Moxie Girl Natalie and Angie Nixon Jacksonville , Florida May 2015
SUPPORTING THE ADVENTURES OF MOXIE GIRL
A STORY OF PERSONAL TRIUMPH AND DISCOVER OF NATALIE MCGRIFF
When 7 year old Natalie and her mother Angie wrote the comic book “ The Adventures of Moxie Girl ” they created a foundation for a social movement that focuses on issues of personal challenge and discovery . The Crowd Funding venue One Spark was the setting for what would become a whirlwind of speaking , handshaking , elaborating on who and whom Moxie Girl is ; photo-shoots , meeting a Jacksonville Jaguar , meeting Mayor Alvin Brown , talking with supporters and those in the news media . Her mission became a passion for social justice and c ommunity activism , Natalie is an icon for local and national change for Black girls and all girls . Exclaiming proudly that # BlackGirlsRock , # MoxieGirl # BlackGirlMagic
The One Spark event is just a stepping stone for the continued adventures of not just “ Moxie Girl ” who has created a following on Social Media that is growing digitally viral . Angie Nixon the mother of Natalie is already ingrained in the Jacksonville community by her passion for issues of social consciousness and community activism . Raising her daughter Natalie to be a strong independent thinker , self-conscious of her abilities and talents , understand the value of education and proud of her own unique blessed gifts that will elevate her no matter what she endeavors to do . These are the qualities that Black mothers and other mothers of culture need to birth in their girls .
Angie is a blueprint for motherhood that tirelessly strives to build , rebuild , define and re-define the self-image in her daughter that defies the media execution of Black girls and girls of color . Black girls are intelligent , talented , gifted and possesses a natural self-awareness that is positive and healthy . This can be seen in Natalie who wears this as a badge of honor and encouragement for other girls .
Like scaling a mountain Angie and Natalie are taking one step at a time with a few leaps and bounds to continue their journey of self-awareness and self-discovery . “ The Adventures of Moxie Girl ” a comic book based on a little Black girl that hated her kinky hair and after using some magical shampoo , her Afro puffs become her super powers used to save the Jacksonville Public Libraries from being eaten by monsters . She turns her insecurities into super powers that fight evil .
THE ADVENTURES “ ” OF MOXIE GIRL
Stated by Angie about the comic book ; “ I decided to help Natalie write this book because she was having self-esteem issues regarding her hair and she hated to read . She now realizes how powerful and awesome her hair is ( there are the occasional rough days ) and that in order for her to write a cool book , she needs to read more books and learn different words .”
These are concrete examples that show parents the importance of reading , writing , literacy and comprehension . The value of parental guidance and support to create strong readers in their children .
BLOG ON MOXIE GIRL : www . myquesttoteach . wordpress . com / 2015 / 04 / 21 / the-adventures-of-moxie-girl /
Facebook : facebook . com / theadventuresofmoxiegirl Instagram : Instagram . com / Adventuresofmoxiegirl Email : adventuresofmoxiegirl @ gmail . com , angie . nixon @ yahoo . com Phone : ( 904 ) 601-7103
PROGRAM SUCCESS MAGAZINE PAGE : 27 | MAY 2015
TATYANA MAGAZINE PAGE : 27 | JANUARY 2014