HELPING WOMEN HELP THEMSELVES
Every woman deserves a bright, happy and safe future where she and her children can thrive. A Made Up Mind Incorporated provides women with education, resources and support to positively transform their lives. We are striving to help women to create stronger communities and families. A Made Up Mind aims to give women hope and family community values through outreach, and the linking and arranging of services that will help renew the mind, body, and soul, from the inside out.
We believe that the hearts and minds of all women and children should be cherished, protected, and nourished – regardless of race, ethnicity, or orientation of any kind. We focus on populations and communities with the greatest need.
The Need for A Made Up Mind...
Women in North Carolina are not doing so well. Lets do our part to show the strength and southern pride of our state and do something to affect positive change. Join the movement.
One in three African American, Latina and American Indian girls ages 5-17 are living in poverty; among girls under 5 years old, the number jumps to nearly 50%.
Young women in North Carolina’s high schools report persistently high levels of depression.
North Carolina has the 10th highest rate of child poverty nationally and saw an increase of approximately 10% in the number of poor children between 2009 and 2010.
Females in North Carolina are at a great risk for poverty, which is particularly true of single mothers and very young girls.
Almost half of North Carolina's children are either low-income or poor.
In North Carolina almost 21% of families are headed by a single mother, and in 2011, over 44% of those families lived below the poverty line.
Females make up 51.3% of North Carolina's current population of over 9.5 million residents.
We envision the following results from the resources made available and the activities sponsored by A Made Up Mind to be; a strengthened ability of participants to succeed especially in education, Increased equitable access for adolescent females to formal and non-formal education and training opportunities, improved workforce readiness of adolescent girls and young women, Increased exposure to work and career opportunities for adolescent girls and young women, improved attitudes/greater openness to the role of young women in our local North Carolina economic, social, and political communities.