Nov 8decisions, ask a million questions, change their minds, and not always know what to do next.We shouldn't mistake a girl's ability to handle responsibility for a reason to give her more of it. We shouldn't confuse independence with not needing support or assume that because she can articulate herself, she doesn't need someone to listen, guide, and show up for her. There's a difference between preparing girls for the world and expecting them to carry the weight of it before they're ready. Protecting her right to be means knowing that difference—and doing something about it. This year, we're raising funds to bring a dedicated Black Girls Smile community space to Atlanta. Help us build something that gives Black girls more than a place to go. Help us create a place where they can be young. Support Her Right to Be. Link in bio to donate.Impact
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Nov 8decisions, ask a million questions, change their minds, and not always know what to do next.We shouldn't mistake a girl's ability to handle responsibility for a reason to give her more of it. We shouldn't confuse independence with not needing support or assume that because she can articulate herself, she doesn't need someone to listen, guide, and show up for her. There's a difference between preparing girls for the world and expecting them to carry the weight of it before they're ready. Protecting her right to be means knowing that difference—and doing something about it. This year, we're raising funds to bring a dedicated Black Girls Smile community space to Atlanta. Help us build something that gives Black girls more than a place to go. Help us create a place where they can be young. Support Her Right to Be. Link in bio to donate.
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- School-Based Programming
We partner with schools and youth-serving organizations to provide prevention-focused, culturally responsive mental health programming for students, caregivers, and educators.
Community Events & ActivationsOur community-based events create spaces for collective healing, reflection, and connection. Through workshops, wellness activations, and gatherings, we bring mental wellness into accessible, affirming environments, centering joy, creativity, and shared experience.
Therapy AssistanceWe help remove financial and systemic barriers to mental health care by connecting participants to culturally responsive therapy and mental health resources.
Support GroupsWe host monthly support groups, both in-person and virtual, that center healing through shared experience and community care.
- Wellness Workshops & Activations
We create interactive, healing-centered experiences that blend social-emotional learning with real community connection.
- Community Third Space
In Fall 2025, Black Girls Smile opened our first community third space in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn.
- Safe Space Saturday
where participants engage in mental health literacy workshops, connect directly with licensed therapists and social workers, and participate in restorative wellness sessions such as yoga and breathwork
- Kitchen Table Talk
a roundtable-style discussion series where Black women and girls come together for honest, intergenerational conversations about the issues most impacting the mental health and well-being of our community
Partners and community
decisions, ask a million questions, change their minds, and not always know what to do next.
Nov 8
Children don't have to be productive to be worthy of care.
Nov 5
What does the future of mental health look like when Black girls are part of shaping it?
Nov 5
What becomes possible when Black girls have a space of their own?
Nov 4
The election may be over, but whatever you're feeling doesn't have to be.
Nov 4
Consider this your invitation to pull up, get comfortable, and spend some time in community.
Nov 3
There’s a support group for that.
Nov 3
Girlhood isn't a waiting room for adulthood.
Nov 38 likes
Election Day can bring up a lot.
Nov 212 likes
About
Black Girls Smile is a national nonprofit dedicated to advancing mental health and well-being through culturally responsive education, healing spaces, and access to care. Our work centers joy, resilience, and community, and is rooted in the belief that mental wellness is a right, not a privilege.
Founded in response to the lack of culturally affirming mental health support for Black girls and young women, Black Girls Smile exists to ensure they are seen, supported, and empowered to thrive.
We promise affirming, accessible, and unapologetically Black girl-centered mental health support and spaces, so every Black girl can thrive on her own terms.
This promise guides how we design programs, show up in community, and build systems of care rooted in dignity, agency, and belonging.
Our work centers Black girls and young women, while intentionally engaging the caregivers, educators, and community members who support them. We believe mental wellness is collective, and healing happens in relationship.
We believe lasting mental wellness for Black girls and young women happens when care is preventive, culturally grounded, and community-centered.
When Black girls and young women have access to affirming mental health education, supportive relationships, and culturally responsive care, and when the adults and systems around them are equipped to support that care, they are better able to build resilience, strengthen coping skills, and lead mentally healthy lives.
Cascade, Atlanta, GA
- Based in
- Cascade, Atlanta
- Founded
- 2016
- EIN
- 45-5352968
- Website
- blackgirlssmile.org
- @blackgirlssmile
- Wellbeing