youth Archives - Summer Owens S.O. What! https://summerowens.com/tag/youth/ S.O. What! Thu, 04 Jul 2024 14:24:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 https://i0.wp.com/summerowens.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/cropped-Summer-Owens-S.O.-What.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 youth Archives - Summer Owens S.O. What! https://summerowens.com/tag/youth/ 32 32 152051023 Leshundra Robinson S.O. What! Success Story https://summerowens.com/leshundra-robinson-s-o-what-success-story/ https://summerowens.com/leshundra-robinson-s-o-what-success-story/#respond Mon, 28 Mar 2022 07:00:48 +0000 https://summerowens.com/?p=22057 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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]]> https://summerowens.com/leshundra-robinson-s-o-what-success-story/feed/ 0 22057 My Journey to the Motherland- Accra, Ghana Day 7 https://summerowens.com/ghanaday-7-journey-to-the-motherland-ghana/ https://summerowens.com/ghanaday-7-journey-to-the-motherland-ghana/#respond Fri, 21 Feb 2020 04:39:04 +0000 https://summerowens.com/?p=11480 After traveling to Kumasi and Cape Coast the the previous days, we spent Day 7 a little more relaxed. We went to the Accra Mall which was extremely modern. One thing that fascinated me was the store/brand Woodin because in addition to clothes, they had lots and lots of fabric. Before going to Ghana, I […]

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]]> https://summerowens.com/ghanaday-7-journey-to-the-motherland-ghana/feed/ 0 11480 Going Places…A Life-Changing Trip https://summerowens.com/going-places-a-life-changing-trip/ https://summerowens.com/going-places-a-life-changing-trip/#comments Sun, 17 Jun 2018 17:57:13 +0000 https://summerowens.wordpress.com/?p=4818 When we started the S.O. What! Foundation’s STEP-OUT (Self-esteem, Teamwork, Exposure, Personal development-Overcome, Understand, Triumph) program, I knew I wanted to take the special kids in our program on a flight to Washington, DC. Why? Because they followed the S.O. What! curriculum and read about my first flight as a scared, pregnant 15-year-old. And later […]

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