JIW Participant Arrington & Mom Share Their Experience
The Journey Into Womanhood participants along with their female caregivers enjoyed quality time and fun at the Keepin’ It Real Mother Daughter Conference on November 8th. The event featured a keynote address by MTV personality and motivational speaker, Julie Marie Carrier, breakout sessions and more. Read their thoughts below: Veronica: As a parent I thoroughly enjoyed the […]
JIW Alumna Speaks at JA Girl$ Event
Journey Into Womanhood (JIW) alumna, Jasmine Harris had the opportunity to share the stage with Nascar Racer, Danica Patrick last month at Junior Achievement’s Smart Women Make Change event. Jasmine shared the impact the JA Girl$ program’s partnership with JIW had on her life with more than 400 business leaders at the event. Read Jasmine’s […]
Spanking children does hurt By: Elexia Coleman-Moss
Spanking hurts, not just physically but emotionally for both the child and parent. Ask many parents, and they will say it hurts me to spank my child. Children are often confused when parents spank them and then say I love you. Parents may use spanking as a discipline technique for many reasons to include: teaching […]
JIW Participant, Nyla S. Shares Her L.A.W. Camp Experience
Youth Advisory Council Members, Nyla & Tierra attended 4H L.A.W Camp! L.A.W. stands for Leadership Adventure Weekend, and the camp teaches leadership and communication for 4H officers. Read Nyla’s experience in her own words below: To start, L.A.W Camp is a leadership camp designed for active members of 4-H within the Florida Region. It allows […]
Check Out Our New Website
We are happy to announce the launch of our new website www.empowermentresourcesinc.org. Over the last few months our team has worked to bring you a new and improved website that not only helps us share what we do to impact the community, but also increases our ability to change lives. The site reflects our organization’s focus […]
Four JIW Alumni graduated from Florida universities this summer!
We’re proud to recognize four young women, who participated in the Journey Into Womanhood (JIW) program as young girls during their transition to adulthood. We would like to congratulate each JIW Alumni by highlighting their recent academic achievements. Jessica Polote, 2010 JIW Alumni Graduated August 2, from the University of Central Florida with a Bachelor […]
Buy Jaguars Tickets through GIVE and GO!
Empowerment Resources is proud to offer discounted tickets to the best game in town… home tickets to the Jacksonville Jaguars Football game. For every ticket purchased to any of the Jaguars 2014 home games through our secure Give and Go 100 link, up to $30 will automatically be donated to help empower students and families on the […]
Welcome to Empowerment Resources Inc.
Welcome to the new Empowerment Resources Inc. (ERI) website. ERI is a 501(c)(3) grassroots non-profit organization in Jacksonville, Florida that serves at-risk youth and families by providing programs and services that positively impact the whole family” Empower When the community’s people reach their highest and best potential it builds stronger neighborhoods and cities. ERI seeks […]
JIWs Go to College
The annual Journey Into Womanhood College Tour is an opportunity for students in grades 7-12 to learn about post secondary education opportunities. Nyla, a 7th year JIW and 11th grade student at Douglas Anderson School of the Arts shares her experience at Bethune Cookman University. On the tour of Bethune Cookman I learned a lot about […]
Volunteer Spotlight: Nikki
Empowerment Resources Inc. is a grassroots, volunteer-driven nonprofit organization. We invite you to get to know our volunteers through our spotlight series. Get to know Journey into Womanhood alum and current mentor, Nikki Young. What’s your favorite volunteer role? I have been able to be a part of various volunteer roles within the program, but […]