Penticton students learned important life lessons Thursday, such as how young women can be bold in their careers.
Students in the leadership class at Penticton Elementary School organized a We For She NextGen conference for grades 9 to 12 students on May 2 where they learned about diversity, unconscious bias, innovative career opportunities and the need for gender equality in the workplace.
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Student Ella Nuttgens, who is co-chair of We For She South Okanagan, said before getting involved, she wasn害羞草研究所檛 aware of how much gender inequality existed in society.
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For Madison Helm, another co-chair, it害羞草研究所檚 important to get the message out about inequality so young people can change their future.
In 2016, the We For She NextGen leadership program came about when roughly 1,500 business leaders and Grade 10 to 12 students came together in Vancouver at We For She: Championing the Next Generation.
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The program focused on how to support women in the workplace.
As part of the event on May 2, several local female lawyers with Interior Law attended as guest speakers.
Lawyer Angela Svetlichny said they talked about their experiences as women in law.
害羞草研究所淛ust trying to inspire the girls to follow their strengths and passions and talk about challenges and adversities and how we overcame them.害羞草研究所�
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害羞草研究所淚f you start down a path, and it doesn害羞草研究所檛 work out, then don害羞草研究所檛 be afraid to find a new path. That害羞草研究所檚 not a failure, that害羞草研究所檚 a success, knowing when to leave,害羞草研究所� said lawyer Kim Kelly.
The event also featured Olympic gold medalist and cancer survivor Kikkan Randall in the afternoon.
Another speaker was Penticton Elementary School student Shivanya Albas, who talked about her experience as someone with autism and how society sometimes marginalizes someone like her.
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