Seven years into hosting the annual Woman to Woman Empowerment Symposium, Renee P. Aldrich, founder and director of Softer Side Seminars, said she is more surprised than anyone that this year’s event seemed to have taken on a life of its own.
Held this year at the Blakey Program Center, the theme was “Pulling Ourselves from the Stuck Places” and Tené Croom, currently the principal for Tené Croom Communications and previous director of News for American Urban Radio Networks, was the Mistress of Ceremonies.
More than 70 women came out to be enriched by the event and were treated to a day of information, inspiration, motivation and fun. Childcare was provided as not to have this as a barrier for participation. The program opened up with a dynamic African Dance and Drumming performance—the dance representing the freedom found in releasing encumbrances and becoming unstuck. A presentation, “I’ve Fallen BUT I CAN Get Up,” by Aldrich, followed. Jessica Brown of Commissioned Church of Pittsburgh ministered to the gathering in a powerful interpretive dance to “Break Every Chain” which came immediately following Aldrich’s presentation.
The flow continued with a panel discussion comprised of four women who have made positive transitions out of stuck places. They shared their stories and an open dialogue commenced with the audience sharing.
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