Executive Women International - EWI of Birmingham

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/WsC7mpUdvRnP1Ssz/?mibextid=oFDknk

www.facebook.com

ewibenefitdinner.swell.gives
https://ewibenefitdinner.swell.gives/

We need your help!!

Did you know?
*The cost of tuition has increased by more than 400% since 1982.
**The average public university student borrows $32,637 to obtain a bachelor’s degree.

Startling isn’t it?

Together, we can make a real difference in the lives of others through meaningful financial support of the traditional high school graduate as well as the adult student returning to school to better provide for their future. Higher education at the college, university and tech school level helps individuals and their families have an opportunity to excel - often creating new legacies expanding the generational outlook far into the future. Ultimately, we are bringing hope to those who might otherwise struggle to find a willing hand to lift them up.

Ticket and table sales are available through this weekend. To learn more about EWI Birmingham, the EWISP & ASIST Scholarship programs, to become a sponsor, or to make a financial contribution please go to https://ewibenefitdinner.swell.gives/

Thank you in advance for your consideration & support!

Standing on BUSINESS at this month's business meeting with President Cory Talley!
Executive Women International - EWI of Birmingham .... Celebrating Women EVERY DAY of the Year!
Thanks to tonight's sponsors and our host firm Embassy Suites Birmingham - Hoover, Dawn Balch Smith (member) and Ashley Fox (executive).

EWI Birmingham - About Us

On yesterday, our EWI BIRMINGHAM President, Cory Talley, organized, through Junior Achievement, another On-Purpose task to CONNECT with our COMMUNITY and develop the CAREERS of these future business leaders at Hayes K-8!

WHAT IS EWI?
Executive Women International is a professional women's organization with Chapters across the United States and Canada. The EWI membership experience is based around our three core tenets: connections, careers, and communities. The value of each to our member firms and representatives is as diverse as our members themselves. Regardless of your employees’ personal or professional goals, EWI offers a full spectrum of opportunities to build stronger skills, relationships, communities, and businesses.

ALL ABOUT: Salaam Green was born in the Black Belt of Alabama and was raised by a family of educators and her single mother. She grew up in a poverty-stricken area because there was no industry or financial empowerment in the Black Belt region.

However, despite the circumstances, Salaam had several influential people in her life who encouraged her to read, write, and dream for a bright future. When her mom found out she wanted to be a writer as a little girl, she encouraged Salaam to read more books. Her auntie, who was also her first grade teacher, had her write for the first time in a little book. It was then when Salaam realized she could put all of her imagination into her writing. In middle school, Salaam’s mom introduced her to the University of Montevallo and she fell in love with it. Her sixth grade teacher instilled the hope inside of her that she would attend that school one day.

Sure enough, Salaam graduated from the University of Montevallo with an English degree. She soon realized that she wasn’t making money as a writer at first, and decided to go back to school to work in early childhood education. Salaam worked with babies and toddlers for years, and when she decided she was too old to work with babies and kids, she pursued a career as an administrator working for the State of Alabama.

Later in life, as she was working as an administrator, Salaam went through a divorce and a career change, and fell into a depression as so many new life changes were going on around her.

Because of this, Salaam was able to reignite her passion for writing. She discusses a writing class that she signed up for, and for four years, she sat on a “red couch” and “rewrote her life,” which helped her come out of depression and reframe her identity.

Salaam decided to start her own business of “red couch writers” through her company called Literary Healing Arts in 2016. Her target audience is other women who are challenged by personal adversity, and she wants to help overcome the norms of corporate America. Red Couch Writers allows women to ask themselves questions like “how are you feeling today,” “what do you want to let go of,” and “what do you want to keep?” She organizes classes and workshops for organizations with hopes that they can all “write themselves back together again.”

Salaam has been awarded the Poet Award for Innovation in Alabama for writing about the place where the world comes to create.

SOURCE: https://momentumleaders.org/who-is-salaam-green/

EWI of Birmingham invites you to join us for one of our public meetings. This is a great opportunity for professional development and to connect with others. Dinner is included in the registration fee. We hope to see you there!

Due to inclement weather, EWI Birmingham postponed our meeting. Please join us for this event on our new date, January 23rd!

Starting January 6 - February 10, 2024 ... EWI BIRMINGHAM's 5-week Virtual Team Fitness Challenge Fundraiser!

The team winners will win $100 a piece and the first-place individual winner wins workout gear. Registration is $60 per couple/partner and will be open from December 8th until January 5th.

