Name: (PRIVATE) Empower Leadership Academy Hosted by CPY & TeamWomen (August 10th, 2022)
Start: 2022-08-10T13:30:00-05:00
End: 2022-08-10T16:30:00-05:00
Location: Christ The King Church

Developing leadership skills, building confidence and strengthening resilience requires education and practice. Empower provides a safe environment for kids to learn and grow. Our experienced leadership coaches are dedicated to inspiring, developing and empowering our next generation of leaders.

In partnership with Community Partners With Youth (CPY), Empower Leadership Academy will provide an academy for the youth of CPY on August 10th, 2022 from 1:30PM -4:30PM. This training is critical during such a difficult year.

The youth attendees will learn social emotional topics in an interactive, safe and fun environment. This academy will allow them to walk away with tangible self-development tools to prepare them for an inspiring, hopeful, and engaging back to school in fall.

We thank the TeamWomen community for their dedicated support of our mission of instilling confidence, resilience, and leadership skills in these young leaders. You have the opportunity to make an impact – click here to get started.

In partnership with CPY, our goal will be to:

✔ Create a safe summer program for youth 5th-12th grade as an augment to their modified summer schedule

✔ Increase the commitment to the social emotional learning of the students

✔ Learn successful tools to help cope and empower them to discover their individual worth

✔ Offer additional value to the mentors, coaches, teachers and parents

Kiara Buford has been a Behavior Interventionist for nine years, helping students seek success in their high school experience by building relationships, setting goals, and developing a positive community. She also currently works with EmpowerLeadership Academy and ON Point Elite as a Leadership Coach.

Kiara BufordBehavior Specialist Roseville Area High School

Peyton Owens is in his 13th year with Golden Gopher Athletics. He currently oversees Student-Athlete Development (all education provided to student-athletes, including career readiness, personal development, community outreach and risk reduction), Diversity & Inclusion, the M Club and our Women’s Golf program. Owens has been instrumental in the vision and implementation of Leadership U, which he has had oversight of since its launch. This collaboration with Land O’Lakes Inc. provides leadership development and emotional intelligence education and support to student-athletes, assistant coaches, head coaches and athletics staff. To support this initiative and others like it, he is responsible for cultivating, soliciting and stewarding donors for endowment and annual support of Leadership U, the W.I.L.L. program (Women Invested in Leadership and Learning) and more. Owens is also an ambassador for athletics on campus, bringing the voice of Golden Gopher Athletics to several critical groups. He is a member of the President’s Initiative on Preventing Sexual Misconduct, the Faculty Oversight Committee on Athletics (FAOIAC), and campus’ Equity & Diversity Subcommittee. His commitment to collaboration and strategic partnerships, both at the University and in our broader Twin Cities help champion all that is Maroon and Gold.

Peyton N. Owens IIISenior Associate Athletics Director University of Minnesota

Erin Bakke is a Designer at Techline Twin Cities and serves on the Young Professionals Advisory Board for TeamWomen. In addition to her background in the Interior Design world, she has over a decade of experience teaching Middle School. She says both fields require creative problem solving and focusing on the needs of others. Erin has been blessed with strong, inspiring individuals in her life who have modeled what it means to be a servant leader. Their support and guidance have empowered her to be bold and take risks personally and professionally. They have also shown her the rewards of giving and sharing one’s gifts in order to make an impact on the world. “Trying my best and persevering through the tough stuff wasn’t as intimidating knowing they were behind me,” she says.

ERIN BAKKE

PROGRAM MANAGER

Refund Policy: Attendees can receive refunds up to 7 days before the event start date, except for our flagship events (Leadership Conference, WaveMaker Awards, and Empower Gala). For the flagship events, please see the event page for refund dates.

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