheChange ConfidenceCreativityLeadership 👑✨🦋💜 by @ia.mbeautiful

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12 days ago

✨🎨🟣 THIS SUMMER — CREATIVITY, CONFIDENCE & PURPOSE COME TOGETHER! 🟡👑✨

The future is BRIGHT for our youth at I AM B.E.A.U.T.I.F.U.L & Young Kings! We are excited to introduce another empowering hands-on STEM & STEAM workshop experience designed to inspire creativity, leadership, and self-expression through the art of stained glass design! 🖌️💡

This exciting program allows our youth to:
👑 Explore Science, Technology, Engineering, Art & Math
👑 Learn real-world creative skills
👑 Build confidence and leadership
👑 Express themselves through art & design
👑 Work together in a safe, uplifting environment
👑 Create beautiful stained glass projects they can proudly showcase

💜 “Broken Pieces… Beautiful Purpose!” 💛

Our mentoring programs continue creating spaces where youth feel SEEN, HEARD, VALUED, and EMPOWERED. This workshop is more than art — it’s about purpose, vision, teamwork, discipline, and discovering the greatness within.

📍Ages: 8–17
📅 Launching This Summer
🎨 Fun • Interactive • Educational • Inspirational

Together, we are building future leaders, entrepreneurs, creators, innovators, queens, and kings! 👑

📞 708-368-1932
📧 ilyoungkings@yahoo.com
📧 iambeautiful@yahoo.com

#IAmBeautiful #YoungKings #STEM #STEAM #YouthEmpowerment MentoringMatters CreativeYouth LeadershipDevelopment ChicagoYouth YouthPrograms BuildingLeaders STEAMEducation Empowerment FutureLeaders Confidence ArtAndPurpose by @ia.mbeautiful

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5 months ago

🎙️💜✨ BIG ANNOUNCEMENT ✨💜🎙️

Divinely Orchestrated & Friends is PROUD to partner with Bowen High School this Spring to launch something powerful for our youth…

🔥 VOICES OF THE COMMUNITY – YOUTH PODCAST PROGRAM 🔥

We are giving students the opportunity to:
🎤 Find their voice
🎧 Learn how to create their own podcast
💡 Build confidence & real-world skills
📣 Speak on what matters in THEIR community

This isn’t just a class… this is a MOVEMENT 💜

✨ Students will learn:
✔ Podcast recording & editing
✔ Interview & communication skills
✔ Branding & content creation
✔ How to launch their own show!

🎯 If you’re a student ready to be heard… THIS IS FOR YOU!

📩 SIGN UP TODAY
Email: divinelyorchestrated@yahoo.com

💜 Hosted by Divinely Orchestrated & Friends
💛 Empowering the next generation of leaders, creators & voices

#DivinelyOrchestrated #YouthVoices #ChicagoYouth #PodcastLife #StudentCreators CommunityVoices BlackExcellence YouthEmpowerment FutureLeaders CreativeYouth ChicagoSchools PodcastProgram SpeakYourTrut taken in Bowen High School by @ia.mbeautiful

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6 months ago

🌸✨ WELCOME TO THE I AM BEAUTIFUL FAMILY ✨🌸

Please help us give a warm, loving welcome to our newest mentor, Dasiana Maria Suarez 💕

Dasiana is the beautiful soul behind Blessence Beauty, where she practices holistic healing and spiritual guidance—helping others reconnect with their inner peace, purpose, and power. 🌿✨

She is a God-driven woman who believes that everyone deserves to walk boldly in their divine individuality and take ownership of their healing and growth. 🙏🏽💫

Dasiana is also a kindergarten educator and works with youth daily through her role at an after-school program, where her love for children and animals shines bright. 🐾📚

As a holistic health & wellness practitioner, she is passionate about encouraging our youth to:
🌟 Step into their inner power
🌟 Live a life of healing
🌟 Create purpose and prosperity

Her nurturing spirit, faith, and dedication to uplifting others make her a perfect addition to the IAMB sisterhood 💖

Let’s show her some love in the comments and welcome her to our amazing family! 🎉👇🏽

#IAmBeautiful #MentorshipMatters #Welcome #BlackGirlMagic #HolisticHealing WomenEmpowerment YouthEmpowerment FaithDriven PurposeDriven by @ia.mbeautiful

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7 months ago

🌸✨ Calling All Parents! ✨🌸

We are thrilled to announce the launch of “I Am Beautiful” Youth Crochet Class — a fun, creative, and empowering program for girls ages 7–17! 🧶💜

