This training will equip participants with tools and strategies to have a voice in the policies that impact us, and to become change agents for our families and community.
Come and learn how you can get involved and take action to promote the well-being of black women and girls in Charlotte.
Join us for our fourth annual My Sister’s Keeper Awards Luncheon—Honoring Women Who Serve on September 15th from 11:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. at the Hilton Charlotte City Center and hosted by WBTV News anchor Christine Sperow.
This is our signature event and serves as our largest fundraiser of the year. In addition to raising funds for scholarships for women and girls of color to pursue higher education and community programming, the luncheon will also honor local African American women leaders who have done commendable work in the areas of civic engagement, education, economic empowerment, health and strategic alliances in the Charlotte community.
The 2018 honorees for excellence in advocacy are:
• Civic Engagement: The Honorable Beverly Earle, State Representative 110th District
• Economic Empowerment: J’Tanya Adams, Mid-Atlantic Regional Director, EveryoneOn
• Education: Carlenia Ivory, Family & Community Services Specialist, Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools
• Health: Dr. Ophelia Garmon-Brown, Chief Community Health & Wellness Officer, Novant Health
• Strategic Alliances: Stephanie Counts, Co-founder & CEO Emeritus Women’s Inter-Cultural Exchange
Additionally, Alexander Ferguson, who is the anchor and founder of Keep Rising Empowerment Summit for Girls, will receive the “Unsung Hero” award for her vast accomplishments and service to the community.
Money raised from the silent auction will go towards the scholarship fund and supporting programs including a mentoring program, Building Bridges to Success, which gives young women ages 12-17 the opportunity to recognize their full potential by offering educational, developmental, and cultural events related to health and wellness, leadership, personal and career development.
Guests can expect an opportunity to network, participate in a silent auction and shop with vendors. Doors and cash bar will open at 10:30 a.m. and the luncheon will begin promptly at 11:00 a.m. The event will also feature live musical entertainment by national recording artists 5th and York (www.5thandYork.com). Tickets are currently on sale; to purchase, visit www.ncbw-qcmc.org.
Join LaKesha Womack in the Author's Pavilion at the Congressional Black Caucus' Annual Legislative Conference for a book signing. UnLynched, her latest title, will be featured with a limited number of her other books also available.
LaKesha will be available on Thursday, September 13 from 2pm-4pm and on Friday, September 14 from 10am-12pm.
LaKesha presents "Using Social Media for Global Evangelism"
“Ted Talk” on the importance of voting in the November 2018 Mid-Term Elections
Hosted by the South Alabama Christian Education Department. Order your copy online at WomackCG.com/unlynched
A conversation with church leaders from across the globe about the theology implications of slavery.
For more information on my thoughts, visit womackcg.com/unlynched to purchase UnLynched: An Economic Empowerment Doctrine for African-Americans. It dissects the Willie Lynch letters and the methods that were used by slave owners to curtail the physical violence again slaves and instead use psychological techniques to deter the slaves from building alliances and working as a community. These effects are still evident more than 300 years later.
It is with great excitement that the Connectional Young Adult Ministry of the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church extends this call for participants for the upcoming Young Adult Retreat at the Hilton Garden Inn in New Orleans. The RESET (Refresh, Reclaim, Renew) Retreat, formerly known as FOCUS and FIRE, is designed to empower Young Adults in the CME Church around spiritual refreshing, creative worship, biblical studies, emerging ministry, and professional and personal development.
LaKesha will be presenting Social Justice Matters for the young adult missionaries of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church. During this presentation she will discuss how missionaries can address social justice issue within and outside of the church.
Register online at clctech2018.eventbrite.com
Register online at clctech2018.eventbrite.com
Register online at clctech2018.eventbrite.com
Register at CLCTech2018.eventbrite.com
