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Empowering Youth to Greatness: National Council of Negro Women — South Suburban Chicago Section to Host 4th Annual Youth Empowerment Conference on April 25


Matteson, IL –(ENEWSPF)—March 31, 2015. In supporting the national mission to support African American communities and their families, the National Council of Negro Women – South Suburban Chicago Section (NCNW-SSCS) is hosting its 4th annual Youth Empowerment Conference. The conference is scheduled for Saturday, April 25, 2015 at Prairie State College, 202 S. Halsted, Chicago, Heights, Illinois from 9:00 am until 2:00 pm.

The theme is “Positive Profiling-Makes Lives Matter.” The conference will offer workshops that are interactive and designed to enhance youth ages 13 to 18 in planning and supporting their present and future endeavors and goals. Workshop topics include career readiness and presentation, health and fitness, proper handling and uses of technology, dating, and domestic violence, to name a few.

“We are excited about the conference,” said Cheronne Mayes, first vice president of NCNW-SSCS. “We look forward to our continued partnership with Prairie State College and our other vendors.”

“It’s steadily growing and the teens are elated to return yearly,” stated Sharice Horton, conference chair.

The keynote speaker for the conference is Bishop Lance Davis, Senior Pastor of New Zion Covenant Church located in Dolton, Illinois. Bishop Davis is the founder and vice president of the South Suburban Faith-Based Initiative (SSFBI) and the founder and executive director of Building Our Own Communities, Inc. (BOOC) which is established in the United States and in Africa. He has also established Sankofa Ventures Management, Inc., an international company that is established in Ghana, West Africa to create job opportunities and to improve the overall living conditions.

Other special guests include New Generation of Men, a steppers group from Thornton High School, District 205 Honors Band and other youth performers.

All youth attending the conference are asked to complete a registration form and select three workshops from the eight workshops that will be presented. The conference will begin with a general session at 10:00 a.m. in the college’s auditorium. All middle, junior and high school students must have a chaperone or parent attend with them.

For more information, please contact Cheronne M. Mayes, NCNW Program Chair 773-307-9497 or e-mail [email protected] or Sharice Horton, Youth Empowerment Conference chair at 773- 422-0799 or email [email protected].

Source: National Council of Negro Women – South Suburban Chicago Section


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