Marjorie Harvey (4th row, second from left) and State Farm Executive Pam El (fourth row, right) with 100 enthusiastic teenage girls at GWRTW weekend
*Last weekend in Atlanta, 100 lucky young Georgian ladies got the opportunity to join seminars and workshops on the pressures and pitfalls of teenage life with celebrities from the Steve & Marjorie Harvey Foundation.
Host Marjorie Harvey, singer/songwriter Keri Hilson, State Farm Executive Pam El, The View co-host Sherri Shepherd, and actress Wendy Raquel Robinson join some of the 100 teenage girls at the Steve and Marjorie Harvey Foundation's Girls Who Rule the World mentor weekend
This organization hosted its first annual Girls Who Rule The World Mentoring Weekend with help coming from The View co-host Sherri Shepherd, singer/songwriter Keri Hilson, actresses Terri Vaughn and Wendy Raquel Robinson, and other trusted female business leaders and entertainers.
Marjorie Harvey presents an award to State Farm Executive Pam El in celebration of their collaboration in this year's first Girls Who Rule the World weekend, hosted by The Steve and Marjorie Harvey Foundation
State Farm co-sponsored the event with other big corporations to help out the weekend long event in the Omni CNN Center.
Mrs. Harvey takes a picture with one of the teenagers as other girls look on and socialize
Keri Hilson performs in front of 100 lucky girls, most of whom were about as ready for the occasion as the photographer!
“Since Georgia has the highest number of high school drop outs and third highest prostitution rates among teenage girls, GWRTW is designed to offer these girls the life skills needed to overcome teenage obstacles and establish a path to success,” Marjorie Harvey, President of The Steve and Marjorie Harvey Foundation, says.
From left to right: Marjorie Harvey, Perri "Pebbles" Reid, and and State Farm Executive Pam El
GWRTW speakers and workshops focused on increasing self-reliance and high esteem. Speakers and leaders included Rosalind Brewer (Executive Vice President, Wal-Mart U.S. and President, Wal-Mart Stores South), Brenda Freeman (Chief Marketing Officer, Turner Broadcasting) and singer/songwriter and former TLC manager Perri “Pebbles” Reid. Topics included the importance of making healthy decisions, professional etiquette, appropriate dress, and even making the right sexual choices that decrease health risks.