Empowering Young Women - 5:15
with Sue Schooner, Girls Group
Posted Aug 28, 2017
Girls Group empowers young women in middle school and high school to achieve emotional and economic self-sufficiency by graduating from high school and becoming first-generation college graduates. Girls Group provides year round programming and mentoring to develop character, leadership, self-confidence, and social consciousness, including the desire and ability to mentor others. Sue Schooner, Executive Director of Girls Group appears on Comcast Newsmakers. Interview recorded August 24th, 2017. Hosted by Laurel Hess.
Hosted by: Laurel Hess Produced by: Heartland Newsmakers Team
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