Actress Gabrielle Union recently received “Breakthrough Producer of the Year” award from CinemaCon. Prior to accepting the award, she was mistaken by her driver for another black actress… Continue reading →

Kelly Fair, Founder and CEO, of Polished Pebbles Girls Mentoring Program is out sharing our story! She founded Polished Pebbles back in 2009 and has been moving us forward ever since to support girls and communities. Hear from Kelly herself as she shares the story of Polished Pebbles! Continue reading →

Mentorship is appropriate for people of all ages and all stages of their various careers. So, if you’ve made it through the initial stages of identifying and connecting with a mentor, the next part is actually learning from them. Continue reading →

By now, many of you might have seen the speech given by 11-year-old Naomi Wadler at the March for Our Lives Protest in Washington D.C. Her speech not only paid homage to the victims of school shootings, especially those at Parkland, but also to the unknown names of black girls. Continue reading →

We want to talk about hair…more specifically, the texture and style of black hair. You may have noticed in the news how some black girls are being reprimanded at their schools for wearing traditionally black hair styles. Continue reading →

We all know who the true star of Black Panther is, and it isn’t T’Challa. We are talking about the sassy princess Shuri! Letitia Wright starred as Shuri in this comic book come to live and boy did she bring it. Continue reading →

We have girls in our program who have strong, positive, inspiring male role models in their lives. And we think they are important. We celebrate the role they play in their daughter’s, sister’s, niece’s, friend’s, etc. life! Continue reading →

Do you have plans and goals that you hope to achieve in 2018? While well intentioned, most people don’t carry their resolutions throughout the year. They start to fade around February. Which is why, we want to give you 5 tips to help make your resolutions stick. Continue reading →

Learn what your style is and how you can use this information to better your businesses, nonprofit, social enterprise, or team! Continue reading →

This past weekend, the community came together to help us renovate our new office space! Over MLK weekend, University of Chicago and UChicago Engagement brought people together for our service project. With their help, we are so much closer to having a beautiful office to house and inspire Polished Pebbles Girls Mentoring Program! Continue reading →