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Detroit, MI 48201
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Graduation Ceremony to Celebrate Bright Future of Disabled Men and Women in Detroit
Detroit –
What: Come to get inspired by attending a graduation ceremony celebrating disabled men and women pursuing entrepreneurships on Saturday, Nov. 20, 2010 at TechTown in Detroit. Taking place from 2:30 - 5:30 p.m.
Sponsored by Women Empowered Inc., Council for Women with Physical Challenges and TechTown, participants who attended more than one entrepreneurship class will receive an achievement certificate. Additionally, two individuals will be presented with a small grant of $300 to help start their own businesses.
Women Empowered Inc. is a non-profit organization and an advocate for people with disabilities rights.
Who:
Tameka Citchen, President, Women Empowered
When:
Saturday, Nov. 20, 2010
2:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Where:
TechTown (Room F), 440 Burroughs St., Detroit, 48202.
Parking has been reserved at Burroughs, located on Street between the Cass and 2nd.
Details:
Grant awards will be presented at approximately 3:30 p.m. and there will be interview opportunities available until 5:30 p.m.
Photo opportunities exist
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Additional information and news from Women Empowered is available at womenempoweredinmich.org.New Entrepreneurship Program Available for Disabled Men and Women in Detroit
DETROIT, March 13, 2010 – Women Empowered, Council for Women with Physical Challenges and Tech Town have teamed together to offer a new entrepreneurship program for men and women living with disabilities in Metro Detroit. Six business workshops will be held from 12 - 2 p.m. on Tuesdays from March 23 through Oct. 26, 2010, at the Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan. The program will cover a different business topic at each session, spanning from learning how to start a business to identifying funding opportunities and defining a budget. Tech Town will co-facilitate four out of the six workshops.
Of the 54 million disabled people living in America, approximately 70 percent do not work. “Men and women with disabilities have always been unemployed and underemployed, but given the state of Michigan's economy, we now have to compete with the rest of Americans that have lost their jobs.” said Tameka Citchen, president of Women Empowered. “The goal of this entrepreneurship series is to teach men and women to be economically self-sufficient.” The Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan is located at 261 Mack Ave., between John R. Street and St. Antoine Street in Detroit and the program will take place inside room 815.
For more information on Women Empowered, please call (313) 745-6574. For more information on Tech Town please call (313) 879-4487 or visit techtownwsu.org. Women Empowered Inc. Founded in 2007, Women Empowered Inc., Council for Women with Physical Challenges is a non-profit organization that seeks to connect women with resources in the community, provide informational workshops and educate the professional community about the needs of women with physical challenges.
TechTown TechTown, Detroit’s research and technology park, was established in 2000 when Wayne State University, General Motors and the Henry Ford Health System convened to create an engine of economic growth with both local and statewide impact. TechTown stimulates job growth and small-business creation by developing companies in emerging high-technology industries including advanced engineering, life sciences and alternative energy. TechTown is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and is the Woodward Technology Corridor SmartZone.
Women with Disabilities Forum to be Held During National Women's History Month
- Forum includes panel discussion followed by an audience question and answer session
- March is National Women’s History Month
Rochester, Mich., March 1, 2010 –To help give a voice to women with physical disabilities during National Women’s History Month, Women Empowered Inc., Council for Women with Physical Challenges is pleased to announce a new public forum, United Voices and Sharing Our Stories. The session will be held on Thursday, March 18 from 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. at Oakland University’s (OU) Oakland Center in Rochester, Mich.
The forum is sponsored by three OU Student Organizations: Students Toward Understanding Disabilities, the Women's Issues Forum and the Gender & Sexuality Center and it will be facilitated by Women Empowered Inc. A panel discussion will cover issues facing women with disabilities ranging from domestic violence to employment and health prevention to parenting, followed by an audience question and answer session.
“Since March is Women History Month, we want to recognize the 26 million women with disabilities living in America collectively as a group,” said Tameka Citchen, president of Women Empowered. “This event will give an opportunity for their voices to be heard and give society an insight into the joys and challenges of being a woman with a disability today.”
Now in its 30th year, having been expanded from one week to one month by the US Congress in 1987, the National Women’s History Month takes place in March. It was founded to increase awareness and knowledge of women's history and to remember the contributions of notable and ordinary women.
The Oakland Center is located at 2200 N. Squirrel Road between E. Walton Boulevard and University Drive and the forum will take place inside Gold room A.
For more information on Women Empowered, please call (313) 745-6574 or visit http://womenempoweredinmich.org/.
Women Empowered Inc.
Founded in 2007, Women Empowered Inc., Council for Women with Physical Challenges is a non-profit organization that seeks to connect women with resources in the community, provide informational workshops and educate the professional community about the needs of women with physical challenges.
Women Empowered Inc has been on CW50 Street Beat, CBS radio Detroit Free Press and Oakland Press
261 Mack
Suite 529
Detroit, MI 48201
ph: 313-745-6574
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