BLACK GIRLS ROCK! Inc, is a mentoring outreach program targeting "at risk" teenage women of color. This charity has been established to promote the arts and to encourage dialogue about the images of women in hip-0hop music & culture, as well as promote analysis of the ways women of color are portrayed in main stream media. one of the goals of the organization is to combat the psychological effects of the disproportionate number of negative images of black women depicted in the media and make a difference in the lives of young women of color wh are most affected by this one sided imagery. by raising awareness and offering support through discussion, edication, counseling, interhips mentoing and advocacy, BLACK GIRLS ROCK! Inc, seeks to build the self-estem and selfworth of these yong ladies there-by changing their out-look on life, brodening their horizons and helping them to emower themselves.