Above: Empowering Women conference, hosted by the non
profit organization People to People is set for May 21 in VA.

Tadias Magazine
Events News

Published: Friday, May 20, 2011

New York (Tadias) – People to People, a U.S. based non-profit organization comprised of Ethiopian Diaspora professionals, will hold its second annual conference this weekend in Arlington, Virginia. The conference theme is “Empowering Women is Empowering a Nation.”

The program, which aims to bring together professionals from various sectors, explores the role of the Ethiopian Diaspora in empowering women. According to the event’s website, the conference will also honor three inspiring women: Captain Amsale Gualu, whom last year became the first female captain at Ethiopian Airlines; W/o Assegedech Assefa, one the first Ethiopian female pilots, as well as artist Alemtsehay Wodajo.

This year’s keynote speaker is Dr. Musimbi Kanyaro, Director of Population and Reproductive Health Programs at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation.

Other presenters include CNN hero Alfa Demmellash, Co-founder and CEO of Rising Tide Capital, Meskerem Tadesse, President & CEO of the Optimize Group, Judge Mahdere Paulos, Former Director of Ethiopian Women Lawyers Association, and Melat Tekletsadik, Former National General Secretary for the YWCA, among others.

If You Go:
“Empowering Women is Empowering a Nation”
The Role of the Ethiopian Diaspora
Sheraton National Hotel
900 S. Orme St. Arlington, VA 22204
Saturday May 21, 2011
8:00am – 6:00pm
Registration begins at 8:00 a.m.
Entrance: $20.
More info at www.peoplepeople.org/conference