Join us at 5:30pm for a networking session followed by the film screening of SHE RISES UP at 6pm and a post-screening panel featuring the film's director Maureen Castle Tusty and local women entrepreneurs.
The film follows the struggles of three resilient women determined to battle poverty by establishing and sustaining businesses, thereby empowering their communities. The talkback will explore local entrepreneurship, funding options, success stories and roadblocks, and ways audiences can take action.
MODERATOR
Stephanie Melnick, founder of She Stands Tall and owner of Melnick and Melnick, S.C.
PANELISTS
Maureen Castle Tusty, director of SHE RISES UP
Angela Mallett, CEO and Founder of Honeybee Sage Wellness & Apothecary
Kathryn Dunn, President/Chief Visionary Officer of Wisconsin Women's Business Initiative Corporation (WWBIC)
LaShawndra Vernon, CEO and Founder of Pryme Solutions.
The Cinematic Sisterhood series is sponsored by the Women's Fund of Greater Milwaukee.
