It's been an exciting MELANATED Month!

Black Girls Tennis Club is thrilled to participate in the Give Butter Black Philanthropy Month campaign.

We are aiming high for 5K online and took it local so our community could join in on the melanated fun!

Last week, Kobros coffee featured the melanated mocha (caramel and dark chocolate) for the day and donated half the proceeds to BGTC!

There's more melanated fun to go around ~ The first 25 people to donate $175 to our online campaign will receive an exclusive Tony's Chocolate bar from us :)

Every $175 supports a young girl experiencing tennis for the first time through our 7-week introductory program.

We appreciate your support.

Mission - Black Girls Tennis Club serves as a pathway to joy, radical wellness, and liberation for Black women and girls through culture change, access, representation, and exposure.

About - Joy equity and radical wellness are at the forefront of everything we do. We utilize our platform to inform, encourage, motivate, and change the narrative. Liberation through sports and PLAY is a significant concept that can transform communities. Our efforts support economic development, local tourism, family preservation, legacy, and generational abundance.

We focus on four key pillars to bring our mission into reality:

Culture Change - Creating an environment where Black women and girls in tennis have the same opportunities as everyone else on and off the court. Dismantling the systemic barriers that prevent equality in sports. Shifting attitudes around what’s appropriate in tennis culture.

Access - Working with local governments to assess public access to courts and tennis programming. Improving tennis conditions. Creating opportunities locally, nationally, and globally for Black women and girls to see and participate in tennis and tennis-related activities.

Representation - Representation on and off the court, in decision-making rooms, and the places and spaces that dictate tennis culture. Amplifying Black women and girls narratives in tennis.

Exposure - Introducing tennis as a source of health and wellness, opportunities, community, recreational play, and joy for all ages. Exposure to the idea of hobbies as necessary and a lifestyle centered around community and radical wellness through individual liberation.

Thank you for considering a donation to our organization.

Virginia Thornton & Kimberly Selden

Black Girls Tennis Club

Team Members