North Star

 THE COLLECTION

• Over 500 curated encouragement experiences and recommendations designed to help people build happy, healthy, and resilient relationships with people of color. 
• Who Uses North Star Encouragement Essentials?
• Parents focused on encouraging their children to become strong, caring, and confident people.
• Friends & Family focused on building happy, healthy, and resilient relationships with people of color.
• Leaders committed to encouraging people of color on culturally sensitive issues.
• Version 1.2 updated 6/9/2021
  
  
  

ENCOURAGEMENT LIFE EVENTS, TOPICS, AND SITUATIONS

• Career and Professional Development - Fire Fighter, Police Officer, Attorney, Physician, Nurse, Teacher, Dentist, Engineer, Software Developer, Marketer, Salesperson, Accountant, Physical Therapist, Anesthesiologist, Dental Hygienist, Plumber, Psychologist, Pilot, Marketing Manager, Chief Operating Officer, College President, Personal Trainer, Electrician, HR Specialists, Chef
   
• Family and Parenting – Brothers, Sister to Sister, Nephews, Nieces, Uncles, Mothers, Fathers, Sons, Daughters, Nieces, Nephews, Adopting a Baby, In Vitro Fertilization, Pregnancy, Postpartum Depression
  
• African American Traditions – Jumping the Broom, Sunday Dinner, Family Reunions, Martha's Vineyard
  
  
• Love and Romance - Dating, Engaged, Marriage, Single Mother Dating, Dating A Black Man, Dating A White Girl, Dating A Hispanic Woman, Dating and Hispanic Man, Cheating Husband, Good Husband, Jumping the Broom
  
  
• Historically Black Colleges and Universities - Financial Aid, PSAT, SAT, GMAT, Historically Black Colleges, HBCUs Alpha Phi Alpha. Alpha Kappa Alpha, Kappa Alpha Psi, Omega Psi Phi, Delta Sigma Theta, Phi Beta Sigma, Zeta Phi Beta, Sigma Gamma Rho, Iota Phi Theta
  
  
• Values, Virtues, and Spiritual Life – Faith, Hope, Praise, I Believe In Me, Trusting My Self, Getting Beyond the Now, Getting Beyond the Sins of My Father

• Faith and Religion - Black Baptist, Black Jewish, Black Black Muslims, Black Buddhism, Black Catholics, Creole Catholics
  
  
• Racism – Social Activism, Am I Black Enough, You Don't Act Like Most Black People, You Act Like You Are White, Light Skin vs. Dark Skin, Good Hair, The Brown Bag Test, Can I Touch Your, Hair Creole, Jamaican, West Indies, Your Skin is Darker than Mine, You Don't Act Black Enough, You Act Like a White Person, Stopped by the Police, Bullying at School, Bullying at Work, The N-Word, Civil Rights, Slavery, Reconstruction, Finding my Ancestors, The Great Migration, The Promised Land, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr. Barack Obama, The Underground Railroad, Emancipation, The Civil War
  
  
• Culture and Lifestyle - LGBTQ, Coming Out of the Closet, Social Media, R&B, Hair & Beauty, Jazz, Neo Soul, Blues, Afro Cuban, Rock and Roll, Gangsta Rap

• Health and Wellness - Self Love - I Am Human, Skin Color is Only Skin Deep, Black and Beautiful, Love My Curves
  Diabetes, Sickle Cell Anemia, Heart Disease, High Blood Pressure, Sarcoidosis, Asthma, Drug Abuse