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seen on the scene
International Women’s Day Houston
By: Heidi PP- iF Magazine
The Headliners were Ann (Tsunami) Frederick, Donna Wick, PhD, Dr. Lorelle Strong
Rich, Consuella Fontenet Harrison, Tonyai Palmer, Lucinda Fontenet Matthew, Ms.
North America 2017, Abby Hamdan, Mrs. Physical Fitness USA from Fitness and
Longevity- Sandy Bernstein, Kenya (Kay) Crawford, Kym Glass, Beatriz Chapa
M
Musical entertainment was provided
by DJ Joe Bowen and Rickey Davis,
who is always a fabulous host and
performer. It was a day full of energy
and inspiration.
Femme Forte’, French for Strong
Woman, was the theme for our very
first International Women’s Day
Houston Festival that took place on
March 8, 2020 celebrating solidar-
ity, diversity, strength and woman-
hood, (#IWDHTX) at the George
R. Brown Convention Center.
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“I wanted to make this an empow-
erment program in a festival atmo-
sphere bringing in speakers, dancing,
breakout sessions, entertainment and
more,” Angela (Tsunami) Frederick
said, founder of the NetworkedIt and
Women to Watch, Intl. “This is not
a business seminar. This is all about
building-up women in every way
possible with women from all types
of backgrounds and experiences.”
owned businesses, educational orga-
nizations and the like to turn out to
make this inaugural event a celebra-
tion of women.
“We brought in exhibitors and ven-
dors with local and international flair
for attendees,” Tsunami said. “And
the speaker line-up was nothing
short of mind-bending. They were
ready to rock the house. Everyone
had to leave with something that en-
The group encourages social clubs, hanced their life. No one would have
sports teams, church groups, women- left unchanged from the day.”