Moving Forward to 15: Reflections and Updates from Empowered Flower Girl

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As the year winds down, I find myself reflecting on the journey ahead—2025 marks the 15th anniversary of my passion project that blossomed into a social enterprise: Empowered Flower Girl ™.

When I launched in 2010, I had a simple yet powerful mission: to transform how young people relate to themselves and each other. Little did I know the impact we’d make over the years, partnering with schools and nonprofits, empowering youth to live above bullying and drama, and inspiring intergenerational empathy and understanding.

Our 10-year anniversary in 2020 was meant to be a huge milestone, but like many, we faced unexpected challenges due to COVID. While the celebration we envisioned didn’t happen, our work didn’t stop. In fact, it evolved. That year, we:

🎉 Garnered media recognition for continuing to support youth and educators.

🎓 Launched the Girl World Peace Academy, our first-ever course and coaching program.

💻 Fully embraced technology to bring our message of empowerment to a broader audience (the UK, Canada and South Africa).

Now, as we step into 2025, Empowered Flower Girl ™ is evolving, and so am I. But one thing remains constant: my unwavering commitment to youth and the incredible individuals who work tirelessly to uplift and inspire them.

Thank you to everyone who’s been part of this journey—from our first Chica Chat workshops to our ongoing advocacy for community and sisterhood. 🌸

Are you or do you know someone who wants to launch or grow a youth-serving or mentoring organization? Do you/they need clarity, support and resources (including funding opportunities, PR/marketing help and program ideas) to make it happen?

Our Girl World Peace Academy offers all of the above and more. Enrollment is open through the end of National Mentoring Month, January 31, 2025. This is your last chance to get access to this amazing professional development opportunity and 1:1 coaching for under $300!

Get Noticed: No-cost tools to promote your program

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For many do gooders (especially social entrepreneurs, nonprofit directors and coaches), modesty and meekness are exalted virtues. But for those of you who want to expand your impact in the community and ultimately the world – silence isn’t golden.

There is no glory in your program being a best kept secret. After all, keeping secrets is rude.

Over the years, my company Empowered Flower Girl has garnered the attention of news writers and producers, bloggers and other journalists.

Why? Because we make a conscious effort to reach out to them.

I suggest you do the same to promote your program, especially if you offer services or products that make a difference for people.

But I’m not a PR person, you say.

Even if you have no clue how to contact a reporter, you can still gain coverage for your program or even your expertise.

How, you ask? HARO (Help A Reporter Out). I recommend anyone who runs a program – and doesn’t yet have a marketing and media relations team – to sign up for HARO. It’s FREE.

You’ll get daily inquiries from reporters and producers from a variety of media outlets.

Still not convinced you have what it takes? Contact me and ask about Empowered Flower Girl’s Unknown to Renowned media and community outreach program.

Rasheda Kamaria is a mentor turned social entrepreneur on a mission to transform the way young people relate to one another. She is a communications professional and founder/chief empowering officer for Empowered Flower Girl. A survivor of bullying, Rasheda was featured in the May 2011 issue of Cosmopolitan magazine in the article “Being Bullied Changed My Life.” Visit empoweredflowergirl.com.