Executive Director Archives - Summer Owens S.O. What!

New Leadership Feels SO Good

Summer Owens — Mon, 09 Jan 2023 01:52:28 +0000

You never know where your dreams can take you. In 2011, I started my speaking business, S.O. What! LLC, and the next year I founded the S.O What! Foundation. I had no idea how hard it would be to lead and grow both organizations simultaneously. For over a decade I’ve kept both going and growing […]

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Tim Ware: S.O. What! Success Story

Summer Owens — Sun, 11 Sep 2022 12:00:37 +0000

Find your cheerleader. That was the closing advice given by the former athlete turned education leader, Tim Ware, in our interview. When we met over a decade ago, Tim Ware had started a school and today he leads another one just for young men. As a single mom raising a son and working in education, I […]

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Derek Ryan S.O. What! Success Story

Summer Owens — Mon, 20 Jun 2022 08:00:26 +0000

Have you ever connected with someone over a testimony? I’m not sure exactly how it started, but when I met Derek Ryan it seems like our first words to each other were our testimonies. Our stories. Seeing the amazing place he was in life at that time (and in an even greater place now). I […]

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Dr. Karren Todd: S.O. What! Success Story

Summer Owens — Mon, 13 Jun 2022 08:00:12 +0000

Who do you look up to? I’m grateful that there are several people I’ve observed and learned from over the years. This includes several women who look like me, who have modeled what I could and probably should be in many ways. One of those women is Karren Todd. Pastor Karren to me. She is […]

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Leshundra Robinson S.O. What! Success Story

Summer Owens — Mon, 28 Mar 2022 07:00:48 +0000

Many nonprofit organizations are born out of need and many are created from painful personal experiences. When I met Leshundra Robinson she asked me to speak at an anti-bullying conference she organized for the nonprofit she co-founded, UCAN of Memphis. I was blown away by her passion and compelled by her story to do more myself. […]

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Jenny Turner Koltnow S.O. What! Success Story

Summer Owens — Sun, 10 Oct 2021 06:00:53 +0000

I enjoy reflecting on other people’s journeys (what I know of it) almost as much as I enjoy thinking about my own. When I was a student at the University of Memphis, I met this young advisor (Jenny Turner Koltnow) for one of the organizations that I had joined. She was sweet and fun, and I […]

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