Those who impacted the community recognized during International Women’s Day at STCC

Springfield Technical Community College held a special event in honor of international women's day today 22 news reporter kayy Thomas is live with how this event recognized women who are making an impact in their Community Nick this event was a celebration of women's achievements as well as a platform to uplift and Empower women to overcome obstacles and reach their full potential dozens came out to show their support for the women entrepreneurs who are making a difference in their communities every every day these women shared their stories and served as an inspiration for others at the event three Community leadership awards were presented to one faculty member staff member and student whove made a positive impact on the stcc community the theme for this year's celebration accelerate action guiding discussions on how to work towards advancing and achieving gender equality we are trying always to meet like certain standards and trying to please everyone and I believe that as woman especially as El Latina I feel it's important that we have the ability to amplify our voices and to redefine our identities as many times as we need to in order to achieve the success that we want in life the lead female leadership and mentoring program at the college offers female identifying students access to inclusive and and academic support mentoring leadership development and Community engagement opportunities the goal of this program is to make a difference for those women who are aiming for higher education no matter what stage they are in working for you kayy Thomas 22 News