A young girl attends the 2024 Black Girl Joy Festival conducted by the California Black Women’s Collective Empowerment Institute. The institute is launching the Holly J. Mitchell Girls Empowerment Leadership Institute in February to empower young women between 13 and 18.

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By Darlene Donloe

Contributing Writer

LOS ANGELES — A program designed to uplift and inspire young Black girls by giving them the skills and confidence to succeed will be introduced early next year thanks to the efforts of the California Black Women’s Collective Empowerment Institute, in partnership with Mount Saint Mary’s University.

The Holly J. Mitchell Girls Empowerment Leadership Institute will be a seven-month leadership academy designed to equip middle and high school girls, ages 13-18, with the

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