AMARILLO, Texas (KFDA) – The Laura W. Bush Institute for Women’s Health at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center will host Girl Power: Girls in Real Life.
The event is set for 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. on November 6 at the Amarillo Civic Center Regency Room.
Amy Stark, M.D., Amarillo regional chair of psychiatry at TTUHSC School of Medicine, will be this year’s keynote speaker. She will discuss self-esteem and building healthy relationships.
“As the parents, teachers, physicians and grown-ups in the lives of these girls, it is our responsibility to nurture their amazing potential, and that is a big task,” said Stark. “It’s important that we help our girls learn to be their own advocates and that we cultivate and model those same skills.”
Whitney Chapman, lead counselor at North Heights Alternative School, will offer parents and guardians strategies for navigating challenging teenage years.
Plus, fitness instructor Suzie McKee will lead a country dance breakout sesson.
Girls in 5th through 8th grade are invited to the event with a female guardian.’
Admission is $5 per person and includes dinner, photos, door prizes a t-shirt and more.
You can purchase your tickets here.
Scholarships are available.
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