It’s the eighth year of the summit, which organizers say brings more than 500 girls across the region together for interactive workshops; exposing them to different career paths, and to talk …
are integrated at 13 participating Title I middle and high schools across L.A. County. The nonprofit is celebrating 20 years of mentoring thousands of young women of color throughout the school year.
“We expose them to careers where young women of color are typically underrepresented. We believe that, if you see her, you can be her,” Brown said before the event. “It’s this amazing day of education, celebration and empowerment.” Brown cited a young Black high schooler who met an aeronautical engineer at a past summit, and is now studying engineering in college.
At this year’s summit, select groups of eighth and ninth-graders presented social justice projects they had worked on throughout the school year, which highlighted difficult topics such as gun control, mass incarceration and domestic violence.
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