The Beautiful Brown Project is a critical movement to work towards empowering young south Asian females across the globe. 'Brown girls' are constantly faced with criticism regarding the lightness of the skin, the amount of hair on their body, how they represent their family, who they marry, their career choices, and more. Such heightened pressure is constantly placed on them. With this project, the Fellows will work to collaborate and support a network of south Asian females to help them to overcome the difficulties that society places on them and help them to believe in their worth.
The project goal is to embrace, educate, and empower south asian children on a multitude of topics. Some causes that they hope to raise awareness on include sexual health/ violence, menstruation, mental health, intercultural/interreligious/interracial relationships, body positivity and beauty norms (colorism), and dialogues to bridge the generation gap in south Asian families. South Asians and those of the diaspora struggle with similar stereotypes perceived by the western world and common family challenges. The goal is to help young people to approach their parents with taboo topics and be able to have difficult conversations while also helping them to understand and embrace the vibrant cultures of south Asia. The Fellows hope to do this by spreading knowledge by developing social media platforms and collaborating with influential south asian figures across the globe. In the long-term, they hope to reach young south Asian girls worldwide through symposiums, events, and presentations to develop a collaborative dialogue regarding how to uplift and empower each other.