2nd Annual Young Women of Color Conference for girls of all races October 24, 2009

UPPER MARLBORO –The personal power of girls will be the focus of the 2nd 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.
The 2009 conference will feature a powerhouse of speakers to include:
• Keynote Speaker, Lori I. Hall, Promotions and Marketing Director for WPGC 95.5/CBS Radio
• Opening Remarks by the Honorable Marilyn Bland, Chair, Prince George’s County Council
• Maureen Umeh, Co-Anchor Fox 5 News at 5pm
• Frances Ashe-Goins, Deputy Director, US Department of Health & Human Services Office of Women's Health
• Linda Morales, Executive Director, Diversity and Equal Opportunity, College of Southern Maryland
• Commissioner Edith Patterson, Charles County, Maryland
• Denise Rolark Barnes, Publisher, Washington Informer
• C.R. Gibbs, Black Historian, Author, and Lecturer
• And many more………..

Official Website: http://youngwomenofcolorconference.web.officelive.com