BLACK GIRL BEAUTY FOUNDATION
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Who are we?
Wilbert Manigault International Ministries Inc. is a 501C3 charity organization dba Black Girl Beauty Foundation that specializes in The Black Girl Beauty RISE UP Youth Trades Academy and the National Alliance of Black Girl Beauty Foundation membership, where we create a safe place for healthy conversations that matter in our communities that aren’t normally discussed, while mentoring other Black women & youth motivating them to RISE ABOVE their circumstances… While we specialize in helping Black women and youth; Our doors are open to all socioeconomic standing. We love all people!
Founders and how we became...
ELDER WILBERT MANIGAULT
Uniquia Manigault - Founder
Amanda Manigault- Founder
ELDER WILBERT MANIGAULT started singing, praying and preaching at a very early age in life. Prayer was his strength! He had to pick cotton as a child to help his parents take care of the home and other siblings. He was an amazing man that came from a praying, Christian home in Gaston, SC. He wanted more out of life than picking cotton. He
ELDER WILBERT MANIGAULT started singing, praying and preaching at a very early age in life. Prayer was his strength! He had to pick cotton as a child to help his parents take care of the home and other siblings. He was an amazing man that came from a praying, Christian home in Gaston, SC. He wanted more out of life than picking cotton. He knew there was a better way, so he dreamed, sang and prayed for more and for better…. In his early 20’s he purchased acres of land in Gaston, SC but he was still hungry for more and better for his family in a different environment. His Uncle Joe (His Dads Brother) lived in Harrisburg, PA where he relocated, purchased another home for his family and made his permanent residence until his health failed him. During his tenure, he sang, preached and prayed all around Harrisburg and surrounding cities. He even prayed every Sunday morning on the Toby Young Gospel radio show for many years. He carried the anointing of God with him every where he went. He ran city revivals in Harrisburg and travelled back home to SC every year to do week-long revivals in different churches. Everywhere he went he’d sing, he’d preach and he’d pray. He prayed for people and he helped a lot of people. He’d go to the hospitals to pray for the sick. He went to prisons and prayed. People all around would call him for prayer. He became the Prayer Warrior! He was a true soldier in the Army of The Lord. He was the lead singer of the Manigault Specials Gospel Quartet Group. They published several records and CD’s. He was a construction worker by trade with a disability. One leg was shorter than the other. But He was a hardworking man who made no excuses! He knew the importance of learning a trade. He learned how to work and earn money at an early age; he also loaned to many… A true helper! A servant! He picked up all his nieces for church on Sunday mornings since they were kids. After church he took them all to Baskin Robbins for ice-cream. He’d take the neighbors to church. He started his own church in his home, had group rehearsals in his home and eventually raised enough money to purchase the old Salvation Army Building and made it his church home where he became the Founder and Pastor/Elder of The House of Faith & Deliverance F.B.H. Church Of The Americas in Edgemont, Harrisburg, PA. where his brother John Manigault is the current Pastor. He started the F.B.H. Chapter in Harrisburg. He was a community activist and loved it! With only an 8th grade education Elder Wilbert Manigault Started a Movement of Helping People. Prior to his death he moved to Atlanta Georgia with his daughter Amanda Manigault and his grandchildren. They all worked as a team to help care for him during his sickness. His heart wasn’t strong enough to still preach and sing but he never stopped praying and teaching Bible Study. People still called him on the phone for prayer. On his sick bed he told his daughter Amanda, “It’s your turn now” … He passed the torch to her and went on to a higher place in October 2009. His daughter Amanda continued on his legacy, became an ordained minister and in 2011 formed Wilbert Manigault International Ministries Inc. (a 501c3 charity organization) WMIM was birthed because of him! We are not a religious organization, but we strongly believe in prayer and 100% believe in the Trinity! God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit.
