Women + Girls Research Alliance to host Leadership Café

The Women + Girls Research Alliance, a unit of UNC Charlotte’s urbanCORE, in partnership with the Women’s Intercultural Exchange, will host its second “Taking Space Without Apology: A Women and Girls Leadership Café” from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Monday, Oct. 16, at UNC Charlotte’s Popp Martin Student Union.

This year’s themes will center on supporting women’s mental health and wellness, economic security and mobility through the lens of equity. The café facilitates partnerships with researchers, community leaders and civic investors that produce data-based transformative outcomes and is open to grassroots community leaders, faculty researchers, civic partners, students, parents, health care providers, teachers and nonprofit leaders.

The Leadership Café extends the W+GRA’s efforts to provide a platform to facilitate intergenerational community conversations. This world café-style dialogue serves as a “brave space” to discuss strategies that improve the lives of women and girls across Charlotte.

“Now more than ever, W+GRA remains committed to highlight the mental health and wellness, socio-economic security and mobility concerns impacting women and girls across the Charlotte metropolitan region,” said Michelle Meggs, D.A., executive director of W+GRA.

The Women + Girls Research Alliance is committed to improving the lives of women and girls in the greater Charlotte metropolitan area by facilitating partnerships among researchers, community leaders and civic investors who are committed to producing transformative outlines.

To register for the café, visit 2023 W+GRA Leadership Café | Women + Girls Research Alliance | UNC Charlotte.