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SAVING OUR GIRLS – YOUNG WOMEN EMPOWERMENT SESSION -CANCELLED DUE TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS

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Miss Black Mississippi USA and The Fannie Lou Hamer Institute @ COFO will host a forum:  “Saving Our Girls.” This will be an event for middle and high school girls and their mothers. The panel for this discussion have a vested interest in helping young women become effective leaders, build a higher self-esteem and develop self-worth. 

Saving Our Girls

Young Women Empowerment Panel Discussion

Featuring:

Host/Moderator:

Kristy Johnson, Miss Black Mississippi USA 2017

Entertainment:

KP, Spoken Word Artist

Panel Members

Carol Penick, Executive Director Women’s Foundation of Mississippi

Mary Williams, Perrls of Wellness Founder

Jakryannee Phillips, Mass Communications Major at Tougaloo College

Valencia Robinson, Mississippi in Action

Beauty Demonstration

Melody Washington, Natural U Salon

Guest Speaker

Carlyn Hicks, Director of Child Welfare and Family Justice at Mississippi College  

Monday, ​November 28, 2016

Fannie Lou Hamer Institute @ COFO

1017 John R. Lynch Street, Jackson, MS 39212

6PM

This event is FREE and Open to the public