Welcome to The PocketBook Monologues

A Very Special Premiere for African-American Women:

The POCKETBOOK MONOLOGUES featuring the Coin Purses

Entering Stage Right is an extraordinary cast including Creator, Sharon K. McGhee

the Incomparable Kim Coles

Savvy & Sophisticated, Jacque Reid

The Remarkable Phyllis Yvonne Stickney

So Def Mom herself Sheron Smith

Versatile Beauty, Toni Belafonte

The Unforgettable, Erica Watson

Harlem’s Own Coin Purse, Taylor Jenkins-Thompson

The In-Tune, Dr. Gloria Brown

The Advocate, Dr. Miriam Burnett

Stirring Emcee, Cheryl Scales

Pocketbook Honors for Rev. Lynda T. Rassman, Rev. Stanley Justice, & Maxine Frere

The Coin Purses

The Coin Purses is an expansion of the energy of the Pocketbook Movement. Black girls, who have their own experience their own story to tell, and their own challenges, are opening up in a dialogue that keeps it open, safe, and real for parents to talk about the unspeakable of the modern times in which we live. Perhaps their situations are similar to their mothers, aunties, or cousins, but the options to bridge their choices and decisions for their sexual safety and life sanity need a new spotlight of candor because the risks are higher for our girls.

The Time is Now to Raise the Dialogue with Our Coin Purses

The latest CDC March 2008 study, the first to examine the combined national prevalence of common sexually transmitted diseases among adolescent girls, shows 1 in 4 teens has an STD.

"High STD rates among young women, particularly African-American young women, are clear signs that we must continue developing ways to reach those most at risk." -Dr. John Douglas, Director CDC’s STD Prevention Division

Welcome to the NYC Premiere of the Pocketbook Monologues featuring the Coin Purses!

What’s In Store for You? An Opportunity to:

Come and learn for yourself --as a parent, you want to learn about some of the options for education & protection
Come and learn with your daughter, niece, or loved one –maybe you are ready to role model about the dialogue that can no longer be ignored with our girls.
Arm yourself with the approach that may open the door on our community’s ability to reduce the rate of STDs for Black girls and the risk of HIV/AIDS