MADE BY THE IMAGE OF YOU
INCORPORATED
Advancing Virtue and Nobility through Image (A.V.A.N.T.I)
Self-Development Program (Ages 10 to 25)
Made by the Image of You “A.V.A.N.T.I.” program is a female-responsive program for girls 9-25 years of age regardless of risk factor. A.V.A.N.T.I. focuses on being responsive to adolescent female development from a holistic perspective which takes into consideration the effects of a girl’s culture, gender, relationships and environment, as well as trauma by establishing a safe group experience that recognizes and fosters girls’ capacities for healthy relationships, empathy (being a primary and essential social skill), self-expression, the development of meaningful educational, career, and relationship goals and interpersonal skills.The program is structured and consistent, with flexibility for program-specific objectives and participant-directed topics, within adaptable time frames. It creates a welcoming environment in which girls and young women seek to voice and explore experiences, thoughts and behaviors. Additionally, the model stimulates emotional regulation in a supportive way that establishes healthy and caring relationships with peers.
Information content is geared to enlighten participants about the grace and elegance of a woman and how it influences the attitudes and actions around them. Offering courses in self-image, sophistication, etiquette, assertion vs. aggression, and voice dynamics, it enables the complete unification of the total image of a poised, elegant woman
Developing good self-esteem involves encouraging a positive (but realistic) attitude toward yourself and the world around you and appreciating your worth, while at the same time behaving responsibly towards others. Self-esteem isn't self-absorption; it's self-respect. By working from the inside out, you can build your self-esteem. The goal of this positive thinking is to give yourself a more positive self-concept, while seeing yourself honestly and accepting yourself, and removing the internal barriers that can keep you from doing your best.
What is Integrity? Who you are. How you act when you think no one is looking. Choosing to do good even when it costs you more that you feel you should hae to pay.
This six week History and Heritage component is designed to elevate and educate black females as to their true identity as females of color.