ALL proceeds will benefit EWI scholarship fund.

How to Join:

1) Go to https://EWIfitness,swell,gives to register. The cost is only $60 per partner.

2) Download this app: https://corporatefitness.app/events/trial-ewi/getting-started . You will connect to your favorite wearable fitness device.

Spread the Word:

Challenge your friends, family, and colleagues to join the cause. Share your fitness journey on social media using .

Your commitment to this challenge not only benefits your well-being but also transforms lives through education. Let's lace up those sneakers and hit the pavement, the court, the treadmill, or the gym!

Start off the new year by joining our 5-week Virtual Team Fitness Challenge Fundraiser ... beginning in just 5 more days from January 6 - February 10, 2024!

The team winners will win $100 a piece and the first-place individual winner wins workout gear. Registration is $60 per couple/partner and will be open from December 8th until January 5th.

ALL proceeds will benefit EWI scholarship fund.

How to Join:

1) Go to https://EWIfitness,swell,gives to register. The cost is only $60 per partner.

2) Download this app: https://corporatefitness.app/events/trial-ewi/getting-started . You will connect to your favorite wearable fitness device.

Spread the Word:

Challenge your friends, family, and colleagues to join the cause. Share your fitness journey on social media using .

Your commitment to this challenge not only benefits your well-being but also transforms lives through education. Let's lace up those sneakers and hit the pavement, the court, the treadmill, or the gym!

Careers! Connections! COMM-UNITY! EWI's Mission is working in Birmingham .... Blessed to provide a Bag of Blessings for those in need ... November's 2023 service project in action!

EWI of Birmingham had a great time with our Sustaining Members at the annual luncheon. Thank you to Linda Cordor and Gidget Yeager (Amerex Corporation), our Sustaining Committee Leaders, for organizing the luncheon held Friday August 25th at Lloyd's Restaurant. Pictured left to right: Barbara Wenning, Sue Peterson, Linda Cordor, Robin Warren, Alice Turner, Gwen Grasso, Julie McLaughlin (standing), Gidget Yeager, Lene Abel (Altec Industries), Camie Huett (Alabama Technology Network), Sandra Robinson, Darlene Negrotto, and Gailya Sargent.

Lots of fun was had at the EWI of Birmingham annual Executive event at Top Golf. We welcomed some wonderful guests and executives, enjoyed great food, an informative presentation about our scholarship winners, and a competitive silent auction. Thanks to all of the participating member firms and guests for attending!

Join us at our premier fundraising event! Don't miss this opportunity to be with the amazing women of EWI Birmingham. Help us raise money for our reading initiatives for underprivileged youth and college scholarship for teens and adults who are returning to school. This will be a blast with food, beverages, a silent auction, and more! Go to https://www.ewibirmingham.com/ for tickets and details.

UPDATE... We regret that we have had to cancel this event due to unforeseen circumstances. All tickets will be refunded back to the original method of payment. You should see the refund in your account in the next 2-3 business days.

For information on our future events, please continue to follow us on Facebook and Instagram. Thank you for your support and we hope to see you soon.

Our EWI members like the one pictured here are excited to share our fashion sense with you while raising money to benefit our annual scholarship programs. Join us to shop these looks and many more at Shop our Closet on Saturday, July 29 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Purchase your $10 admission ticket to this upscale consignment sale.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/shop-our-closet-for-a-cause-registration-641411327547?aff=erelexpmlt

Don't miss our sale! We are planning a fantastic time at our latest Fundraiser; Shop Our Closet. Join us on July 29th at Regions Field. We will have lots of other beautiful items such as this for sale and 50% of all proceeds will benefit the EWI scholarships! More to come on the fashion show and live entertainment. Get your tickets now!
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/shop-our-closet-for-a-cause-registration-641411327547

Home | Executive Women International Birmingham EWI is a premiere women’s organization focused on careers, connections and communities and represents 1,200 members across the United States and Canada. EWI empowers women in their leadership journey, promotes the cultivation of lifelong connections and supports literacy-focused philanthropic init...

Calling all Fashionistas and Savvy Shoppers! We want you to attend Shop Our Closet for a Cause event on July 29 from 9am - 1pm. Join the exquisite ladies of EWI as we sell new and gently used items to raise money for our scholarship programs.

For only $10 you will get access to designer labels and some of your favorite brand names. The day will be filled with shopping, music, fun and even a fashion show. You do not want to miss this.

