MEDIA ADVISORY: Nearly 1,000 Gen-Z Girl CEOs From 40 States to Unveil Social Impact Ventures Addressing #Covid, #BLM in Live, Online Graduation

The Quarantine Board Game and Melanin Magic among those to be showcased in live, online Girls With Impact graduation

With #BLM bringing diversity front and center, Girls With Impact is highlighting emerging talent that is using their innovation and skills to address challenges faced during Covid.

On Friday July 10, Girls With Impact will hold a national graduation where nearly 1,000 teen girls from across America – armed with MBA skills -- will reveal their ventures.

The girls, ages 11-18, underwent Girls With Impact’s live, online entrepreneurship Academy – the only program of its kind in the country.  Amid #Covid school and camp closures, Girls With Impact has been filling the gap for working parents and school districts with its live, virtual education from home.

Among the ventures developed are The Quarantine Board Game (a sanitizable card game), Melanin Magic (a clothing line with 25% of proceeds for pro-black orgs), BananaX (tackling sugar), Bank Academy (teaching people how to use e-commerce), and suicide prevention.

What:                                              National unveiling of girl-led ventures

When:                                             Friday, July 10

Time:                                               12 noon – 12:30 EST

Attendees:                                     Parents and girls from 40 states including AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, HA, IL, MA, MD, MI, NC, NJ, NY, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, VT, WA

Agenda: 

·       Welcome - CEO, Silicon Valley entrepreneur, author, Jennifer Openshaw

·       Getting college and work ready in a Covid world

·       Speaker: Heidi Zak, Co-founder & CEO of ThirdLove (among the fastest growing bra companies) - on her entrepreneurship journey

·       Venture montage of girls' businesses from across the US

·       Speaker: Shelly Zalis, Founder of The Female Quotient 

To attend: Register here

To interview girl CEOs: Josephine at ops@girlswithimpact.com

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.  Programs offered include virtual camps, workforce readiness workshops and virtual mentoring. Girls With Impact was developed by Silicon Valley entrepreneur Jennifer Openshaw to increase the number of diverse women leaders and innovators in today’s workforce. Watch this.

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Contact: Jo Panzera
(917) 355-1317 o
ops@girlswithimpact.com

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