Film Aimed At Uplifting Black Women Hits TriBeCa Film Festival

April 22, 2013 Subscribe · Forward 'Imagine A Future: My Black Is Beautiful' Hits The Tribeca Film Festival It was only a year ago that Procter & Gamble's My Black Is Beautiful (MBIB), an organization that celebrates the diverse beauty of African-American women and fosters self-esteem, launched the initiative "Imagine A Future." The program, a collaboration with Black Girls Rock, aims to create opportunities for young black girls throughout the country by providing resources that foster a greater sense of confidence. And they aren't just talking a few hundred or a few thousand girls -- the goal is to reach one million young women over the next two years. Now, Procter & Gamble is strengthening this herculean task with a dose of Hollywood. The mega consumer goods company and executive producer Beverly Bond have created a documentary called "Imagine A Future: My Black Is Beautiful," which debuted Sunday afternoon at the Tribeca Film Festival.  Continue reading... Dzhokhar Tsarnaev CHARGED As He Lay In His Hospital Bed 'There's No Need To Defend Myself' Legendary Woodstock Performer Dead At 72 PHOTOS: The Week's Best Style Moments Singer Faces Sentencing In NJ Does The Boston Bombing Suspects' Race Matter? Singer Faces Sentencing In NJ REVEALED: Why Janelle Monae Always Wears Black-And-White... Singer Faces Sentencing In NJ WATCH: Breastfeeding Myths Busted In Surgeon General's New Video Campaign Lauryn Hill Catches Another Bad Rap TIFFANY ALICHE 30 Things Every 30-Year-Old Should Know About Money I'm 33 and I've made just about every financial mistake you can think of: over-drafting, bad checks (accidentally), bank account closed (by the bank), reports to Chexsystems, low credit score, having a ton of credit cards (20, at my peak), pre-foreclosure, high-credit card debt.... Continue reading... JOHN HOPE BRYANT Solving Poverty: Atlanta in Black and Green, the Tale of Two Cities Whether you are white, black, red, brown or yellow, today you just want to see some more green. U.S. currency, that is. We are all in this mess together. Continue reading... MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN 'We Must Never Give Up!' The United States Senate's failure to pass common sense gun safety measures -- the Manchin-Toomey Amendment to expand background checks to keep guns away from underage or dangerous people, and amendments to ban assault weapons and high capacity magazines designed only to kill as many human beings as possible -- is a moral failure of great magnitude. Once again the safety of children has been sacrificed by political leaders in service to the gun lobby. As Americans do we value guns more than the lives of children? Do we really want to continue to have political leaders who kowtow to the threats and money and half-truths of the gun lobby and who think their political jobs are more important than the right of children to live and learn and grow up in safety? Continue reading... BINTA NIAMBI BROWN Lessons: Boston and the Human Spirit I am a runner. I'm not likely to ever qualify for Boston, but as always, I will do what I can do... and when I run, will carry Boston in my heart. Continue reading... REV. AL SHARPTON What Do We Tell Our Children? As we teach our youth to put the weapons down and better their lives, what are we to tell them when so many in Washington have failed us so cowardly? Continue reading... Received this from a friend? Sign up for alerts from The Huffington Post here. Unsubscribe here. Huffington Post, 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003