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We train women and girls to better understand and improve their health and well-being and embolden them to be community change agents. Follow

We develop girl changemakers as well as support public health initiatives for women and girls.

01/07/2026

Libraries are safe, critical spaces that allow the kids in our communities to embrace their creativity and prioritize literacy🎨.

These spaces act as powerful anchor institutions that help to reduce crime and uplift our environment.

In 2026, we will continue our work with the St. James Public Library, building on the podcast room and extending into the reference room and the children’s room. We are super excited to continue collaborating with other organizations on throughout the year, especially during May which is Child Month and has Read Across Jamaica Day📚🙌🏾

Join us and don’t forget to bring your library card😉📚👧🏾👦🏾⭐️!!!

01/05/2026

SuperGirl Marley Dias, founder of , is now 21🎂.

Her birthday wish is to provide families in Jamaica with hurricane relief.

Being born to a Jamaican mom has made this wish a deeply personal one.

Also as a proud daddy’s girl, Marley feels especially called to support Theodore and his twin sons in St. James, Jamaica. As a father working to protect and provide for his children in the aftermath of the storm, Theodore’s story reflects the very heart of why this initiative matters: to ensure that parents have the resources they need to keep themselves and their children safe.

Since October 28th, families like Theodore’s have been living without the security of a proper roof over their heads.

In partnership with GrassROOTS, Marley affirms that we can help build back family homes🏠.

The link to donate to her fundraising birthday effort is in our bio now. Share it and give today!

🎂🩷

01/05/2026

Happy New Year GrassROOTS family. We are grateful for your unwavering support.

12/30/2025

Our New Year Countdown has officially begun🥳🎊🎉!!! GrassROOTS is grounded in community engagement and driven by a commitment to literacy for all👧🏾👦🏾📖. Let’s revisit how we turned these values into action during the first half of the year:

Slides 1-3: Right at the start of the year in January, we traveled to Jamaica to encourage literacy and menstrual equity for young girls🇯🇲

Slides 4-5: In February, author, activist, and GrassROOTS Community member, Marley Dias, gave the opening remarks at a literary event, The Big Read Cape Cod, centered around award-winning author, Claudia Rankine, and her book “Citizen: An American Lyric”📖

Slides 6-7: In March, Dr. Janice Johnson Dias spoke to fellow scholars at the Summit Weekend 2025 conference: “The Power of Collective Dreaming”🎤

Slides 8-10: April brought our GrassROOTS and community to South Africa where we distributed menstrual products to young girls at school. We then met with menstrual equity advocate, Sherida Stevens, to plan meetings regarding the matter🩸🇿🇦

Slides 11-12: Huge accomplishments in May🥳📖!!!! For starters, a children’s library opened up in Los Angeles and after a student vote, the ICEF View Park Elementary and Middle School’s library was named after GrassROOTS’ very own, Marley Dias 🥳👧🏾📚🎊!!! Super proud😍🙌🏾!!! 💚

Slides 13-14: And in June, our annual Roots, Rock, Run 5k (R3) took place globally 🌍🌎, in Philly, Ghana, and South Africa! Our community showed up, and showed out💚🏃🏾‍♀️💪🏾!

Stay tuned to see how we spent our last 6 months🙌🏾💚💪🏾🌍📚…..

#2026

12/29/2025

We are deeply grateful that the community of Flanker, specially the young people, had the opportunity to interact and spend time with musician and philanthropist, Busta Rhymes. In every interaction with young people, his presence was intimate and thoughtful. He took time to tie oversized bags onto their backs, held people closely and genuinely, looked them directly

in their eyes, and reduced any distance between himself and them. Each hug reflected a deep kindness and shared humanity.

The heart of GrassROOTS’ work is grounded in showing compassion, practicing care, and building relationships.

We will continue this work as we move into the next phase of our journey—raising funds that will help us strengthen and sustain the recovery effort.

We want to ensure that caregivers have safe roofs and stable homes for their children👧🏾👦🏾🇯🇲💚💛🖤

12/27/2025

We hope you and your loved ones are enjoying the last bit of the year and the holiday season🎄📚! We at GrassROOTS spent our holiday season and . Some of our accomplishments during this holiday season include:

- Feeding 300 families through our Turkey Challenge in November
- Delivering more than 20,000 pounds of essential supplies to communities in Jamaica amid Hurricane Melissa
- Marley Dias releasing her new book
“I Am the Dream Come True” 🙌🏾😍📚
- Broadcasting our “Recover with Dignity” initiative across Jamaica on CVM Television, where our founder Dr. Janice Johnson Dias and the founder of , Shelly Ann Weeks, spoke on period poverty and our efforts towards providing access to resources for girls in need
- Began building Jamaica’s first ever podcast room in a public library 📚🎙️
-Hosted a holiday celebration at St.James Parish Library in Jamaica for the youth in the area!

More impact, more community, and so much more to come🙌🏾😍📚🇯🇲!!!

12/24/2025

Happy Christmas Eve🤩🇯🇲🎨🎅🏾🎁📚🎄🍭💞👦🏾👧🏾!

