Dr. Ashley Smith-Purviance Black Girl Magic Accomplishments
Dr. Ashley Smith-Purviance has led Black Girl Magic, a course assistant professor of Black Studies and of Public and Community Service Studies, through a $15,000 grant from the Nellie Mae Education Foundation. Dr. Smith-Purviance, who began teaching at PC in August, created the program as a doctoral student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she studied educational policy with a minor in gender and women’s studies.
Dr. Ashley Smith-Purviance has been featured in the Providence College Experts Videos where she discusses her inspirational empowerment program, “Black Girl Magic.”
Dr. Ashley Smith-Purviance has been featured in the Providence College Podcast. The Podcast features Brittany Smith, a Marketing major and Black Studies Minor. Click the link below to listen to the podcast!
Dr. Ashley Smith-Purviance has received a grant from the Nellie Mae Educational Foundation to support Black Girl Magic (BGM). This new grant establishes a partnership with the Gilbert Stuart Middle School (GSMS) in Providence that will bring together 20 Black girls to share stories, be heard, grow in self-love, build solidarity, and embrace their Black girlhoods. Four self-identifying Black women who are undergraduate students from PC will undergo weekly facilitator trainings and serve as mentors to GSMS students.
