Hot on the heels of the March 8, international women’s day edition that took place at the revered Royal Festival Hall as part of Southbank’s annual Women of the World festival,I’mPOSSIBLE is back with a special youth edition as part of ‘Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day’ activities. The venue for this edition will be at The House of Commons in partnership with Black Women Mean Business’ (BWMB), founded by Diane Abbott MP in 1992 as a non-profit, non-aligned initiative. BWMB is concerned with supporting and celebrating black women professionals, black businesswomen and with black entrepreneurship generally, so in in line with I’mPOSSIBLE.
The youth edition, is made up of five female panellists who found success (and are still building on it) during their teens or early twenties. The audience for the event will be made up of young girls between 14-18 years from a selection of London schools and youth projects, whilst the panel consists of young women below the age of 30 who many found success in their teens or early twenties. The panellists for this edition consist of: Sheila Nortley – Filmmaker, Kingdom Entertainment Group, Celeste Houlker – editor, Live Magazine,Barbara Kasumu – Elevation Networks, Sheryl Nwosu – Barrister and Sarah Tetteh -journalist, Huffington Post and I am very happy and honoured to be the host.
I’mPOSSIBLE founder Simone Bresi-Ando is certainly making her mark in her bid to inspire Women of Colour she said…
“2013 is already shaping up to be a momentous year for I’mPOSSIBLE! The fact our events are being hosted in places like the Royal Festival Hall and now the House of Commons is indicative of the essential work the social enterprise is doing to empower women and young girls everywhere.”
“We are presenting role models that don’t always get the recognition they deserve but are leaving a trailblazing legacy for a new generation to stand on their shoulders and build higher. Having a youth edition of the I’mPOSSIBLE conversation is a long standing dream which I’m now seeing fulfilled. The next step is to make this a continuing occurrence which reaches as many young girls as possible.”
This event is going to be amazing and the first of many more to come. Keep up to date with ImPOSSIBLE: www.i-am-possible.com
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