IEEW updates
- We are pleased to announce that UPS is once again sponsoring the 2015 PEACE THROUGH BUSINESS® program as well as our 5th Annual Jewel Fashion Show. UPS has been a dedicated, long-time supporter of our program and we are deeply grateful.
- As a past national president of the National Association of Women Business Owners, I am excited to see that Congresswomen Carolyn Maloney and Marsha Blackburn have introduced a resolution to honor NAWBO on its 40th Anniversary. AND, Terry Neese Personnel is celebrating our 40th Anniversary in July! Read About NAWBO Here
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June 23 is the deadline to reserve your hotels in Dallas for the International Women’s Economic Summit and Graduation. Click here for preferred hotels and join us July 17. You won’t want to miss our line-up of thought leaders such as Dr. Patricia Greene, national academic director for Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses initiative and Nina Vaca, a technology leader, and an appointee to the Presidential Ambassadors of Global Entrepreneurship. Register Today.
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Be sure to register for our 5th ANNUAL JEWEL FASHION SHOW Tuesday, July 14.This is an exciting evening that gives our Rwandan and Afghanistan women an opportunity to collaborate with our local organizations that are empowering women across Oklahoma. You will see the positive results of our year-round efforts to lift women up across the world. Register Here
Meet our students
- Fatema Hassani, 2015 PEACE THROUGH BUSINESS® entrepreneur from Afghanistan owns Fanoos Accounting Services Company. Fatema started her education and received her diploma in Iran. She returned to Afghanistan after the collapse of the Taliban and worked in media before starting her accounting company.
- Anna Kaliza, a 2015 PEACE THROUGH BUSINESS® entrepreneur from Rwanda is the owner and managing director of Malaika Media LTD-Rwanda. Anna lost her parents as a small child and started her career at a young age selling products to raise money for her education. She graduated with a business degree from Makerere University Kampala Uganda. To read more about our students click here
On our radar
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Clarisse Iribagiza, 2013 PTB graduate and owner of a mobile tech company HeHe Limited has been recognized as one of 5 women to watch in Africa. Clarisse was also recently recognized by Forbes Magazine as one of 30 most promising young entrepreneurs.
- President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has nominated Judge Anisa Rasooly to the High Council of the Supreme Court of Afghanistan. This is the first woman ever nominated for such a position. Read the full Article
Have you registered?
- PEACE THROUGH BUSINESS® women arrive in the United States from Rwanda and Afghanistan on July 7 for Leadership Development.
- JEWEL Fashion Show: Sports, Health & Fashion come together when Dean Blevins and Dr. Susan Chambers co-emcee one multi-faceted night! You will be inspired by our PEACE THROUGH BUSINESS® Rwandan & Afghan graduates. July 14 at the Will Rogers Theatre and Event Center in Oklahoma City, Co-Chaired by Jan Hill, Eden Salon & Spa, and Cindi Shelby, rmeyers.
- International Women’s Economic Summit: July 17 at AT&T University - Las Colinas, TX. Hear from top thinkers paying it forward by sharing their experience with success, as well as failure. Dr. Patricia Greene, Babson College, and Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Initiative, is just one expert who will be featured. Dr. Greene believes that “an entrepreneur’s success should be measured by a creation of community value, not in monetary terms.”
- 2015 PEACE THROUGH BUSINESS® Graduation: July 17 at the George W. Bush Presidential Center. Carly Fiorina, former Hewlett-Packard CEO, will give our 2015 commencement address. She will highlight the PEACE THROUGH BUSINESS® mission to increase diversity economically, socially and politically.
Let us hear from you about #TTT!
Sincerely,
Dr. Terry Neese
