Black Female Child

Identity, Self-Worth & Purpose

1. Know your African roots and family lineage.
   
   

2. Memorize 5 affirmations to speak life into yourself daily.
   
   

3. Understand your divine purpose and power as a Black girl.
   
   

4. Learn about African empires and powerful African queens.
   
   

5. Practice body positivity and resist Eurocentric beauty standards.
   
   

6. Journal your goals, dreams, and emotions with intention.
   
   

7. Recognize the media’s role in distorting Black girlhood.
   
   

8. Learn to love your skin, hair, voice, and culture.
   
   

9. Write your own purpose statement by age 13.
   
   

10. Say “no” with confidence and without apology.

Mental & Emotional Strength

11. Learn emotional intelligence: name your feelings clearly.
    
    

12. Master mindfulness and meditation for inner peace.
    
    

13. Know how to ask for help when you’re struggling.
    
    

14. Learn 3 stress management techniques.
    
    

15. Write and regularly update a mental health toolkit.
    
    

16. Set boundaries with friends, family, and authority figures.
    
    

17. Identify healthy vs toxic relationships.
    
    

18. Understand grief, loss, and how to heal safely.
    
    

19. Read stories by Black women about overcoming adversity.
    
    

20. Know how to advocate for your mental health in schools.
    
    

Self-Defense, Safety & Autonomy

21. Learn basic self-defense techniques.
    
    

22. Know how to navigate the police and your rights.
    
    

23. Practice walking alone with situational awareness.
    
    

24. Understand consent and bodily autonomy.
    
    

25. Carry safety essentials (pepper spray, whistle, ID).
    
    

26. Know who your “safe people” are in every setting.
    
    

27. Identify signs of grooming and manipulation.
    
    

28. Learn how to escape unsafe situations.
    
    

29. Know how to dial emergency services and describe your location.
    
    

30. Know the difference between fear and intuition—trust your gut.
    
    

Communication, Leadership & Expression

31. Speak publicly and present ideas with clarity.
    
    

32. Master storytelling—tell your story powerfully.
    
    

33. Learn how to respectfully debate and disagree.
    
    

34. Create your own podcast, vlog, or blog.
    
    

35. Lead a group discussion or project.
    
    

36. Express yourself through music, art, or spoken word.
    
    

37. Study powerful Black women speakers (Angela Davis, Fannie Lou Hamer).
    
    

38. Practice listening without interrupting.
    
    

39. Speak up when someone is being mistreated.
    
    

40. Use your voice to defend your beliefs—even when alone.
    
    

Education, Critical Thinking & Mental Emancipation

41. Read books by Black authors 

(bell hooks, Maya Angelou, Octavia Butler).

42. Learn how to analyze and question what you’re taught in school.
    
    

43. Know the basics of Black history before 1619.
    
    

44. Master time management and independent learning skills.
    
    

45. Develop critical thinking—learn to ask “why?”
    
    

46. Research Black inventors, scientists, and leaders.
    
    

47. Know how to study, take notes, and prepare for tests.
    
    

48. Memorize at least one speech by a Black freedom fighter.
    
    

49. Build your personal library by age 18.
    
    

50. Join or start a Black girls' study circle.
    
    

Money, Business & Financial Power

51. Understand how money works: saving, spending, giving.
    
    

52. Open a youth bank account.
    
    

53. Learn how to budget.
    
    

54. Make a business plan and launch a youth business.
    
    

55. Understand generational wealth and Black land loss.
    
    

56. Sell a product or service you created.
    
    

57. Learn about cooperatives and economic self-sufficiency.
    
    

58. Know how credit works—and how it traps people.
    
    

59. Study women entrepreneurs like Madam C.J. Walker and Rihanna.
    
    

60. Create a savings goal by age 15 and meet it.
    
    

Life Skills, Home & Health

61. Know how to cook at least 5 healthy meals.
    
    

62. Wash, fold, and organize laundry.
    
    

63. Manage your menstrual cycle and reproductive health.
    
    

64. Know how to clean, organize, and maintain a home.
    
    

65. Grow a plant or small food garden.
    
    

66. Learn basic sewing and clothing repair.
    
    

67. Prepare a first-aid kit and know how to use it.
    
    

68. Read nutrition labels and understand healthy eating.
    
    

69. Help care for a younger child or elder.
    
    

70. Understand the basics of natural hair care and maintenance.
    
    

Land, Farming & Cultural Sustainability

71. Know how to plant and harvest your own food.
    
    

72. Learn about herbal medicine and natural healing.
    
    

73. Join or start a school or community garden.
    
    

74. Learn about food apartheid and why it matters.
    
    

75. Save seeds and pass them on to others.
    
    

76. Cook using traditional African heritage ingredients.
    
    

77. Create a mini-farm in a backyard or windowsill.
    
    

78. Study Black farmers and food freedom fighters.
    
    

79. Know how colonization harmed Black land ownership.
    
    

80. Develop your own Earth Stewardship Promise.
    
    

Spirituality, Community & Legacy

81. Learn about African spirituality (Ifa, Ma’at, Ubuntu).
    
    

82. Build an ancestor altar or create an ancestral memory box.
    
    

83. Participate in community service monthly.
    
    

84. Recite proverbs and prayers from African traditions.
    
    

85. Attend or create Black cultural and spiritual events.
    
    

86. Journal your visions, dreams, and ancestral messages.
    
    

87. Learn the meaning of symbols (Adinkra, cowrie, etc.).
    
    

88. Create a “legacy plan” for your gifts and knowledge.
    
    

89. Know the sacred power of names and naming ceremonies.
    
    

90. Write a letter to your future self at age 25.
    
    

Activism, Abolition & Black Girl Liberation

91. Learn the history of civil rights and Black resistance.
    
    

92. Attend a protest or direct action.
    
    

93. Organize or co-lead a youth liberation event.
    
    

94. Start or join a school Black Student Union or club.
    
    

95. Know how systems of oppression work (capitalism, racism, patriarchy).
    
    

96. Use your gifts for the movement: write, paint, speak, farm.
    
    

97. Understand abolition and why it's about building new systems.
    
    

98. Read Black feminists and womanists.
    
    

99. Practice daily acts of resistance (joy, healing, truth-telling).

100. Know that YOU are the revolution—live and lead like it.