Wine and Cheese at 2:00 – Movie begins at 3:00
Followed by Panel Discussion
When girls are educated, communities thrive and economies grow. Yet 62 million girls are missing from classrooms worldwide and tremendous opportunities are lost.
Girl Rising spotlights the struggles of seven girls from the developing world to achieve their dreams against almost insurmountable odds.
Panel Discussion – Hear from those who have made efforts to advance girls’ education, both locally and abroad. What do they think works? What are common problems they encounter?
Panel Members:
Wendy Lesko, founder, School Girls Unite, Montgomery County
Marjorie Alexandre Brunache, Ministre Conseiller, Embassy of Haiti
Hadeia Amiry, 3rd Secretary, Embassy of Afghanistan
Grace Rivera-Oven, Moderator, Consultant in public relations, marketing and media management, host of Revista Semanal Montgomery
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