Amanda Manigault- Founder
Uniquia Manigault - Founder
Amanda Manigault- Founder
FOUNDER/CEO Amanda Manigault. was raised with both mom and dad. Growing up as a young girl in Harrisburg PA living on the strip of N 6th street in one of the roughest neighborhoods in town. She had big dreams with a very little support system. She had minimal financial assistance, and she became an entrepreneur early in life because she
FOUNDER/CEO Amanda Manigault. was raised with both mom and dad. Growing up as a young girl in Harrisburg PA living on the strip of N 6th street in one of the roughest neighborhoods in town. She had big dreams with a very little support system. She had minimal financial assistance, and she became an entrepreneur early in life because she knew she had to take care of herself. She came from a religious family, a preacher’s daughter. Yet somehow, she became a teenage mom at the age of 16 years old. Being an entrepreneur was great, but she could never receive help from the system when needed. Whenever times got hard for her, she was always told NO! “You own a business…
You see, both her parents had no more than an 8th grade education. At a very young age she was helping them read, understand and complete paperwork that arrived at the house. She also helped provide for her other 5 siblings. She was the first in her family to do most things. She never had a role model to teach her about life and/or business. She was the go-to in her family and she had to learn most things by trial and error. She became a born risk taker… Afraid of nothing but God and looking for opportunities to succeed. She dreamed a lot and she knew she wanted something different in her life other than her current situation. She had a wonderful career because she was passionate about making others look and feel good and she worked very hard to achieve that. But she also ran into many brick walls, made a lot of mistakes and what she remembers the most is that no matter how passionate one may be, A STORM IS STILL GOING TO COME… When the storm came, she had no one to pass the baton to, she had to figure things out on her own. She watched people around her receive help when the storm came… It seemed like they got free food, food stamps, rental assistance, free housing, cars and even monetary help etc.… She could never get any help because she was a working woman who owned her own business. But even STRONG BLACK WOMEN need help at times… She learned early that she had a 0% error rate, and she had to learn to figure things out! This made her stronger! She became a natural SURVIVOR!
It was that word NO that inspired her to one day be a philanthropist with a focus on the “WORKING SINGLE MOMS.” She wanted to help women who was like her when she was just starting her career working yet was still just surviving. The low – and moderate – income working women helping to meet eligibility for earned income tax credit. The women that want more for their children and household and is not waiting around for someone to give it to them, yet they may need a skill or trade; a little help from time-to-time… The working single moms who fell into bad situations and had to fight to get back up on their own. Those specific women have desire to work to help take care of their families. Those specific women have a hard time getting help, yet their income does not sustain their lifestyle… Most importantly, those women often lose hope, strength and stop dreaming because of the struggle of getting beat down and hearing the answer “NO, I can’t help you…” our organization was built to be a support system for this group of Black women. Black women is our target, but we help all those who are in need.
Uniquia Manigault - Founder
Uniquia Manigault - Founder
Uniquia Manigault - Founder
CEO/PERFORMING ARTS DIRECTOR/Uniquia Manigault was a latchkey kid. Tagging along everywhere her mother went. Her first home was in the beauty salon, early mornings, afternoons and late evenings… She was answering the phones and sweeping the floors at the age of four years old. She was mixing products, shampooing and braiding hair by the a
CEO/PERFORMING ARTS DIRECTOR/Uniquia Manigault was a latchkey kid. Tagging along everywhere her mother went. Her first home was in the beauty salon, early mornings, afternoons and late evenings… She was answering the phones and sweeping the floors at the age of four years old. She was mixing products, shampooing and braiding hair by the age of 10 years old. In the back of the salon is where she began reciting poetry and writing stories. She did that to occupy her free time. She modeled in her mother’s fashion show when she was four years old. She hosted her first show when she was but twelve years old. She’s performed every role from in the salon and outside salon events. Uniquia is a 3rd generation entrepreneur. She’s an author of two poetry books and have thousands of poetry scripts and movies that she’s been writing for many years. She pursued theatre arts at a very young age and graduated from Tri-Cities High School’s Theatre Arts Program in Atlanta, GA. She’s a graduate from Clark Atlanta University with a BA in Theatre Arts, she’s a professional actress, model, poet, comedian, public speaker, entertainer and the best Host in the world! She’s the Founder/CEO of I AM UNIQUIA CO. and Black Girl Beauty Performing Arts School. Where she builds self-confidence through beauty, fitness, fashion and performing arts.
