At the top of 2009, an exciting new report, "Black Girls in New York City: Untold Strength and Resilience," was released by the Black Women for Black Girls Giving Circle (BWBG), a funding initiative of The Twenty-First Century Foundation and the Institute for Women's Policy Research (IWPR), with support from The Sister Fund.  The following is a sampling of press on the report.

News Blaze reports:

"It revealed not only a set of unique social factors that impact Black girls - most of whom live in poverty - but the extraordinary resilience with which they face daily challenges."

To read more on the report from News Blaze, click here.

New York Community Media Alliance writes:

"The report finds that the impact of poverty is especially acute in the lives of Black girls. Approximately three-quarters of the girls in the study live in low-income communities and households...Most survey respondents indicated that they worry about their personal safety."

To read more on the report from the New York Media Alliance, click here.

BlackGivesBack, a blog dedicated to philanthropy in the Black community, continues:

"Importantly, the report also explores the positive influences in Black girls' lives. It finds that girls who highly valued spirituality also tended to have an excellent relationship with their primary caretaker. Likewise, those who possessed a strong sense of racial identity were more likely than other girls to be happy on typical day, to receive better grades, to want a college education and believe in their ability to reach their goals, and when involved in intimate relationships, to engage in self-protective behavior by insisting upon condom usage."

To read more on the report from BlackGivesBack, click here.