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2024 (Em)Power Breakfast Showcase: College Matters
This year’s (Em)Power Breakfast celebrated the critical role higher education plays in shaping the future of young people from diverse, under-served communities. With the support of their CBI directors of college counselors, our students are able to navigate the path to college and post-secondary success.
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2024 (Em)Power Breakfast Honoree: Sharlim Raysor
Sharlim , an alumna of The Young Women’s Leadership School, is Vice President of Travel and Expense at Paramount. She is a powerful force in the workplace, using her leadership development skills to empower others. Sharlim is committed to driving successful business performance and making a positive impact in her field.
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2024 (Em)Power Breakfast Showcase: College Matters
This year’s (Em)Power Breakfast celebrated the critical role higher education plays in shaping the future of young people from diverse, under-served communities. With the support of their CBI directors of college counselors, our students are able to navigate the path to college and post-secondary success.
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2023 (Em)Power Breakfast Honoree: Cori Grainger
Kayla Conti, Head of Black Media at Google, honored Cori, a YWLN alumna, at the (Em)Power Breakfast for increasing STEM opportunities for underrepresented communities. At Google, Cori manages programs that diversify access to computer science and research mentorship, and supports students’ pursuit of graduate school and STEM research careers.
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2023 (Em)Power Breakfast Honoree: Manny Salazar
David C. Banks, NYC Public Schools Chancellor, honored Manny at Student Leadership Network’s (Em)Power Breakfast and saluted him for being a role model for both students and the teaching profession. Manny, a CBI alumnus, is an AP teacher at LION Charter School in the Bronx.
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2023 (Em)Power Breakfast Honoree: Talia Scott
Crystal McCrary Maguire, award-winning filmmaker, television producer, and New York Times Best-selling Author, honored Talia’s community impact at this year’s (Em)Power Breakfast. Talia, a TYWLS alumna, founded the nonprofit Legally BLK Fund while she was applying to law school.
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2023 (Em)Power Breakfast Showcase: Writing the Next Chapter
Students at The Young Women’s Leadership School (TYWLS) of Manhattan started the school year in a new facility that can support the continued growth of the TYWLS community. They share how the Student Leadership Network has supported their dreams as they write their next chapters.
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25th Anniversary (Em)Power Breakfast Highlight Reel
What a thrill it was to host our 25th Anniversary Celebration (Em)Power Breakfast, marking 25 years of our work to equalize and improve education! This year’s program was filled with pure energy and inspiration. Deborah Roberts, ABC News Senior National Affairs Correspondent, served as Mistress of Ceremonies, and our distinguished presenters helped us honor three extraordinary alumnae who are leaders in their communities and industries nationwide.
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25th Anniversary (Em)Power Breakfast: Telling our Stories
Lynn Nottage, playwright, screenwriter, and the first woman in history to win two Pulitzer Prizes for Drama, honored Kara Young, who made her Broadway debut in Lynn Nottage’s Clyde’s. Her portrayal earned her a Tony nomination for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play.
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25th Anniversary (Em)Power Breakfast: Nurturing Future Leaders
At our 25th Anniversary Celebration, Mary Schmidt Campbell, Ph.D., president emerita of Spelman College honored Jahleese Hadley, who has spent the last six years taking what she’s learned through her experience with Student Leadership Network and is helping transform college access for girls in Wilmington, North Carolina.
