Comprehensive sexual health and reproductive justice education for girls.
ESTABLISHED 2015
History, Mission and Vision of P.R.E.T.T.Y. INC.
The main mission and vision of PRETTY is to provide comprehensive sexual health and reproductive justice education to girls. Our program serves as a prevention method to many of the ills that young girls in various cities face, including but not limited to: sexual abuse, risky sexual behaviors, unplanned pregnancies, sex trafficking, predator awareness, contraction of sexually transmitted infections and mental abuse. Within the ten-week program that we offer our girls we have three (3) basic objectives:
KNOW YOUR CHOICES
Under these programs we allow anyone who identifies as female to participate in our programs. We provide a pre and post evaluation to gain insight on how we can enhance our programs.
KNOW YOUR BODY
These programs, in part, are offered to female students ages 11-18 within Chicago Public Schools as well as charter schools. To date we have served over seven hundred girls and women.
KNOW YOUR PARTNER
In addition to our school partnerships, we serve the community twice a year, with an event we call, The Cycle of Life, primarily for mother and daughter pairs to enjoy a day of learning and growing.
WHAT WE OFFER
Our Program at a Glance
On a regular basis our students meet with staff and volunteers to learn about their bodies, including their menstrual cycles and proper hygiene, their choices regarding their sexual futures including the pregnancy process, the social emotional components of sexual relationships and influence of partners. During these workshops community volunteers provide personal testimonials to engage students in real life experiences. Volunteer gynecologists speak with students surrounding proper vaginal health care, expectations of doctors and how to properly use hygiene products.
One day sessions and 10-week comprehensive offerings are avaliable.
Our latest endeavor is the ACADEMY OF CONFIDENCE, that ended in August 2026. Enrollment for 2027 Opens in March!
SERVICES
4th Annual Sharon Fest
Join Us Virtually
for a Fireside Chat about BREAT CANCER & BLACK WOMEN
SUNDAY 10-4-26
MOTHER DAUGHTER DAYS
Our work is based on the impact of the mother and mother figure relationships with daughters. We have successfully planned full day workshops and intergenerational activities to empower better communication , understanding and relationships. Past workshops have included, "Don't Kill Me"- menopause and puberty's in the same house. "Are you my person?" Enhancing Mother/Daughter communication!
School Programing & One Day Workshops
We have offered our 10-week program to over 2, 000 students in Chicago Public , Private & Catholic Schools. Our workshops are tailored to the need of the school & range from hygiene, sexual health to trafficking prevention and abuse recognition and advocacy.
Our team can also conduct one-day workshops and professional development.
WE ARE A CPS VENDOR.
KEYNOTE SPEAKING
Dr. McDowell offers forums and workshops for not only female mentoring groups within the inner city, social service agencies and schools, but to small groups of mother’s and guardians who are searching for answers and insight to communicate about sex with a generation that is staring their sexual endeavor’s earlier than ever.