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We are on a mission to eliminate racism and empower women, and this is how we've been doing that recently! (Not in the know yet? Sign up for our email list here!) ​

EXCLUSIVE SERIES
for #WWB attendees

​​On May 9, 2018 and again on May 21, 2019 and October 1, 2020, hundreds of women and men attended #WhatWomenBring with emcee Octavia Mitchell, WCBD News 2 TV anchor, and a panel of women leaders who are changing the face of women in business across 10+ industries. The positive energy of the audience was incredible at all three events!

If you were unable to attend but wanted to, you might be interested in our #WWB email series. Each month, one of our honorees or headliner shares her perspective about how she succeeded despite the odds stacked against women and/or minorities, how you can succeed despite those odds, or something else close to her heart.

Every #WWB post has been inspirational and thought-provoking. To give you an idea, our inaugural 2018 #WWB editions included: 

DR. RESHMA KHAN
2018 #WWB healthcare honoree
| How she overcame obstacles and followed her dream

MARY JO ROMEO
2018 #WWB professional svcs. honoree
| How to remodel your mindset so you can take the next leap in your career

MARIBEL ACOSTA
2018 #WWB arts & culture honoree
| How to use art to open minds toward change & create diversity in our society 

DR. PATRICIA WILLIAMS LESSANE
2018 #WWB nonprofit honoree
| How intersectionality is affecting black women today... and what we can do to help them

MARY BETH WESTMORELAND
2018 #WWB business honoree
| The gender discrimination she has faced in her career, and the two most effective  ways she has found to fight it 

CAROLYN MURRAY 
2018 #WWB media honoree
| Why she abandoned her pursuit of career success... and what she traded it for

LATISHA VAUGHN
2018 #WWB education honoree
| How she learned to listen to her own voice... and what happened when she did

THE COCKTAIL BANDITS PART 1
2018 #WWB hospitality honoree
| What it was like for the Cocktail Bandits' Taneka Reaves to be a minority in a sea of white... and how she set out to change it

LAVANDA BROWN
2018 #WWB host 
| Why she does the work of social justice, and how a simple children's song from her past still inspires her to keep up the fight

LAVANDA BROWN
2018 #WWB host 
| In a special March edition, LaVanda announced our 2019 #WWB honorees and gave us the inside scoop ​

THE COCKTAIL BANDITS PART 2
2018 #WWB hospitality honoree
| The Cocktail Bandits' Johnny Caldwell (the other half of the bandit duo) on how to grow your own business from the seed of an idea  

OCTAVIA MITCHELL
2018 #WWB emcee
| How she transformed her life from a childhood spent in financial poverty (but spiritual richness) to her success and impact on young people today


This series is exclusively for #WWB attendees but if you plan to attend our NEXT What Women Bring event in 2021, contact us to be added to our email list for this series. ​

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