UPDATE: Little League Sensation, Mo'Ne Davis, added as guest speaker
Davis to attend 45th Annual Conference and Empowerment Summit
INDIANAPOLIS, July 16, 2015 — One week ahead of her appearance in Indianapolis, Little League World
Series sensation, Mo’Ne Davis, received an ESPY award for the Best Breakthrough
Athlete on July 15, 2015. An ESPY Award is presented by ESPN to recognize
individual and team athletic achievement and other sports-related performance.
Mo’Ne Davis will be one of the keynote speakers at the National
Association of Commissions for Women’s (NACW) 45th Annual Conference
and Empowerment Summit. She will speak at the 45th Anniversary Plenary Luncheon on Wednesday, July 22, 2015, at 12:30 PM
at the Crowne Plaza-Union Station. She
will also participate in the
conference’s Preparing the Next Generation of Leaders Girls Forum, which is open to forty (40) teenage girls and will
focus on mentoring, leadership and reputation safety.
Fourteen-year-old, Mo’Ne Davis is the Little League pitcher from Philadelphia, PA, who became
the first girl to earn a win and to pitch a shutout in Little League World
Series history and the first Little League baseball player to appear on the
cover of Sports Illustrated as a
Little League player. Joining Mo’Ne for remarks on Leadership through Sports is Starr Foster, Youth Development and
High Performance Coach at Georgetown University. A tennis athlete, Starr
received her first tennis racquet from tennis great Arthur Ashe. She gained a
strong work ethics in sports not only from Arthur Ashe’s influential engagement
on and off the court, but also from her father, Cincinnati Reds’ baseball
legend, George Foster. Both of their influence served as a blue print for her
coaching method.
DETAILS:
EVENT: 45th
Anniversary Plenary Luncheon
DATE: July 22, 2015
TIME: 12:00 PM Registration | 12:30 PM Luncheon
LOCATION: Crowne Plaza Downtown Indianapolis
123
West Louisiana Street
Indianapolis,
IN 46225
There
is still time to register! One-day conference registration is $200.00. Registration
for the Girls Forum is $85; a sponsorship of $500 will cover the cost of four girls
and a chaperone or parent. Fee to attend the Wednesday 45th
Anniversary Plenary Luncheon is $40 per person or $500 for a reserved,
premium table of ten (10). For
more information about the 45th NACW Annual Conference and
Empowerment Summit, go to: www.in.gov/icw/2551.htm. For information about NACW, the Indiana Commission
for Women, or women’s commissions in local communities, contact ICW at (317)
232-6720 or info@icw.in.gov.
For additional information, contact:
Kristin Garvey/Executive Director
(317) 232-6720
About the National Association of Commissions for Women (NACW)
The mission of the National Association of Commissions for Women
(NACW) is to sustain, strengthen and advocate for women’s commissions in their
work to promote equality and justice for all women and girls and ensure
they are represented and empowered in their communities. For information about NACW, go to: www.nacw.org.
About the Indiana Commission for Women (ICW)
The mission of the Indiana Commission for Women (ICW) is to
understand the needs of Indiana women and their families, and to work
strategically both within government and in our communities to help bring about
positive solutions. ICW is committed to the full participation of women in all
aspects of society in order to make Indiana a better place to live, work and
raise a family. For more information, visit www.in.gov/icw.
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