The Dinner Table Documentary, Inc

The Dinner Table Doc is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that focuses on fostering leadership, self-identity, and wellness among young women of color aged 10-18 through events in New York City and virtually. As a Board member and secretary of this exceptional organization, and as a Nigerian-American woman and a mother to a 4-year-old daughter, I am passionately committed to empowering young Black and Brown girls. Their mission deeply resonates with me.

My early personal and career development were profoundly shaped by the influences of Black women. This journey began with my mom and older sister and continued through mentors in after-school high school activities and college organizations. These women taught me leadership, self-confidence, professionalism, etiquette, and more, which helped me evolve into the woman I am today.

Through my work with She Leads Beautifully, I help women in a new life season transition to their next dream jobs by leveraging their networks. By aligning my business with this exceptional nonprofit, I am dedicated to supporting their transformative work and ensuring these young women of color have every opportunity to realize their full potential.

Why This Matters to You

Your donation will directly contribute to programs that empower young women of color, providing them with the resources and support they need to succeed. By giving, you're playing a vital role in fostering a brighter future for these young leaders and making a lasting impact on their lives.

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The Dinner Table Doc is based in New York City, partnering with schools and community entities to deliver girl-centered transformative workshops and culturally affirming programming. Our mission is to cultivate college and career readiness, self-assured purpose, and leadership skills in young women of color.

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Your support helps The Dinner Table Doc provide essential resources and programming that empower young women of color to rise above adversity and excel in every facet of life.

Your donation is greatly appreciated. Thank you!

Hi, we're the Dinner Table Doc a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that partners with schools and community organizations to provide BIPOC girls ages 10-18 with self-esteem building and identity-based college and career readiness programming and resources. We prioritize teaching our scholars: Leadership, Self-Identity, and Health and Wellness.

In the past 10 years, we've grown tremendously and while it has been exciting it's also a great responsibility to ensure that we're providing adequate time and resources for all of our favorite scholars and little sisters.

In 2022 we made the hard decision to take a program hiatus after an accelerated period of growth as a result of our pivot to virtual programming during the COVID-19 pandemic. Prior to COVID-19 we impacted the lives of over 500 students in the New York City area.

However, from 2020-2022 through virtual programming we serviced almost double the number of students from 14 states and 3 countries.

We even facilitated a virtual book club program across 14 schools in the D.C. public school system!

P.S. let's not forget very early in the pandemic when we helped send our 13 year old student Dr. Nina to college!

Deciding to stop our programs during a rapid fire growth season was not easy, but we knew if we didn't stop to build capacity we wouldn't have a sustainable program in the future.

During our hiatus we were able to build a stronger organizational structure, develop new programs and asses programming data to become even more strategic and intentional with our goal to help girls of color live at their fullest potential.

With many thanks to our staff, dedicated volunteers, as well as granting support through Pincus Family Foundation and CatchaFire we are now emerging from our hiatus with a new mission statement, new programs offerings, new partnership opportunities and a few friends in new cities (hey LA, ATL).

As we set the table for a fresh chapter, we invite you to join us on this journey to inspire, educate, and uplift the future leaders of tomorrow. Your support will help us to continue make a triumphant return with an array of exciting new programs tailored to empower and uplift young women of color. We're dedicated to nurturing leadership skills, fostering self-identity, and promoting holistic health and wellness within our community.

Together, we can create lasting positive change in the lives of these incredible young women.