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Company Description:

The Lighthouse | Black Girl Projects is unabashed in its concern with, concentration on and work on behalf of Black girls. Its mission is to be a revelatory, unflickering light for Black girls and young women in the southeastern United States through focused programming and by creating safe spaces for them. This is done through Black feminist, community-focused, narrative-shifting lenses. The organization takes a holistic approach to the leadership development of Black girls and women through a consortium of projects. The projects are avenues by which Black girls in the southeastern United States are centered, from the research agenda to the programming, board room to legislative halls. The organization creates safe spaces for these Black girls with the goal of having their homes and communities be places where their safety and freedom are welcomed.