Walt Disney’s newest animation film, “The Princess and the Frog” is an American fairy tale inspiring young girls everywhere! The movie is set during the Jazz Age in the French Quarter of New Orleans with a star-studded cast. But what really makes this movie standout is the main character, Princess Tiana, the first African-American Disney princess, played by the actress Anika Noni Rose.
In the movie, a prince named Naveen is transformed into a frog by the evil voodoo magician Dr. Facilier. The frog prince mistakes a girl named Tiana for a princess and has her kiss him to break the spell. The kiss does not break the spell, and instead turns Tiana into a frog as well. The two of them must reach the good voodoo queen of the deepest, darkest part of the Bayou, Mama Odie, for help.
At Friends of CASA, we have discovered our own good voodoo queen, Patricia Doty-White.
Patricia has inspired five of our girls to visualize themselves as
princesses deserving the best this life has to offer. She has set a high standard for academic achievement while bringing big smiles and lots of hope to these five, young, African-American girls. Patricia presented each girl with her own tiara and a movie gift card to see the film with their CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate).
We are blessed to have such a wonderful supporter and a true believer that these kids deserve so much more out of life.
