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The Single Woman Conundrum: Wanda Durant St. Louis, MO
he Urban League welcomed Odyssey Media’ s“ A Single Woman Conundrum” Women’ s Entrepreneurship Seminar to St. Louis Community College-Florissant Valley campus on October 12, 2016. Nearly 200 women were in attendance at the free event which taught entrepreneurial skills to female business owners. The seminar also featured philanthropist and motivational speaker Wanda Durant, mother of NBA star Kevin Durant of the Golden State Warriors. Known lovingly as“ The Real MVP,” Durant was shared her personal story of triumph to empower women to overcome the challenges of starting a business as a woman of color.
Additionally, registered attendees were entered in a pitch contest for a chance to win $ 1,000 to jumpstart or expand their business. Yashica McKinney, owner of Desserts Out the Jar, won the contest and will use her winnings to replace a broken refrigerator at her business.
“ Wanda is a model of strength and resilience and will be such an inspiration to our guests. This is what Impact Odyssey is all about – sowing into our community of women to create economic empowerment and leadership in our society.”
Launched in 2016, Impact Odyssey offers expert information and training to help multicultural women start and expand small businesses. Through local workshops, online instruction, resource guides and partner organizations, Impact Odyssey helps women understand the challenges and rewards of being a female business owner.
This event was sponsored by The Coca-Cola Company 5by20, a global initiative that aims to enable the economic empowerment of 5 million women entrepreneurs across the company’ s value chain by 2020. 5by20 and The Coca-Cola Company are proud to be giving millions of women opportunities to build their businesses, support
“ I am thrilled to have Wanda Durant join us for‘ The
Single Woman Conundrum’ in St. Louis,” says Odyssey Media founder Linda Spradley Dunn. their families and build their communities, while inspiring more to do the same. At the end of 2015, 5by20 had enabled the economic empowerment of 1.2 million women entrepreneurs across 60 countries.
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