Career Mastered Magazine’s “I AM HER” signature program was created to ensure that we continue the very important work to advance women’s leadership while making a path for the next generation of young women leaders on college campuses.
Part of our mission is to empower the next generation of leaders, builders, and doers by telling her story and honoring her value in the marketplace. Through a suite of strategies, that includes virtual leadership webinars, campus tours, scholarships, mentorships, business clubs, and convening support from past Career Mastered honorees, robust conversations and solutions can occur, around gender equity, leadership, capacity building, rooted in the lived experience of students, families, administrators and faculty.
In this issue, I am especially pleased to present, celebrate and highlight young women who wear the “Miss Title” as leaders at some of the nation’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).
HBCUs are institutions of higher education in the United States that were established before the Civil Rights Act of 1964, with the intention of primarily serving the African-American community. Most of these institutions were founded in the years after the American Civil War and are concentrated in the Southern United States.
Having grown up in the South with four siblings, all of whom attended HBCUs, I know how important these institutions have been and continue to be as a means to close the education and wealth gap for African Americans. Without HBCUs, it is likely that my siblings would not have had the opportunity to attend college.
Currently there are more than 100 HBCUs in the nation, and the nation needs these colleges and universities more than ever to address the under – and unemployment crisis. Their relevancy is critical.
Thank you for supporting our mission of empowering the next generation of young women. I ask that you share this special edition of Career Mastered Magazine with a young girl who will be inspired to see themselves and say, “I AM HER.”
Salute!
Lisa J. Lindsay Wicker, PhD, Publisher Contact Lisa via Email » info@careermastered.com
Internationally recognized HR executive, thought leader, author and career strategist, Dr. Lisa J. Lindsay Wicker shares contemporary relevant work life experiences and empowering principles with her clients as demonstrated in her books, The Winning Spirit, Power Play! and her latest release – Capacity: Women Shattering the Limits – NOW. With her dynamic approach to life and her signature style, she connects people across the world and finds her mission to be that of helping others to get the most out of their work lives and companies to create value. She is the founder/Chief Visionary of Career Mastered. Following prominent human resources careers with Fortune 500 Companies, Dr. Lisa established her Detroit, MI and Charlotte, NC firm, Linwick & Associates, LLC (LWA).