Great Quote from Oprah Winfrey

"Think like a queen.  A queen is not afraid to fail.  Failure is another steppingstone to greatness."

New logo: choices, choices, choice!

Help us choose our logo!  So many great ideas and color combos...  We will post our final logo soon!

Winter Break = Planning Time!

Co-Founders of Shining Daughters just completed their 3rd of 4 semesters toward the pursuit of their MSW degrees!  Time is winding down and we have lots in the works.  We will be using the Winter Break to design and outline curriculum and plan for the upcoming workshop and fundraisers.  The City of Oakland and its local business owners have been more than helpful and generous in their offerings of support toward helping Shining Daughters raise funds.  Thank you in advance to Mimosa owner, Chris Rachal, City of Oakland Policy Analyst, Ray Leon, and Pican Manager, Miriam Allen.  We, along with our Event Coordinator, Tatiana Larkin of AllAboutTheBiz.org, look forward to working with you all!

Be on the lookout for great events coming to you within the next few months!   

The Board

Last night, the co-founders met with Board member, Nancy Ellinger, LCSW.  She offered plenty of valuable information and suggestions for the curriculum and planning of Shining Daughters.  We will begin looking into space donated by local schools to facilitate our services to daughters throughout the Bay Area.

Additionally, we are excited to welcome Raeshelle Godwin (owner of Top Notch Hair Design at 4121 Broadway in Oakland) to our Board! 

Tomorrow, we meet with Ray Leon to discuss fundraising ideas and Friday, we meet with Brenden Anderson to discuss OFCY grants and the application process.

Steadily, with the help of the community, we are building! 

Shining Daughters are blogging!

Shining Daughters has many new and upcoming events in store for the Bay Area. We figured blogging would be a great way to keep the community abreast of what we're doing to help our daughters shine!

To catch you up to speed, Shining Daughters is a nonprofit founded in the state of California by social workers, Markita Mays and Socorro M. Reynoso. Shining Daughters became incorporated on July 9th, 2009. All documents have been submitted for 501(c)(3) filing and we anxiously await a reply!

To date, we are formulating our Board of Directors. A few of the individuals who have accepted a position on the Board are Ray Leon, Policy Analyst for the City of Oakland, Michael Orange, Founder of Top Ten Social Club, Nancy Ellinger, LCSW, Laura Zapiain, 3L at Stanford Law, and Bryan Parker of 100 Black Men of the Bay Area, Alpha Phi Alpha, and VP of Special Projects at DaVita. Within the next few weeks, we will add additional members and have hopes to confirm our Board by January of 2010.

Shining Daughters would like to give a special thank you to Ray Young, III for his generous donations and commitment to helping our daughters shine. Thank you, Ray!

We look forward to hosting multiple social events and workshops within the next few months. By September 2010, Shining Daughters should be a fully funded and operating nonprofit in Oakland.

Please stay tuned for more, become our Facebook fan, and check out our website at www.shiningdaughters.com.