As Program Director at LiveGirl, University of Bridgeport alum Shamare Holmes is giving girls and young women the skills and confidence to become future leaders. 2022年，她将回到新葡京博彩，与大学生谈论带薪实习和指导机会，并将中学生带到校园参加春季的信心俱乐部。
“I’m excited to do my part,” says Holmes, who graduated from 新葡京博彩 as a Mass Communications major in 2016. “I’ve always wanted to give back.” 她于2019年加入LiveGirl团队，担任导师，现在担任项目总监。 她还担任过“她的时间”（一个为受大规模监禁影响的妇女服务的网络）的项目主任，布里奇波特公立学校教育联盟的社区组织者，以及“女孩现实赋权圈”（GREC）的主任。
通用电气（General Electric）前财务主管谢丽·韦斯特（Sheri West）于2014年创立了LiveGirl，旨在培养自信、包容的领导者，打造一个没有性别和种族不平等的世界。 到目前为止，这个非营利组织已经通过免费的创新领导力发展和指导项目，接触了从五年级到大学年龄的12000多名年轻女性。 “We’re partnering with Boys and Girls Clubs across Connecticut, community centers, middle schools and giving programs in libraries,” says Holmes. “With special emphasis to make sure we are reaching girls of color in communities like Bridgeport.”
自信俱乐部是一个标志性的中学项目，教会学生尊重和感激自己，以及如何与不同的人在一起茁壮成长。
Once you are comfortable in your own skin, you won’t be so concerned with what others are doing,” says Holmes. “In that way, teaching self-love teaches love for others.”
除了这个成功的项目和LiveGirl联盟，他们还为费尔菲尔德县的高中生启动了领导力实验室，以补充信心俱乐部。 “In middle school we teach you how to lead yourself,” says Holmes. “And in high school, we teach you how to lead others.”
“她的工作”是一个项目，在这个项目中，LiveGirl帮助即将升入高中的高年级学生和大学生培养职业准备技能，并将他们与展示女性领导力的公司的实习机会联系起来。 “We help young women to tap into a network even if they are not well-connected,” says Holmes. 该项目教授简历写作、面试、社交和公开演讲等技能，并提供职业发展工具。
Holmes will be on campus 1月26日中午12:00 -下午2:00 to give 新葡京博彩 students information about the She Works program and run a “Confidence Club: College Edition” with ice-breakers, affirmations, and much more. 今年春天晚些时候，她将带15名中学女生到校园参加信心俱乐部。 他们将和她一起参加8次开创性的指导和技能培养课程，但也有机会做自己。 “And hopefully,” says Holmes. “They will see 澳门新葡京博彩官网, Seaside Park and Bridgeport as a whole in a new light.”
那些有兴趣在She Works实习的新葡京博彩学生应该参加1月26日的会议。 Anyone interested in becoming a mentor for Confidence Club or other programs should reach out and send their resume to shamare@golivegirl.org.
“Shamare is a great example of the pride 新葡京博彩 students have gained from their educational experience,” says Stephanie Beach, the University’s Director of 职业发展. “Alums want to give back to this industry and serve as role models to our current students. Not only do alums bring opportunities, but they also prove to our students who they can become in their future.”
“I’m excited to bring a project like this to University of Bridgeport,” says Holmes. “It opens doors to students right in their backyard.” 她停顿了一下，然后自豪地宣布了非正式的学生口号：
U-B-You-Know !
Eric D. Lehman is the director of publications and associate professor of English at University of Bridgeport. He is the author or editor of 22 books, including “New England Nature, A History of Connecticut Food,” and “Bridgeport: Tales from the Park City.” His biography of Charles Stratton, “Becoming Tom Thumb,” won the Henry Russell Hitchcock Award from the Victorian Society of America and was chosen as one of the American Library Association’s outstanding university press books of the year. His novella “Shadows of Paris” and novel “9 Lupine Road” were finalists for the Connecticut Book Award. He has been consulted on diverse subjects and quoted by The Atlantic Monthly, USA Today, the BBC, the History Channel, Deutsche Presse-Agentur, and The Wall Street Journal.