Sunday, November 8, 2009

Empowering Our Youth

After attending a candlelight vigil to bring awareness about homeless teenagers last week, it was refreshing to be a part of an event for an organization that strives to empower young adults and youth.

YEA, Inc. Youth/Young Adult Empowered Achievers was founded to help underserved youth become more confident, give them an outlet for their talents, help prepare them for the workforce and create a support system for troubled teens.

I was honored to be asked to help MC a fashion show fundraiser for the organization. I am truly amazed at the generosity of the Anchorage community for helping make the event happen and at the wealth of talent brought to the stage this night.

2 comments:

  1. Hi Erika,
    I'd like to include you in the Courageous Beauties Interview series on my blog as I research for a book I'm writing on courage and confidence. If you are interested, I need to email and turn the interview around this week. I'd love to hear about your youth work etc. Please email me at:
    angie [dot] breidenbach[at]gmail.com so that I can send you the questions. It will post this month. (Obviously you'll need to fix the email as I broke it up to protect it from spam.)

    You can see quite a few of the emails at http:GodUsesBrokenVessels.blogspot.com

    Again, time is important as the series is only this month.
    Thank you,
    Angie
    Mrs. Montana International 2009

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  2. Darn, I meant interviews not emails on my blog :-)
    Angie

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