Video of Gritty Girl's Camp Highlights, 2009

These girls are amazing!!!

This Work of Women, by Shiloh McCloud

Here's an empowering excerpt from one of my favorite artsists, Shiloh McCloud:

This Work of Women

Yes. It is time for a revolution in women and path, women and money, women and business, women and art, women and marketplace. We do not choose to give our work of any kind away for nothing. We are not starving or frivolous artists. We are creators whose creations save lives, heal the world, heal wounds. This work of women, preistesses and practicioners of every kind is VISIONARY WORK.

Your work is vital. Essential. Needed. This work of women must include creating livelihood. This is not easy, quick, fun, nor likely. This is not accepted or encouraged. But this is what we must do:

Cause an abundance revolution.

We must create our own path.

We must create our own money.

We must create art.

We must create our own marketplace.

We must be compensated.

We are creating our own mystical cosmic luminous overflowing BANK. A bank that does not cause, contribute or condone the suffering of others for profit. A woman's bank. Believe it. Create it. Deposit into it. Draw from it. Invite other women to it. Enter the income stream in your little golden boat and dream and work and pray and play and do not stop. Keep going. It will almost always seem inpossible. But we will make miracles. Miracles are organizing themselves around our dreams, our work, right now.

Believe it.

Shiloh Sophia McCloud 2005

Gritty Girl's Empowerment Program Makes NEWS!!!

Here's the latest on our growing GrittyGirl Program for girls:

Dear Friends!

I'm exited to share this article in the Herald with you: GrittyGirl Music Girl's Empowerment The summer program was so successful, we are continuing into the schoolyear with Saturday sessions. Please email me or call 954-467-8460 for more info.

Onward and upwards!

Michelle Riu
Gritty Girl Music
www.grittygirl.com

Project Grittygirl!

Create empowering visual art projects! Sing your heart out! Tell the world what inspires you on camera! Write and perform original songs in a pop rock band of your own creation!

Calling all Grittygirls!!!

GrittyGirl workshops use original curriculum to help teenage girls and young women find their voice through the learning of basic acting, poetry-writing, and music skills, as well as through an educational campaign that highlights famous and forgotten women and heroine archetypes as powerful role models.

 

For more info call Michelle Riu at 305-951-9054 

or email at grittygirl@gmail.com

Calling all Grittygirls!!!

Calling all Grittygirls!!! Ages 11-14

JOIN US for a two-week pilot summer camp for girls in the creative arts!

Sing your heart out!
Write and perform original songs in a pop rock band of your own creation!
Tell the world what inspires you on camera!
Create empowering visual art!

No prior experience necessary!

This is a unique opportunity exclusive to only 15 girls, ages 11- 14.
Don't miss out!!!

July 13-17th, 20-24th
9:00AM -4:00PM

LOCATION: Oasis Ranch
Coconut Creek/Coral Springs Area (Near Lyons and Wiles Road)

COST: $150./week

Music, Drama, Visual Arts, & TV production!!!

The only missing ingredient: Your daughters, your sisters, your friends, YOU!

What is a Grittygirl? Grittygirl is a spirited, fierce truth-teller. She is courageous and resolute, honoring her word and her body. A young woman of integrity, high self-esteem and clear boundaries, she is respectful of others, loving, ethical, and kind. She is a leader, a role-model, and a trusted volunteer in her community. Balancing creativity and critical thinking, she is emotionally intelligent and makes effective decisions.

Calling all Grittygirls!!!
We want YOU! : )

For more info or to enroll
Please call Marilyn at (954) 732-3345, or Michelle at (305) 951-9054
or email
michelleriu@grittygirl.com

The term 'Grittygirl' and the Grittygirl logo are registered to Michelle Riu

A New Mythology

I have the stoic spirit of Rosa Parks
I have the warrior heart of Joan of Arc.
I am as brilliant as I am dark
And you ain't even seen me start

I come from a long line of African Queens
My truth is the truth of Ma’at.
I come to claim my Kemet Kingdom
Now give me back what you got.

You see I traced my history,
I finally understood
Now give me back my priestess power
take your virgin-motherhood.

I am as beautiful as the Queen of Sheba
as raging as Kali
As sensual as the poet Sappho
as silent as the Furies…

I am as fiery as Brigit,
I’m the one who said no
I’m Lillith, I’m Nefertiti
and so many more you don’t know.

I am Judith, I am Esther, I am Deborah, I am Ruth
I am Nepthys, I am Hathor, I am Isis, I am Nut

I am the primordial Goddess, the first and the last
Some call me Gaia, some call me Tiamat

I am as independent as Artemis,
as whole and as fierce
And though you break through my hymen
my ‘virginity’ You can NEVER pierce.

I have the stamina of Eleanor, the guts of the Virgin Queen
I have the boldness of Hathsheput, and the strategy of Athene

I have the vision of Cady Stanton, the resoluteness of Susan B
I have the integrity of Dido, the depth of Proserpine

I am as wise as Sophia, as fruitful as Demetre,
I am as well-learned as hypatia, and man, would I have liked to meet her!

I am Inanna, I am Ishtar, I am Theodora, and Cybele,
Though I stand before you calling myself Michelle

i am evreywoman no matter how my name is spelled...

i am evreywoman no matter how my name is spelled.


in honor of women's history month, by m. riu