📍 Location: Stone Temple Missionary Baptist Church, 3622 W. Douglas Blvd
🗓 When: Every Thursday Afternoon, Summer 2026
🎨 What Your Child Will Gain:
• Learn crochet skills from beginner to intermediate
• Build confidence, patience, and creativity
• Make scarves, hats, accessories, and more
• Positive self-expression & community connection
• Participate in a final showcase for family and friends

💖 Partnering With:
Stone Temple, Heavenly Cynt, & Chandra’s Heart NFP

📧 Register Today: ia.mbeautiful@yahoo.com
📞 Call/Text: 708-368-1932

Give your daughter the gift of creativity, self-love, and empowerment this summer! 🌸✨

#IAmBeautiful #YouthEmpowerment #CrochetClass #GirlsWhoCreate #SummerEnrichment NorthLawndale by @ia.mbeautiful

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7 months ago

🖤✨ BLACK HISTORY MONTH SPOTLIGHT ✨🖤
🚀💡 Celebrating a Brilliant Black Mind: Lonnie Johnson 💡🚀

Meet Lonnie Johnson (born 1949) — an inventor, aerospace engineer, and entrepreneur whose genius changed science and childhood fun forever 🙌🏾

🧠 Trained as a nuclear engineer, Lonnie Johnson made major contributions while working at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the United States Air Force, where he led the Space Nuclear Power Safety Section at the Air Force Weapons Laboratory.

🚀 He later joined NASA, working as a systems engineer at Jet Propulsion Laboratory on the historic Galileo mission, helping expand our understanding of space 🌌

💦🎉 AND while working on an energy-efficient heat pump, he accidentally invented one of the most iconic toys of all time — the Super Soaker water gun! Talk about turning brilliance into fun 😄

Lonnie Johnson proves that Black innovation fuels science, technology, imagination, and joy. His legacy reminds us that our ideas can change the world — sometimes in ways we never expect ✨

👏🏾 Salute to a true pioneer!

#BlackHistoryMonth #BlackExcellence #LonnieJohnson #BlackInventors
#STEMHeroes BlackEngineers NASAHistory Innovation
FromTheLabToThePlayground BlackGenius HistoryInTheMaking by @ia.mbeautiful

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8 months ago

🖤✨ BLACK HISTORY SPOTLIGHT ✨🖤
📚 Celebrating Literary Excellence

Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks
(June 7, 1917 – December 3, 2000)

Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks was an African American poet, author, and teacher whose words gave voice to the everyday beauty, pain, strength, and resilience of Black communities.

Her poetry centered on the personal celebrations and struggles of ordinary people, capturing real life with honesty, rhythm, and deep compassion. Through her work, Brooks elevated stories often overlooked and preserved them with dignity and power.

🏆 Historic Achievement
On May 1, 1950, Brooks made history when she won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for her book Annie Allen, becoming the first African American to ever receive a Pulitzer Prize.

📖 Her Legacy
• Trailblazer in American literature
• Voice of the people
• Champion of Black expression and storytelling
• Inspiration for generations of writers, poets, and educators

✨ We honor Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks for her courage, creativity, and commitment to telling our stories—our way.

#BlackHistoryMonth #BlackExcellence #GwendolynBrooks #PulitzerPrize #BlackLiterature OurStories by @ia.mbeautiful

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8 months ago

🖤✊🏾 BLACK HISTORY MONTH SPOTLIGHT ✊🏾🖤
Honoring a Pioneer in Medicine

👨🏾‍⚕️ Daniel Hale Williams
📅 January 18, 1856 – August 4, 1931

Daniel Hale Williams was a groundbreaking African American surgeon, innovator, and hospital founder whose work forever changed the medical field.

🏥 In 1891, he founded Provident Hospital in Chicago — the first non-segregated hospital in the United States, providing quality medical care to all and creating opportunities for Black physicians and nurses.

❤️ He is widely known for performing one of the first successful open-heart surgeries, operating on the pericardium, the protective sac surrounding the heart — a medical milestone achieved during a time of extreme racial barriers.

🏅 In 1913, Williams became the only African American charter member of the American College of Surgeons, further cementing his legacy as a trailblazer in American medicine.

✨ His brilliance, courage, and commitment to equity continue to save lives and open doors today.

🖤 Black history is medical history. Innovation history. American history.

#BlackHistoryMonth #BlackExcellence #DanielHaleWilliams
#MedicalPioneer #HeartOfHistory ChicagoHistory
BlackDoctors HealthEquity LegacyBuilders by @ia.mbeautiful

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8 months ago

✊🏾🎬 BLACK HISTORY CELEBRATION 🎬✊🏾

Today we honor the trailblazing legacy of Hattie McDaniel — a woman who made history and endured it.

