Founder of Sacculturalhub.com,
Pleshette Robertson, gets to know more about the mission and activities of
“ERI” in the Greater Sacramento
Valley Region.
1) 3 words that best describe you, Kerri, as the CEO:
Confident, Tenacious, Resilient
2) Who
are the majority of your clients? Young women
3) Where do
you see yourself 10 years from now in your business?
Within the next five years, I would like to see ERI provide programs
and services for women of all ages. Ten years from now, we
should have reached that goal, additionally open ERI chapters across
the U.S.
4) Tell
us briefly the mission and purpose of your organization:
Our mission is to inspire girls to aspire. ERI empowers young
women to believe in themselves and know that everyone has limitless
opportunities in life. We inspire girls to dream, hope, dare,
live, laugh, soar, and aspire for greatness and influence her community.
5)In your own words please tell us
how your organization serves the community and why you started the
organization:
After volunteering in the community for almost ten years, I was
personally convicted to respond to the need I was seeing with the girls I came
in contact with. I felt that my volunteer efforts in
juvenile hall, half-way homes, and the boys and girls clubs was
not enough. My volunteerism in Orlando, Florida and locally
here in Sacramento, CA prepared me to start ERI where we offer
preventive programming to young women 8-18 years of age. I
started ERI after working with troubled girls and reading horrifying
statistics. Some recent statistics that I have read
indicate that the average age of girls loosing their virginity is 15,
and according to other sources, more and more girls are having sex at
school. Another study showed that the rate of girls
committing suicide is increasing, while other studies are showing more
girls are taking prescription medication and drugs to numb the pain to
deal with personal issues. Our program goals are to reduce
these findings in our local community while empowering young women to
create social change.
6) Tell
us about some of the past activities and what you have planned in the
future for ERI: We are very excited about the
project our GEMS leadership has been working on since last
April. The girls are creating a docuganda that will look at
how low self-esteem ties into risky behaviors and the influence of the
media in this epidemic. The project which is due this Spring
is entitled, Past
the
Surface. The girls have created a trailer for the
film which can be viewed on youtube and on our website at www.erigirls.org,
which also has additional information on the past, current, and future
projects from our girls.
The appointment as Executive
Director of California Partnership to End Domestic Violence (CPEDV) of
Tara Peterson Shabazz became effective February 1, 2009. Sacculturalhub.com/THE HUB
Magazine CONGRATULATES Tara Shabazz in this
notable promotional career advancement. Ms.
Shabazz has worked at CPEDV since its
inception in 2004, and worked with the California Alliance Against
Domestic Violence for two years prior to the formation of CPEDV.
She
brings a wealth of experience to the role of Executive Director,
including non-profit sector work in the areas of management, training,
education, advocacy, and fund development. A native of
Sacramento, Tara holds a Master’s degree in Education, with an emphasis
on Multi-Cultural from California State University, Sacramento. As an
undergraduate at CSUS she majored in Ethnic Studies while on an
scholarship to play Division 1 Softball for the Hornets from 1994-1997.
She currently resides in Elk Grove, California and is the
proud mother of Hasani Shabazz. Visit www.cpedv.org
and download
the official press release. >>read
more
Tara is a
smart, intelligent, and outgoing
young woman whom the Founder of Sacculturalhub.com, Pleshette Robertson
is proud to know as a personal colleague and of whom I also workout
with in a kickboxing class at Fitness System in South Sacramento.
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