The document outlines a presentation on embracing natural hair for African American women. It discusses the harms of chemical relaxers and traction alopecia. The presentation encourages women to take pride in their natural hair, raising awareness of hair health issues and supporting each other's natural hair journeys. The call to action is for women to embrace their natural hair to inspire others, build self-esteem, and create new industries celebrating African American beauty.

1. Is this
considered
Beauty?
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Why
• Slide 1: Hook/attention grabber
• A quote/image from a prominent figure about natural hair.

2. And not this?
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• Slide 2: Hook/attention grabber
• A quote/image from a prominent figure about natural hair.

3. Black
Women
Spend
684 Billion
Annually
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• Slide 3: The Big Idea (pages 78-79)
• By embracing our natural hair texture, African American women will set their own standard of beauty, saving time, money and inspiring others to do the same.

4. To
obtain
this
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• Slide 4: Hook Cont…

5. 31.7% of black women
have traction alopecia
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• Slide 4: What’s in it for your audience? Explain why your topic is important or worth discussing.
• Many preventable hair diseases are caused by chemical processing of African American hair. This is worth discussing because many children & adults can forego going through this trauma by staying natural.

6. Hair Loss
…That is Preventable
• Slide 5: Why should your audience listen to you? Explain your ethos (personal experience, expertise, and credibility).
• My audience should listen to me and find me credible because I experienced hair loss as a teenager due to chemical hair straightening (relaxers). I have maintained hair growth since I stopped relaxing my hair.

7. DefineYour Own Beauty
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• Slide 6: Call to Adventure (pages 38-39)
• The cycle many African American women experience of hating their hair can be stopped. Through taking pride in our natural hair, new industries will grow, defining our own beauty, and build greater self esteem.
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8. Take Pride
InYour Natural Hair
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• Slide 7: Preview the three main points that will support your big idea
• 1) Raising awareness about the dangers of chemical relaxers
• 2) Taking a vow to not speak illy of those who choose to “go natural”
• 3) Speaking to others who can encourage and provide a means of support of you in your natural journey.

9. Chemical Relaxers
Add to Hair Loss Risk
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• Slide 8: Introduce and set up Supporting Point One
• Raising awareness about the dangers of chemical relaxers.
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10. Are expensive
• Slide 9: Factual or emotional evidence
• Researching the dangers of chemical relaxers

11. Time-consuming
• Slide 10: Factual or emotional evidence
• Personal stories and statistics.

12. Returning Natural
is a Journey
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• Slide 11: Introduce and set up Supporting Point Two
• Taking a vow to not speak illy of those who choose to “go natural”

13. Of Self
Discovery
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• Slide 12: Factual or emotional evidence
• The emotional process that comes with going natural.

14. Friendship
• Slide 13: Factual or emotional evidence
• All hair textures are beautiful whether society deems them acceptable or not.

15. https://www.flickr.com/photos/79891443@N00/566966833/
• Slide 14: Introduce and set up Supporting Point Three
• Speaking to others who can encourage and provide a means of support to you in your natural journey.

16. Knowledge
• Slide 15: Factual or emotional evidence
• Providing information about natural hair blogs and Youtube Channels

17. • Slide 16: Factual or emotional evidence
• Providing information for audience about natural hair meet ups

18. Go Natural!
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• Slide 17: Call to Action (pages 42-43)
• Go Natural

19. Improve the
future of the
next generation
• Slide 19: Restate big idea

20. Their
self esteem
counts on
you
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• Slide 20: Clincher/new bliss (page 44)
• Through embracing our natural hair, we will find a new sense of community and confidence through embracing our God given beauty.
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