MISSION Our mission is to provide a foundation of self-respect within girls and young adults through mentoring, educating and promoting the importance of living a healthy lifestyle which incorporates HIV/AIDS & STD prevention. FUTURE Women are the pulse of the earth; nothing happens unless it comes through us; in knowing that, we will embrace it! We will not only educate and change lives, but we will establish a network/sisterhood of accomplished women whom will embrace, educate, mentor, and successfully lead the girls and young women coming up behind us. We will ensure that healthy living is a way of life and not an obstacle. We will ensure that self-esteem, self-acknowledgement, and self-reliance are high; and that self-destruction is an ultimate low. More than half of the 14,000 people newly infected with HIV each day are under 25 years old. Yet, young people are routinely disregarded when strategies on HIV/AIDS are developed, policies approved, and budgets allocated. The S.T.A.R. Foundation’s campaign addresses this gap in service and advocacy by using popular youth culture to effectively communicate life-saving messages and promote a healthy lifestyle.