A Phoenix entrepreneur is using his content creating powers to send hair love to kids and teens in need.
Will Humphrey started his nonprofit Rooted Youth with a mission to give high-quality hair care products, tools and education to Black and brown kids in the foster care system. Humphrey delivered his first haul of 60 boxes to foster kids in Arizona in November. He is already in touch with other agencies eager for his next batch of boxes. Humphrey hopes the products give children a sense of autonomy and self-care during a time when they can control very little.
“Rooted Youth is about celebrating natural hair, and then making sure that all that magic that’s in natural hair that the youth can play with that and use that to inform their own identities, self confidence and agency over how they look and present themselves,” Humphrey said.
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