Community Events
Grab Your Future 2011
2011 Young Women’s Empowerment Conference
Approximately 55 middle school aged girls attended this day-long conference on April 30, 2011. The goal of the conference was to empower middle school aged girls in the areas of health, social skills, body image and careers. Miss South Carolina Courtney Turner was an inspirational keynote speaker. Girls also participated in Zumba, had lunch and heard from several speakers about identifying their strengths, choosing careers, dealing with bullying and feeling beautiful.
In the end the made wishes for their future and participated in a Native American butterfly release ritual the wishes they made for themselves.
View the video slideshow to see more…
We want to thank our dedicated Youth Planning Committee and Senior Advisory Committee for taking time out of their busy schedules to plan this event. We will be recruiting new committee members in Fall 2011. Please contact 803-441-0016 if you are interested in serving on either committee.
We also want to thank our sponsors. Without their support this conference would not have been possible – United Way of Aiken County, Aiken Technical College, USC Aiken, Aiken Regional Medical Centers, Palmetto Partnerships, Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, Aiken Youth Empowerment and Children’s Place.
“The Past is the Past; The Future is the Future; So Let’s MOVE ON…”
Mother Daughter Luncheon
Due to our current budget crisis, our organization made the difficult decision to not host our annual Mother Daughter Luncheon. We hope to host it again in 2012. If you are interested in serving on the planning committee please contact us at 803-441-0016 or smeehan@aikenyouthempowerment.org
See below for videos from previous years.
