Sista-2-Sista Youth Summit Photos

This Saturday at St. Francis College in Brooklyn, New York, approximately 100 high school girls from the New York area gathered for a day-long event focused on the empowerment of women. The students experienced an inspiring day of panel discussions, workshops and live entertainment, centered around self-awareness. The program was hosted by The Gye Nyame Empowerment Project, a New York-based non-profit organization.

ESSENCE.com spoke to some of the blooming teens about their experience at the summit and how they felt about interacting with some of their community’s brightest minds.