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Join us for a two-day Empowerment Summit that will include guest speakers and activities designed to empower our girls with an opportunity to meet professional women who are leaders in their respective industries as well as teaching our girls about loving themselves and loving each other.
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Day 1: Meet Your Future Self – Career Day!
Saturday, September 15th
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This event will be hosted at WeWork, Minneapolis from 9AM to 3PM.
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Day 2: Redefining Sisterhood
Saturday, September 22nd
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This event will be hosted at Saint Paul College. St. Paul from 9AM to 3PM.
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Our four (4) part Ignite your Imagination and Power Workshop series provided our girls with hands-on experience in a variety of career pathways as well as an opportunity to meet professional women leaders in their respective industries.
This two-day summit will keep the momentum going:
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Day 1: The girls will continue to explore careers and meet women leaders in their future careers.
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Day 2: Provides a space to discuss their uniqueness, their differences, their commonalities and most importantly, the power they can achieve when coming together.
Anticipated Outcomes of the Summit
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Improve the girls understanding of personal power, self-esteem by introducing them to the many traditional and non-traditional career options available and women who are in them.
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The girls will also gain knowledge of self-advocacy through job exploration/seeking process.
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The career and self-exploration process will contribute to these outcomes and as mentioned above, those skills increase the chances of healthy development in our girls. We will continue to use pre-and post-workshop assessments to evaluate success.
We will share these lessons via our website and with the community during our Mother-Daughter Fall Event, that will be held in November 2018.
Summit Schedules Coming Soon!
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The Parent Circle is a safe space for parents to talk openly about topics and issues affecting girls today, with the goal being to support and empower them along their adolescent journey.
We are excited to be able to offer the Parent Circle, the Summit Edition.
This session will be hosted on September 22nd between 10:00AM – 1:00PM
Cost: $10 which includes a parent lunch
Discussion Topics: TBD
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Registration Options – Single Session and Both Sessions.
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Individual Fee:
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Single: $45 (Early Bird) / $50 (General)
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Both: $70 (Early Bird) / $80 (General)
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Family Fee per girl:
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Single: $40 (Early Bird) / $45 (General)
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Both: $65 (Early Bird) / $75 (General)
(for 2 to 4 family members only)
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Early Bird Ends: August 11, 2018 | General Registration Ends: September 8, 2018
Don’t let cost stop you! A limited number of scholarships are available.
For more information see the scholarship information below.
Registration Fee includes:
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Continental Breakfast
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Lunch
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Workshop Materials & Supplies
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Summit Swag
Girls Are Powerful is pleased to offer financial assistance to those who require it to attend the Two-Day Empowerment Summit. Please complete the Girls Are Powerful – Event Scholarship Request Form to be considered for a scholarship.
Click the following link to access the Scholarship Request Form http://bit.ly/2L6aXAw
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Tyrai Bronson-Pruitt
Tyrai Bronson-Pruitt is a passionate, energetic leader and trainer who strives to empower others to recognize and celebrate differences in order to create change in the individual and their communities.
As a Certified Racial Justice Facilitator and Qualified Administrator of the Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI) and Intercultural Conflict Styles Inventory (ICS), Tyrai has developed and led a variety of diversity and inclusion trainings and activities, including Circle Dialogue sessions on the topics of race, age, gender and other facets of diversity. Tyrai is the recipient of the 2016 Catalytic Leader Award given by the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits for her work in creating diverse and inclusive workspaces and communities. She received her Bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education from Creighton University and later a Master’s degree in Organizational Leadership from Judson University. She recently completed the Diversity and Equity Certificate program at the University of Minnesota.
A true Minnesota native, Tyrai enjoys spending time at the lakes with her family, live music, sporting events, and the many different restaurants the Twin Cities has to offer!
Sheena Bronson-Pruitt, Finding your place in the world
Sheena has had a passion for children since she was a child herself. Across her professional career, she’s worked as a preschool teacher, case manager for homeless youth in high school, a cultural liaison and currently is the Shelter Coordinator and Coordinator of Parent Education, a private foster care licensing agency in Minneapolis.