Here’s some more content from our Christmas A Keep party at St. James Parish Library in Jamaica😍🎄🎅🏾👦🏾👧🏾🇯🇲📚🎄

Brought to life by GrassROOTS Community Foundation and , this celebration gave young children the chance to make art, enjoy fun rides, and savor sweet treats 🍭😋🍪. Events like this are essential during the holiday season🎁! We should always ensure that the kids in our communities are experiencing joy and embracing their creativity🎨🤗👧🏾👦🏾🇯🇲🎄📚🎁🍭💞!

12/22/2025

🎄🇯🇲GrassROOTS, in partnership with the St. James Parish Library, hosted a joyful Christmas A Keep party filled with games, laughter, and creativity📚🇯🇲👸🏾🎄🎅🏾🤶🏾!!!!

Children enjoyed an art workshop led by the HerFlow Foundation, a bouncy ride, face painting, and a hot lunch.

Each of the 111 children in attendance also received their own Christmas gift, making the day one of celebration, care, and connection.

This event gave us a chance to create spaces where children feel seen and celebrated, especially during the holidays.

Celebrations are more important than ever since Hurricane Melissa. We must cultivate and sustain joy for ourselves and for the children. What a great start to the holidays🎄💚👧🏾👦🏾🤩!!!

12/18/2025

GrassROOTS Community Foundation is a core partner in the Helping Hands for Jamaica collaboration, supporting coordinated relief efforts across western Jamaica. This shared commitment brought Tyrese Gibson, Busta Rhymes, Mona Scott-Young, and members of the GrassROOTS team to the island in November and December. The first visit centered on community assessments and relationship-building, while the second resulted in the delivery of more than 20,000 pounds of essential supplies to communities throughout St. James and neighboring parishes🙌🏾👏🏾🇯🇲!

Through partnerships with Helping Hands, AI Innovision, and Reach Out Worldwide (ROWW), Busta Rhymes supported critical infrastructure repairs at Norwood Basic School, including the replacement of its roof. His visit also emphasized community engagement, featuring a youth soccer match⚽️ and an impromptu concert🎤, along with the distribution of snacks and meals to youth and residents of the area👧🏾👦🏾

Medical relief efforts were led by Dr. Eddie Malcolm and his team🩺, who supplied much-needed medical resources to Westmoreland and the communities of Springmount, Latium, Lottery, Sunderland, and Williamsfield.

GrassROOTS coordinated the distribution of remaining supplies through trusted, community-based partners, including:
• Hands and Heart Foundation – Norwood
• Salt Spring Community Development Committee
• Flanker Resource Center
• New Testament Church of God – Norwood
• Providence Heights Housing Scheme Citizens Association – Providence/Flanker
• Flanker New Testament Church of God – Flanker
• Flanker Health Centre – Flanker

We extend our gratitude to our on-the-ground partners in Miami, Stacy Mossop; in Jamaica, Stacey Chung; the team at the Flanker Resource Center; and the Jamaica Constabulary Force. Their leadership, coordination, and trusted community relationships were essential to the success of these efforts🇯🇲🙌🏾🫂!!!

12/17/2025

Transforming libraries. Transforming lives.

We at GrassROOTS Community Foundation are more than proud to be engaging in a five-year initiative at St. James Parish Library in Jamaica; reimagining, restoring, and redefining these spaces as hubs of safety and positive inspiration for youth in Jamaica🇯🇲.

From building Jamaica’s first-ever podcast room in a public library to the upcoming Marley Dias’ Dreamers Book Club launching in 2026😉📚🙌🏾, we are constantly expanding the odds of what’s possible for our youth across the globe🌎👧🏾👦🏾.

If you take a deeper look at what libraries can offer for our youth you’ll realize that in addition to encouraging literacy, they offer access to technology and mentorship. Libraries can be spaces that foster peace and trust. With help from our community, we are breaking cycles of misdirection and violence by encouraging literacy and great opportunity.

This Friday, in partnership with the St. James Public Library, we’ll meet from 10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m. for a holiday celebration📚🎉🎄creating joy and connection for our community following Hurricane Melissa.

Literacy is a foundation for freedom—and our children deserve it. Let’s continue to invest in youth and our communities.
🌎🙌🏾📚👧🏾👦🏾🇯🇲🎄

12/11/2025

This week, GrassROOTS Community Foundation and ‘s Recover with Dignity Initiative reached audiences across Jamaica on CVM Television. Our team leaders, and , spoke on restoring care, dignity, and providing access to resources for girls impacted by Hurricane Melissa.

Some of the goodies in the care package backpacks given to the girls in need included menstrual products, underwear, wipes, socks, and additional necessities to support girls👸🏾👸🏾👸🏾!!!

Watch the full interview on Youtube now
⭐️🇯🇲👸🏾🩸🤲🏾🫂!

♥️

12/10/2025

This week at Holy Trinity High, our partners at and the GrassROOTS research team led an important conversation with the student body on the female menstrual cycle; Challenging stigma and encouraging openness, education, and dignity. 🩸⭐️👸🏾

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