Help make #RoomForChange!! The design of a space can affect our mood, mind-set and even our behavior. Color, materials, light and texture communicate a certain atmosphere, and these choices can have both an immediate impact and a lasting one. To…
In April of 2015 as a part of the Disney Friends for Change grant, Briana had a chance to spend time with 9 young people who live at the YMCA in Newark. During that time she learned more about them…
SuperGirl Marley Dias promotes her social action project #1000blackgirlbooks. The campaign will collect and donate 1000 books where black girls are the main characters. On February 13th, Marley and the GrassROOTS Community Foundation team will host a book festival at Retreat Primary School in St. Mary, Jamaica.
GrassROOTS SuperGirls Briana, Amina & Marley (BAM) will travel from New Jersey to Accra, Ghana to serve as wellness ambassadors at African Health Now (AHN) annual #GIFTOFLIFE health fair. AHN provides primary health care screenings for youth and families.
Frustrated by the lack of books about black girls in her school curriculum, Marley Dias launched this campaign to collect 1000 books where black girls are the main characters. The #1000blackgirlbooks project is her BAM social action project for 2016.…
BAM is about friendship, fun, adventures and social action. Want to be more involved in BAM Nation and believe you can uphold the BAM values? If yes, please complete an ambassador application. BAM will select a maximum of five Ambassadors…
BAM girls serve meals to community residents. For the past four years, BAM girls have participated in GrassROOTS turkey giveaway to the residents of Georgia King Village, located in the West Ward of Newark. This year BAM girls will take…
In 2013, 14.3 percent or 17.5 million households were food insecure. Food-insecure households (those with low and very low food security) had difficulty at some time during the year providing enough food for all their members due to a lack…
BAM girls were one of among 125 grantees awarded a coveted Disney for Change grant. The girls organized three activities for residents of Newark YMCA. There are currently 260 individuals—the majority of whom are homeless mothers with children who reside…
Here are a few pictures of our adventures in giving. We get so much that we must give back. We practice the principle of RECIPROCITY.
“The Adventures of B.A.M” is born in the imaginations of three Super Campers: Briana, Amina & Marley. In 2014, three moms shared childcare needs. We pooled our resources and brought these girls together. Once a week, the three girls ate…