She’s a Self-Confidence Coach who teaches young adults how to feel good about themselves through her live/online training modules in modeling, acting, poetry, writing, fashion, hair braiding, leadership, professional development and entrepreneurship. She’s Co-Author of THE MONEY MAKER Business Success Guide and Host of “Chitter Chatter” a weekly talk show aired on Thursdays at 8pm. She’s also Co-founder of The National Alliance of Black Girl Beauty Foundation a 501c3 charity organization and the Black Girl Beauty Brand where she created “Uniquia’s Theatre Arts Teen Scholarship Program.” The scholarship was designed to help inner city black girls & boys learn the arts. She loves empowering others through the Arts! This is her assignment designed by God. Writing poetry is her safe place. It’s a way to express herself, It soothes the soul, creates healing and gives therapy to the MIND, BODY and SOUL.
Ms. Uniquia is now the Beauty School Director of Black Girl Beauty School of Careers and oversees all locations. She is responsible for supervising education and establishing service systems within the Cosmetology Education Department. The Director demonstrates and facilitates best practices to both learners and educators while also creating a culture of continuous improvement through frequent observation and coaching of learners and education team members within the department. To learn more about Uniquia you may visit her website at: https://www.iamuniquia.com/
THE REBIRTH
The National Alliance of Black Girl Beauty Foundation
On October 31, 2018 The Founders Amanda and Uniquia decided to brainstorm on how they wanted to add programs to give back to a specific group of women and leave an impact on the world. They wanted their focus to be on Black women and Black girls. They knew it would involve beauty because that was Amanda’s passion. She’s been in the beauty industry over 40 years. Uniquia’s passion was the arts. She’d been modeling, acting, writing and performing poetry for over 20 years and it’s something that kids need in these days and times. They decided to connect their passions together to create scholarships, programs and outreach initiatives to help Black Women & Girls. Uniquia watched her mother work hard and fight hard to stay afloat. She watched her go up and down in order to make ends meet for her and her 2 brothers. She saw her mother at the top of my career, and she saw her at the bottom. She knew her mother’s story and she understood the mission. The two of them continued holding conversations that most of the time turned into a debate because they always had two different perspectives that required opinions from other family and friends.
These were healthy, fun conversation while having dinner and drinks. They were both trying to understand each other better and understand the generational differences. They enjoyed it so much that they decided to start a fb group to hold future conversations where other women can join in. They were often told by others that they enjoyed their conversations which featured the seasoned and unseasoned perspectives being very transparent. Women said they wanted more… Their topics were about black beauty, black women and black businesses and other topics that were important to the black community but not often discussed. They also started two talk shows. One in reference to black women (hosted by Uniquia) and another in reference to business & beauty (hosted by Amanda) They wanted to test the waters, create content and data as they formed their brand. These talk shows created laughing, crying, lots of connections and relationship building. They decided to host Meetups. These Meetups have been very successful. They realized that Black women need these connections. It creates healing and personal development. No one understands a black woman more than another black woman… BGB is a place where black women can be heard and feel seen without being judged in a negative way. It’s a place for transparency.
They sometimes welcome men to their platform so that we can hear a male’s perspective and business strategies. Black women want to be looked at in a positive light for who we are, not because our voice is loud, our hair is pink, dreaded or our skin are in darker shades… They wanted to continue the movement of serving with a strong focus on black women & girls. It’s their desire to help motivate and inspire a special group of women who too may have been dealt a bad hand in life. They created unique programs from life experiences. They took those challenging circumstances and turned them into amazing opportunities for other Black Women & Girls who may be experiencing those same life challenges. These social engagements is how Black Girl Beauty was birthed… They had the name “BLACK GIRL BEAUTY” trademarked, rebranded and began the first (FOUNDING) Chapter as The National Alliance of Black Girl Foundation Inc. (NABGB) and the BLACK GIRL BEAUTY movement. In 2022 they began to recruit Presidents to start chapters in their cities. They are professional experts in their industry who help inspire, empower mentor and lead. They are “volunteer empowerment coaches” who offer their services to our members who become change agents.
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