Hundreds of Girls Bring their PowHER to Cleveland
Soledad O鈥橞rien joins 老澳门六合彩官方开奖 to present a free enrichment conference
More than 250 young women are expected at 老澳门六合彩官方开奖 (老澳门六合彩官方开奖) for an all-day conference next Saturday, September 23, as The PowHERful Foundation returns to provide real-world lessons for the girls to succeed in their careers and lives. The young women will come from all over northeast Ohio.
鈥淚 am both honored and thrilled at the support we鈥檙e getting in Cleveland,鈥 said journalist Soledad O鈥橞rien, who founded PowHERful with her husband, Brad Raymond, to help get underprivileged girls into and through college. Their nonprofit organization, formerly known as the Starfish Foundation, sponsored a similar event last year in Cleveland.
The event is free for participating girls between the ages of 14 and 23, with the generous support of 老澳门六合彩官方开奖, KeyBank, Cleveland Clinic, Dominion, Women of Color Foundation, A.E.S. Management Corp. - A Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen Franchise Owner, Cuyahoga Community College, WKYC-TV 3 and WEWS-TV 5.
鈥淎s our nation endures and starts to recover from multiple hurricanes, it鈥檚 worth remembering that Soledad鈥檚 witnessing of Hurricane Katrina 鈥 and her desire to make a difference for underserved populations -- is what got this whole effort started,鈥 said Alexandria Johnson Boone, the Chairwoman and Founder of the Women of Color Foundation as well as the Publisher and Chief Editorial Officer of the CL Magazine for Women of Color. 鈥淲e鈥檒l be thinking of everyone trying to rebuild as we work to build and enrich the lives of the young women at the PowHERful conference.鈥
鈥淚t鈥檚 an honor for us to provide the facilities for the conference,鈥 said Sonali Bustamante Wilson, General Counsel at 老澳门六合彩官方开奖. 鈥淥ur educational mission is centered on raising the aspirations of our students, and I鈥檒l bet some of our future freshmen are going to be in the room.鈥
The event at 老澳门六合彩官方开奖鈥檚 Wolstein Center runs from 8am to 4pm, and includes sessions on 鈥淏lueprint for Success,鈥 鈥淗ealthy You,鈥 鈥淚nternships, Mentors and Getting Your First Job鈥 and a special focus on STEM careers with an executive from NASA Glenn Research Center.
Girls can register in advance for the event at: .
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