The 2nd Annual Girls Who Rule The World Mentoring Weekend took place October 28-30th, mentoring 100 teenage girls from metro Atlanta’s counties, for an action-packed, empowering program to address real-world issues of teenage life, guide them to embrace their unique self-worth and power, forge new peer and mentor relationships and more at the Evergreen Marriott Conference Resort in Stone Mountain, GA.

 

The weekend featured CNN’s Soledad O’Brien and Fredricka Whitfield, Motivational Speaker and former Beauty Editor Mikki Taylor, 5-time Olympian, Basketball Hall of Famer and WNBA Legend Teresa Edwards, Personal development and educational/career workshops facilitated by Bank of America, Microsoft and Jackie Brewton to name a few. The weekend highlight included one-of-a-kind fitness in the natural splendor of Stone Mountain Park, as well as candid conversation and insight from Marjorie Harvey, and Steve Harvey sharing insight on the male perspective.

 

 

Welcome Expo . [Click Photos to Enlarge]

 

 

 

Workshops

 

 

 

Guest Speakers

 

 

 

Stone Mountain Climb

 

 

 

Closing Ceremony

 

 

 

Sky Hike at Stone Mountain Park

 

 

 

Riverboat Ride

 

 

 

 

Cool Zone

 

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Special Thanks to the 2011 Mentoring Weekend Sponsors