Women’s Empowerment Expo returns to Raleigh on Friday

RALEIGH, N.C. — One of many largest occasions within the Southeast area for African American girls is coming to Raleigh.

The Ladies’s Empowerment Expo is Friday on the PNC Enviornment in Raleigh.

Organizers count on 10,000 to 12,000 individuals to attend. Nationwide recording artists, together with North Carolina’s Fantasia Barrino, might be among the many panelists. Performers embody KEM and Ledisi.

The expo will characteristic seminars and distributors offering merchandise for purchasing.

Organizer Karen Clark says there’s an enormous financial impression for North Carolina.

“It’s nice for the town, it’s nice for the distributors, the small companies that might be collaborating. Clearly Radio One has had an enormous push in direction of domestically Black-owned companies and lots of these companies might be current on the PNC Enviornment, and I believe this can be a nice occasion for our space,” Clark mentioned.

Clark says the occasion offers girls an opportunity to specific themselves round others who could also be coping with challenges like work-life stability and psychological well being.

“It was all about giving girls a possibility to have a time and house for themselves,” Clark mentioned. “Our purpose right here at Radio One Raleigh is simply to provide individuals a possibility to be taught one thing, perhaps it’s one thing about funds, perhaps it’s about psychological well being, perhaps it’s about be extra energetic in the neighborhood and perhaps it’s nearly leaning on one another and creating a greater sense of group.” 

Doorways open for the expo at 4:30 p.m. For tickets and extra particulars, click on right here.