On Tuesday, April 28th, 2009 from 5-6:30pm the Laidbackchick will be kicking it in Harlem as part of a panel called “Sisters and Hermanas Represent.”

I received an email from Mimi, a woman that I had met this past December at the Shop N Mingle event who is working with young sisters to empower them. This is what she wrote: I facilitate a weekly program, Business Women in Training, for girls of color between the ages of 13-16. In this group, my students learn about business skills while they develop their own body butter product line, Sister Scentsations. The girls have been having a great time designing, making, and marketing their products. To spice up their learning process I thought it would be great if they meet actual women who were once in their shoes; at the beginning phase. It has been proven that through mentorship, students learn better and are more motivated. With that being said, that is how this First Anniversary event “Sisters and Hermanas Represent: Women of Color Who Are Making their Dreams Reality” came about.

This is what entrepreneurship and community building is all about, the old saying “Each one teach one.”