2nd Annual Young Women of Color Conference, October 24, 2009

[Kyndall Brown]

This Year's Theme: I Am Powerful

On Saturday, October 24, 2009
College of Southern Maryland
LaPlata, Maryland

The personal power of girls will be the focus of the annual Young Women of Color Conference for girls of all races. It will be held from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00p.m. Saturday, October 24, in the Conference Center at College of Southern Maryland. The theme for this year is I AM POWERFUL.

Young Women of Distinction and Hip Hop Education is pleased to present I AM POWERFUL for girls preteen and teenage girls, mothers, fathers, women and girl-serving professionals. The conference encourages girls to find the power to speak up and make positive changes in their lives in the face of adversity. The 2nd annual one-day conference is co-sponsored by Sistas United, Kiss My Face, MyChelle Dermaceuticals, Teen Voices Magazine, Discovery Girls Magazine, Gold Canyon Candles, Body, & Home, Sweet Plum Collections, and Afro Puffs & Ponytails. Being a girl can be powerful and the interactive workshops will explore healthy ways girls can find, keep and share that power.

List of Guest Speakers
Keynote Speaker: Lori Hall, Promotions & Marketing Director, WPGC 95.5/CBS Radio
The Honorable Marilyn M. Bland, Chairperson, Prince George’s County Council
· Maureen Umeh, Co-Anchor, Fox 5 News at 5pm
· Surae Chinn – WUSA 9 News
Justine Love, Community Affairs Director, WPGC 95.5/CBS Radio
Michelene Bowman, Community Relations Coordinator, WTTG Fox 5
· Denise Rolark Barnes, Publisher, The Washington Informer
Dr. Edith Patterson, Charles County Commissioners
Frances E. Ashe-Goins, Deputy Director, U.S. Department of Health and Human Service’s The Office on Women’s Health
· · Nicki Sanders, Founder and CVO of the Teen Toolbox ·
· Jacqueline Y. Martin, CIO & Vice President of Marketing, Eco-Battery
· Wessita McKinley, Founder & Executive Director, Sistas United, Inc.
· Angela Dion, Author of Letters to a Son and Let’s Talk About Race
· Linda Morales, Executive Director, Diversity and Equal Opportunity, College of Southern Maryland
· · C.R. Gibbs, Historian, Author, & Lecturer
· · Sircles, a wellness organization for women
· Shirley Rivens-Smith, President DC Chapter U.S. Africa Sister Cities/ Ms. DC Senior

For a full list of activities or to register online for the conference, visit http://youngwomenofcolorconference.web.officelive.com.