When Black, Brown, and White Meet – A National Conversation with GenZ Girls on Race and Diversity

NEW YORK - June 25, 2020 - PRLog -- Girls With Impact (https://www.girlswithimpact.org/) will host a national conversation for GenZ girls (ages 11-24) on race and diversity – When Black, Brown and White Meet.

"Just because you're my friend doesn't mean you're not racist," says student Kayli Cooper, 15, a Girls With Impact graduate who will speak.

Even prior to the George Floyd and #BLM crises, race and equality have been top of mind for GenZ, those born in the mid-1990s and just now entering the workforce.

According to Girls With Impact's national report,  60% of GenZ men and women want to personally drive social change.  Nearly 70% of the organization's students have developed ventures with a social bent ranging from an LGBTQ community to a soon-to-launch book platform – Mirror Me Diversity -- by Kristen St. Louis, 15 from the Bronx.

What: National conversation with GenZ girls on race

When:Thursday, July 2^nd

Time: 5pm EST – 6pm EST (2-3pm PST)

Attendees: Parents and girls

Conversation contributors: GenZ girls ages 11-24

Special moderator: Petal Modeste*, Associate Dean of Student Affairs, Columbia Law School and host of the podcast, Parenting for the Future

Featuring: Kristen St. Louis, 15, founder of Mirror Me Diversity and Kayli Cooper, 15, who talks about privilege and race

Agenda:

·       What is racism? Why does it exist?

·       What are the top issues on the minds of GenZ in the wake of the #BLM movement?

·       How can girls drive change?

·       GenZ CEOs talk: Kristen, 15, shares her venture, MirrorMe Diversity

·       The takeaway: 3 ways you can take action and have your voice be heard

To attend:  Register here: (https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwpcOCorTwtE9R67AwJGaW4T0Y-yH0sX7Uc)

About Girls With Impact:  Girls With Impact, a 501c3, is the nation's only live, online mini-MBA for girls 12-18, designed with Harvard leaders.  Offered year-round, the 10-week, after-school Business and Innovation Academy moves girls from ideation to a business plan and venture pitch, driving improvements in confidence, leadership, college readiness and professional skills for success.

*The views expressed by Petal Modeste are her own and do not purport to reflect any policy or position of Columbia Law School.

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Contact: Jo Panzera
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