Get your tickets today! https://bit.ly/ewishopping

SHOP OUR CLOSET FOR A CAUSE IS HERE!
We are excited to share our latest fundraising initiative with you. It has been a long time coming, and we have been pruning and processing our wardrobe for this very moment. So in the spirit of having fun + doing good, we are selling our gently used and brand-new-with-tag clothing, shoes, accessories, and home decor, with 50% of proceeds going to the EWI scholarship fund.

So you ask: how you can join the ladies of EWI in this effort? Obviously, we would love for you to come and shop some of our closets but we would also love to shop your closet too. We have plenty of opportunities for you to become a seller and/or a vendor.
If you are interested, please email [email protected].

The great news is this will not be your average run-in-the-mill consignment shop, we will have name-brand items such as Nordstrom, Steve Madden, VINCE, Ann Taylor, LOFT, Coach, and much more.
What: Shop Our Closet For A Cause is a fundraising initiative put on by the members of EWI to raise money for the advancement of students in their academic endeavors. The Closet began with the idea that fundraising can be made fun and impactful not dreaded and drab. We believe giving is always in style and that you don’t have to sacrifice the fun to fundraise 😊 Speaking of fun in fundraising, we will have a concession stand, music, fashion show, and much more. Please join us!

The event is July 29th from 9 am to 1 pm. If you plan on being a seller, you can drop your things off on July 28th from 12 pm-4 pm.

Where: Regions Field in the Pearl Club 1401 1st Ave S Birmingham, AL 35233

Get your ticket to attend by going to https://www.eventbrite.com/e/shop-our-closet-for-a-cause-tickets-641411327547

Congrats to April McClung! She had her grand opening of Emily’s Heirloom Poundcakes this past week. She’s a new member of EWI of Birmingham and will be installed at our June meeting. Excited to have her join!

EWI of Birmingham gave 3 scholarships to college students who for a variety of reasons were delayed or interrupted from going to college after high school. These three ladies are starting a new, exciting chapter of their lives and we are so proud we could help them along the way! Best of luck to all of you, Anastasia Turner, Jarmicia Johnson and Stefanie Clark! We know you’ll be a great success.

Congratulations to all of our EWISP scholarship winners! EWI of Birmingham gave 4 scholarships to deserving young high schoolers who are on their way to college and to amazingly bright futures! See more about EWI here: https://ewiconnect.com/page/EWISP

We look forward to hearing about all of your successes, Gayatri Kavumkal, Mary Ellie Rhea, Vanessa Kariuki, and Markell Scott!

Congratulations to our top winners of our EWISP and ASIST scholarships! This is why we do all we do, so we can help at least a little bit with college for high schoolers like Vanessa Kariuki (center with her mom and judges) and people who are returning to school like Jarmicia Johnson (on the right, with her mom), who want a better life through education. Best of luck to you and all of our winners! We are so proud to be a small part of your successful future!

Save the date for this awesome sale to benefit EWI of Birmingham. We will be at Regions Field, July 29th 10am-4pm. 60% of proceeds from the sale will go to Executive Women International - EWI of Birmingham to support reading initiatives for grade school kids and scholarships for high school and adults students. We’d love to see you there!

EWI of Birmingham hosted a great crowd tonight at the Embassy Suites in Hoover for our Ignite Women’s Conference. We started with networking and live music. Tomorrow we continue with 4 amazing women speakers. Hope to see you there!

We are thrilled to announce Kristi Emmons Jones as one of our keynote speakers during our Ignite conference! Kristi is no stranger to Executive Women International (EWI), having been a member for over 20 years, serving in various leadership roles including two terms as Chapter President.

Kristi's career spans over thirty years of outstanding performance in relationship building and team management, working for major corporate brands including FedEx, CBS Broadcasting, and McGraw-Hill Dodge Publishing. She's known for inspiring her team members to excel and creating creative work environments.

Not only is Kristi a powerhouse in the corporate world, but she's also a published author and mental health advocate. Along with her mom, Dixie Locke, Kristi co-wrote the book UNLOCKED: Memoirs of Elvis’s First Girlfriend, which is the #1 best-selling book at Graceland. She's also a founding Brand Partner for Amare Global, The Mental Wellness Company, building one of the fastest-growing teams throughout the U.S., Mexico, and Canada.

Join us as Kristi shares her wisdom and experience on leadership, relationship building, and mental health advocacy. We can't wait to hear more about her inspiring journey.

Register today at ewibirmingham.com