1. Is this
considered
Beauty?
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Why
• Slide 1: Hook/attention grabber
•A quote/image from a prominent figure about natural hair.

2. And not this?
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• Slide 2: Hook/attention grabber
•A quote/image from a prominent figure about natural hair.
•

3. Black
Women
Spend
684 Billion
Annually
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• Slide 3: The Big Idea (pages 78-79)
•By embracing our natural hair texture, African American women will set their own standard of beauty,saving time, money and inspiring others to do the same.

4. To
obtain
this
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• Slide 4: What’s in it for your audience? Explain why your topic is important or worth discussing. Many preventable hair diseases are caused by chemical processing of
African American hair. This is worth discussing because many children & adults can forego going through this trauma by staying natural.

5. 31.7% of black women
have traction alopecia
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• Slide 5: Why should your audience listen to you? Explain your ethos (credibility). My audience should listen to me and find me credible because I experienced hair loss as a
teenager due to chemical hair straightening (relaxers). I have maintained hair growth since I stopped relaxing my hair.
•

6. Hair Loss
…That is Preventable
• Slide 6: Call to Adventure: The cycle many African American women experience of hating their hair can be stopped. Through taking pride in our natural hair, new industries
will grow, defining our own beauty, and build greater self esteem.

7. DefineYour Own Beauty
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• Slide 7: Preview the three main points that will support your big idea: 1) Raising awareness about the dangers of chemical relaxers 2) Taking a vow to not speak illy of
those who choose to “go natural” 3) Speaking to others who can encourage and provide a means of support of you in your natural journey.
!!

8. Take Pride
InYour Natural Hair
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• Slide 8: Supporting Point One: Raising awareness about the dangers of chemical relaxers.

9. Chemical Relaxers
Add to Hair Loss Risk
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• Slide 9: Factual or emotional evidence
•Researching the dangers of chemical relaxers
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10. Are expensive
Slide 10: Factual or emotional evidence
Personal stories and statistics.

11. Time-consuming
Slide 11: Introduce and set up Supporting Point Two
Taking a vow to not speak illy of those who choose to “go natural”

12. Returning Natural
is a Journey
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• Slide 12: Factual or emotional evidence
•The emotional process that comes with going natural.

13. Of Self
Discovery
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• Slide 13: Factual or emotional evidence
•All hair textures are beautiful whether society deems them acceptable or not.
!

14. Friendship
• Slide 14: Introduce and set up Supporting Point Three
•Speaking to others who can encourage and provide a means of support to you in your natural journey.

15. https://www.flickr.com/photos/79891443@N00/566966833/
• Slide 15: Factual or emotional evidence
•Providing information about natural hair blogs and Youtube Channels

16. Knowledge
• Slide 16: Factual or emotional evidence
•Providing information for audience about natural hair meet ups

17. "https://www.flickr.com/photos/48973657@N00/4556156477/
• Slide 17: Call to Action (pages 42-43)
•Go Natural

18. Go Natural!
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Slide 18: Summarize the Main Points:
!
1) Raising awareness about the dangers of chemical relaxers 2) Taking a vow to not speak illy of those who choose to “go natural” 3) Speaking to
others who can encourage and provide a means of support of you in your natural journey.

19. Improve the
future of the
next generation
• Slide 19: Restate big idea
•By embracing our natural hair texture, African American women will set their own standard of beauty, saving time, money and inspiring others to do the same.

20. Their
self esteem
counts on
you
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• Slide 20: Clincher/new bliss (page 44)
•Through embracing our natural hair, we will find a new sense of community and confidence through embracing our God given beauty.
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