They did that, Community!! 🎉10 more incredible young women are now fully published authors, and workforce graduates for Simply Youth Institute.
I am just in awe of these superstars! 🤩Let’s celebrate their incredible accomplishment. Do you know how challenging it is to be published? Let alone perform at a book release? They did all of that and more!
They spent 6 months side by side, working together on:
1️⃣increasing their personal confidence so they can take up MORE SPACE (come on now, no more shrinking)
2️⃣telling their story the way they want to, utilizing creative expression to bring about personal healing and reclamation of power (they showed off on this part)
3️⃣building lifelong professional and friend networks with likeminded colleagues.
These are you future leaders’ folks, and I am beyond proud to celebrate their voices in their collection: WE RISE IN OUR OWN WORDS: A Collegiate Anthology of Resilience and Self-Celebration. 📕
- Huge shot out to publisher
@ericalopez74 of #DaxsonPublishing
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@aysiadturner book cover designer/ operations manager for SYI
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@cherice_crazycatlady , editor of the student voices
- Mayor of Eugene,
@kaarinformayor
Kaarin Knudson, whose keynote to the students centered the heart. ♥️
- Photography that truly captures the students by the one and only
@athenadelene
-My board members Sam Kelly-Quattrocchi, and Cindy Koza for showing up and showing out!
And of course, to my student intern leaders who showed up and gave the best they could to our program. Welcome to the SYI community, leaders, where you will have mentorship for life.
Let’s goooo! We build our own tables around here, the mission continues.
Celebrating the authors:
1. Jaleah
2. Maria
3. Stella
4. Romi
5. Imo
6. Rebekah
7. Sumiya
8. Allison
9. Sienna
10. Ella
Marlene our incredible host and community engagement lead of Los Angeles did a beautiful job!
Chef Max owner of Houndstooth nourished everyone’s soul 😋
#whencreativeexpressionmeetshealing
#yourvoicematters
#firsttimepublishedauthors
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