Born June 10, 1893, Hattie McDaniel was an actress, singer-songwriter, and comedian who shattered barriers in Hollywood. In 1940, for her role as Mammy in Gone with the Wind, she became the first African American to win an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.

Yet even in victory, racism followed her. That night, she was forced to sit at a segregated table, separated from her white co-stars because of the venue’s “no-Blacks” policy. Her excellence was undeniable — but so was the injustice.

✨ Her legacy lives on:
⭐ Two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
🎥 Inducted into the Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame (1975)
📬 In 2006, she became the first Black Oscar winner honored on a U.S. postage stamp

Hattie McDaniel opened doors that were never meant to open — and her courage paved the way for generations to walk through them. We celebrate her brilliance, her resilience, and her undeniable impact on history. 💜

#BlackHistoryMonth #HattieMcDaniel
#BlackExcellence #BlackHollywood
#WeAreOurHistory HonorThePioneers ✊🏾🎥 by @ia.mbeautiful

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8 months ago

🖤✊🏾 BLACK HISTORY MONTH | FEBRUARY 12, 1909 ✊🏾🖤

On this day in history, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was officially founded in New York City.

The NAACP was created in direct response to the Springfield, Illinois Race Massacre of August 1908, when a white mob terrorized Black communities—burning homes and businesses, lynching two Black men, and injuring dozens. Out of this violence came organized resistance.

Founded by a coalition of 60 courageous leaders, including W.E.B. Du Bois, Ida B. Wells, and Mary Church Terrell, alongside white descendants of abolitionists, the NAACP emerged with a clear and urgent mission:

✨ To ensure political, educational, social, and economic equality
✨ To eliminate racial prejudice
✨ To defend the civil rights and dignity of Black Americans

More than a century later, the NAACP remains a cornerstone in the ongoing fight for justice, equity, and freedom.

🕊️ We honor the legacy. We continue the work.

#BlackHistoryMonth
#NAACP
#February12
#BlackResistance
#CivilRights
KnowYourHistory by @ia.mbeautiful

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8 months ago

🖤✨ BLACK HISTORY MONTH SPOTLIGHT ✨🖤
Honoring a Queen of Innovation: Mary Beatrice Davidson Kenner

Mary Beatrice Davidson Kenner (May 17, 1912 – January 13, 2006) was a trailblazing American inventor whose brilliance changed everyday life for generations.

💡 She is most known for creating the adjustable sanitary belt, an invention that laid the groundwork for modern menstrual products—yet she was denied early opportunities due to racism. Still, she NEVER stopped innovating.

📜 Between 1956 and 1987, Kenner received five patents for her household and personal item creations—the most patents ever held by a Black woman at the time.

🛠️ Her inventions included:
• The adjustable sanitary belt
• A carrier attachment for invalid walkers
• A bathroom tissue dispenser (patented with her sister Mildred Davidson)

👑 Her story is a reminder that Black women have always been innovators—creating solutions, breaking barriers, and making history even when the world tried to block their brilliance.

✊🏾💜 We honor Mary Beatrice Davidson Kenner today and always.

#BlackHistoryMonth
#BlackWomenInventors
#HiddenFigures
#BlackExcellence
#HerStory
InnovationThatChangedTheWorld by @ia.mbeautiful

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8 months ago

🖤✊🏾 BLACK HISTORY MONTH HONORING A TRUE AMERICAN HERO ✊🏾🖤

Today we honor Private First Class James Anderson Jr.
🗓 January 22, 1947 – February 28, 1967

A United States Marine whose courage, selflessness, and sacrifice define what it means to serve with honor.

In February 1967, while serving in Vietnam, PFC Anderson made the ultimate sacrifice—giving his life to save his fellow Marines. For his extraordinary heroism, he was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor on August 21, 1968, becoming the first African American U.S. Marine to receive the Medal of Honor for service in Vietnam.

His legacy lives on through history and honor, including the United States Navy prepositioning ship, MV PFC James Anderson Jr. (AK-3002), proudly named in his memory.

✨ Black history is American history.
✨ His bravery will never be forgotten.

#BlackHistoryMonth
#HonorAndSacrifice
#JamesAndersonJr
#MedalOfHonor
#BlackExcellence
USMarines
VietnamWar
HeroesRemembered by @ia.mbeautiful

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8 months ago