Queen Arise Teen Empowerment Summit
July 11, 2020 | 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Do you feel like there is something calling you for greater? It’s a feeling that makes your heart desire more in life. It’s a pestering question that is always asking what’s next for my life. Well, the time is NOW, it’s time for you Queen, yes you, to ARISE for such a time as this. (Esther 4:14)
I Am A Queen will host the “Queen Arise” Teen Empowerment Summit on Saturday, July 11 from 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. This event is a FREE virtual experience for girls ages 10-18. It’s sure to be a game-changer!
“Queen Arise” is a call-to-action for girls in our city to come into their royal positions. Our goal is to activate the confidence within participants to lead, organize, and ultimately empower other girls to be Queens.
This year’s summit will offer two life coaching sessions which girls can choose between. These sessions will focus on uncovering and activating a girl’s confidence and leadership skills.
Each participant will receive a conference packet in the mail before July 11. Registration is required.
Disclaimer: The “Queen Arise” Teen Empowerment Summit is designed for girls who are serious about achieving their goals within the next 90 days. We hope this summit will ignite an internal fire and motivate girls to seek their highest potential.
We look forward to seeing the results produced from Queen Arise.
Our Speakers
Judge Lora Cubbage | Welcome
Judge Lora Cubbage is a North Carolina Superior Court Judge in District 18A (Guilford County). She is a native of Shenandoah, Virginia and relocated to Greensboro, N.C. in 1994 to pursue a career as a barber. For 17 years, she spent many hours behind a barber chair getting to know the cares and concerns of the citizens of Greensboro She is an alumna of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University and received her juris doctorate degree from the University of North Carolina School of Law.
Cubbage began her legal career as an assistant district attorney in Guilford County prosecuting cases for the state of North Carolina. For six years, she served as an assistant DA and in 2018, she was appointed by Governor Roy Cooper to the Superior Court bench.
As a current superior court judge, Judge Cubbage travels to different counties to preside over the highest trial court in the State. She has had the opportunity to preside over cases from murder to felony larceny.
Judge Cubbage views her judgeship as a position of trust and as an opportunity for service. She is collaborating with community, business, and justice partners to improve the courts wherever possible and is working to help ensure North Carolina courts are open, fair, and welcoming to our citizens and businesses.
Carrie Cook Wilson | Session: Queens of Action
Carrie Cook Wilson is the founder of EmpowHERment, a mentoring and advocacy organization that has served over 1,000 girls and women in her hometown of Charlotte, N.C. since 2012. She is also the executive director of the GreenLight Fund, also based in Charlotte, N.C., that is an organization dedicated to transforming the lives of children, youth, and families in high poverty urban areas.
Carrie is committed to empowering people locally and globally. She has traveled to over 25 countries (on all 7 continents!) with her mother and continues to be a connector of girls and women across the world. Her career experience includes roles with the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce, United States Senate, Department of Public Instruction, and AmeriCorps as a Public Ally Fellow.
Among her leadership positions and awards, Carrie served as the Public Policy Chair of the Junior League of Charlotte, is a member of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Housing Advisory Board, a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority; and a recipient of the Harvey B. Gantt Community Service Award from the National Forum for Black Public Administrators, the UNCF Maya Angelou Leadership Award and the YWCA Emerging Leader Woman of the Year Award. Cook was an inaugural member of the World Economic Forum Charlotte Global Shapers Hub. She received her undergraduate degree from UNC at Greensboro, her master of public administration from UNC at Chapel Hill, and completed the nonprofit management program at Wake Forest University.
Cheena Headen Wright | Session: Activating Your Confidence
Cheena Headen Wright is an inspirational speaker, author, mentor, and coach. She is the founder of the Triple Empowerment Network, 1000WomenInMotion, and PINK4CHEE. She is also the author of “Until Further Notice Celebrate Everything the Journal” and compiler of the anthology, “Unleased Travails: From Pain to Purpose, and “Surviving A Triple Negative Diagnosis,” where she shares steps on how she survived a breast cancer diagnosis.
Cheena is also the founder of Breakout Mindset Mentoring and Coaching. During her certification process to become an Emotional Healing Life Coach, she realized the desire to help others takes inspired actions spiritually, mentally, emotionally, and physically in order to change the dynamics of their life.
Cheena is the proud recipient of the 2018 Woman of the Year Award for ACHI WSWA Magazine and the recipient of the “Trials to Triumph Award.”