Growing up in Minneapolis as a biracial (Mexican and Black American) girl of a single mother in a somewhat diverse community, there were many times her race, hair, family structure and skin were areas of contention, learning and growth. Self-esteem and identity development were inherently more difficult and Sheena struggled to find her place in the world at times. Today she utilizes those experiences and her formal education to ensure her three children, 7-year-old girl, 5 and 3-year-old boys love the skin their in and believe their Black Child Magic is real!
Sheena received her Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Bennett College for Women, which is a Historically Black College in Greensboro, NC. In 2017 she graduated from the University of Minnesota school of Social Work with a concentration in Child Welfare and is a Licensed Graduate Social Worker.
Sheena’s spare time is typically enjoyed with her wife and three children. As a Minnesota native, Sheena enjoys spending time at the lakes, live music, her book club and the many different restaurants the Twin Cities has to offer.
Fatima Ali, Navigating through the unfamiliar
Metropolitan State University
Dental Therapy Program
Licensed Dental Assistant/ Dental Clinic Coordinator
Julie Bluhm, Looking beyond what’s in front of you
Julie Bluhm is the Executive Director for Guild Incorporated, a non-profit human services provider located in St. Paul and a clinical social worker specializing in adolescent mental health. Julie is passionate about leadership development, systems reform and personal empowerment. She believes that all things are possible as long as you can dream big enough.
Carina Dillon
Carina Dillon moved to Minnesota five years ago after spending her entire life in the California Bay Area. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree in International Relations from the University of California, Berkeley. Carina has been in the Finance Industry for over 10 years. She worked at BlackRock Inc. as an Associate Account Manager working with corporate and public pension plans and most recently at RBC Wealth Management as Senior Registered Client Associate. Carina holds the Series 7, 63 and 65 Securities licenses. She has recently left the corporate world to pursue her passion of teaching yoga.
Carina and her husband, Brendan, live in Southwest Minneapolis with their toddler boys, James and Jack. Her hobbies include yoga of course, visiting museums, wine tasting, and any type of live music.
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Location
Our Workshop Series will be hosted at:
WeWork | Capella Tower 225 South 6th St, Minneapolis, MN 55402
Drop-off and Pick-up Procedures
For each workshop, registration begins at 8:30AM; sessions begin promptly at 9AM and end at 3PM. To ensure efficiency and minimize disruption during the workshops, please adhere to the drop-off and pick-up times listed below:
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Drop-Off Time: 8:30AM – 9:00AM
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Pick-Up Time between 3 and 3:30PM
The safety and security of every workshop attendee is our top priority, and as such, we will be establishing a verification procedure for drop-off and pick-up in the coming weeks. Please stay tuned regarding these details.
As always, you are more than welcome to escort your youth into our workshop facilities. If you plan to attend the Parent Circle, event parking information and instructions will be updated on our site and sent out via email to those who have completed registration.
Please note: Your youth will be released to you once our volunteers check your verification number. If you or the person picking up your child does not have the verification number, we will assume they are not authorized to pick up your youth. Therefore, we will not release a youth to anyone who does not have an accurate verification number. We appreciate your support in helping to maintain a safe and secure environment!
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THANK YOU TO OUR EVENT SPONSORS & DONORS!
The Girls Are Powerful Empowerment Summit wouldn’t be possible without the financial support of the F.R. Bigelow Foundation, List Foundation, Target Foundation, EILEEN FISHER, WeWork and the Ann Bancroft Foundation!
Would your company like to join us? Become a sponsor today!
Any questions about sponsorship should be directed to Shawntan Howell, at shawntan@girlsarepowerful.org or 612-454-0064.
Donations are also welcome!
Your donation will help support our Community Service Care Package Project for homeless youth. Wilder Research reported that there is an estimated 6,000 Minnesota Youth who experience homelessness on an any given night. This includes an estimate of 2,500 minors age 17 and younger. These young people are often invisible and their voices are silent. These care packages will then be donated to an organization who provide these young people with the needed resources.
If you are interested in donating items for our Community Service Project, please review our Donation Request Document.
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Onsite volunteer opportunities will be available during the Empowerment Summit. If you are interested in volunteering, please the complete the Volunteer Interest Form and we will contact you with further details.
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2018 Empowerment Summit – Ignite Your Imagination and Power
Saturday, September 15th & 22nd | 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM | For Girls Age 7-15
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