Might 15, 2025
“Convention on R.E.S.T. isn’t just a dialog—it’s a name to motion,” mentioned YWCA South Hampton Roads CEO, Michelle Ellis Younger.
YWCA South Hampton Roads, the world’s oldest and largest multicultural ladies’s group, is getting ready to honor ladies’s voices, resilience, and management throughout its 4th Annual Convention on R.E.S.T. (Racial Fairness and Social Transformation).
The June occasion will have fun the theme, “What Concerning the Girls?” as attendees collect with the group forward of Juneteenth to acknowledge ladies’s vital function in advancing justice and fairness, whilst they face on a regular basis challenges.
“In a time of unprecedented international change, this yr’s query, ‘What in regards to the Girls?’ calls for pressing consideration,” a press launch said. “Girls’s rights stay at a vital crossroads, as hard-fought progress faces new challenges within the type of coverage rollbacks, financial disparities, and protracted gender-based violence. From the erosion of reproductive rights to the widening wage hole, the stakes have by no means been greater.”
The Convention on R.E.S.T. will kick off with a Legacy Awards Breakfast the place Hampton Roads leaders can be acknowledged for his or her contributions to shaping a extra equitable future for all. 2025 honorees embody: Delceno Miles, president and CEO of The Miles Company; Vivian Oden, vp for Fairness and Inclusion on the Hampton Roads Group Basis; writer and survivor advocate Kemba Smith; and Virginia Organizing.
This yr’s keynote speaker, best-selling writer Mikki Kendall, will handle attendees with illuminating views drawn from her literature, advocacy, and work as a thought chief. A $1,000 Racial Justice Scholarship can be awarded to Norview Excessive Faculty rising senior York-Web page Seaton.
“The Convention on R.E.S.T. isn’t just a dialog—it’s a name to motion,” mentioned Michelle Ellis Younger, CEO of YWCA South Hampton Roads. The occasion expands on YWCA South Hampton Roads’ ongoing mission to drive significant change by eliminating racism, advocating for the vital wants of survivors of sexual and home violence, and performing as a supply of empowerment for girls and households dealing with disaster.
Safe your spot immediately and meet YWCA South Hampton Roads at Norfolk State College, June 11, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
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