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G.U.R.L.S. Rock™ 2011 Leadership Summit For Girls 12-18 – Celebrating the Global Importance of Girls of Color
HARVARD LAW SCHOOL ATTORNEY TURNS
SOCIAL ENTREPRENEUR TO HELP TEEN GIRLS
Raye Mitchell Hosts
September 11, 2011 - Linen Life Gallery, San Leandro, CA
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On Saturday, September 11, 2011 G.U.R.L.S. Rock will host its second annual San Francisco Bay Area Summit for girls 12 to 18+. Program topics will include Financial Literacy, Nutrition & Healthy Living, along with a Career and Education Forum. To commemorate the 10th Anniversary of 9/11, the summit will host a special workshop on volunteerism and service. Among the expert workshop leaders are Tovi Scruggs, M.Ed., founder of ASA Educational Services, Inc.; Issa Rae, creator of The (Mis)Adventure of Awkward Black Girl TV Series; Dr. Bonnie Wheatley, Alameda County Commission on the Status of Women; Bernida Reagan, Director of Community & Client Relations at Merriwether & Williams Insurance Services; Lacy Asbill, CoFounder, Girls Moving Forward, Crystal Riggins, Attorney, Hoge Fenton Jones & Appel, Tiffany Bell, Resultz Health and Fitness Consultants, Julie Tarasi, Girls Incorporated of Alameda County and numerous other professional and community leaders.
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Special guests will include Aimee Allison, TV personality and publisher of OaklandSeen.com; Nikki Thomas, KBLX 102.9FM Radio personality and the Nikki Thomas Network; and Sheryl Grant, entrepreneur and the founder & CEO of Sheryl Grant Enterprises, LLC.
WHO: G.U.R.L.S. ROCK Founder & CEO Dr. Raye Mitchell hosts
WHAT: G.U.R.L.S. ROCK 2011 Summit (girls 12-18+)
WHEN: Saturday, September 10, 2011 | 8:30 a.m to 3:00 p.m.
WHERE: Linen Life Gallery, 771 East 14th St., San Leandro, CA
COST: $50 pp, Register online: www.register2011gurlsrock.eventbrite.com
CONTACT: LaNiece Jones | 510.568.5899 | LaNiece@LAJonesMedia.com
G.U.R.L.S. ROCK is grateful to its sponsors and supporters: State Senator Ellen Corbett, San Leandro Councilmember Ursula Reed, Kaiser Permanente, Region IX Office on Women’s Health, Genentech; myshadesmagazine.net, Girls Moving Forward, OaklandSeen, and corporate contributors of services and merchandise, Colgate Palmolive, Walmart, Nestle, and General Mills.
ABOUT G.U.R.L.S. ROCK
Founded by Dr. Raye Mitchell in 2010, G.U.R.L.S. Rock is a global leadership-training initiative of the The Making a New Reality Foundation, a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization. As a social entrepreneur program celebrating the importance of girls and girls of color as the next generation of global leaders, G.U.R.L.S. Rock has a different approach to supporting the growth and development of girls of color ages 8-18. “G.U.R.L.S.” stands for Growth, Unity, Respect, Leadership, Success. To learn more about G.U.R.L.S. Rock, please visit
www.GurlsRock.org and www.fb.com/GurlsRockPower on FaceBook.
ABOUT DR. RAYE MITCHELL:
“Dr. Raye” is the social entrepreneur founder of The Making a New Reality Foundation. She is a recipient of a Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition from Congresswoman Barbara Lee and a Certificate of Recognition from California Legislature Assembly for "Demonstrating Leadership in the Support of the Development of Girls." Dr. Raye Mitchell is a Harvard Law School graduate and recipient of the Jefferson Award for Public Service. www.rayemitchell.com.
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