Tenth-Grader Camille Henderson is a Featured Speaker
at the Women to Watch Awards
Newark High student Camille Henderson
was a featured speaker at the Women to Watch
Awards, presented by Running Start. The
Women to Watch Awards honor young women who have
made great achievements. The awards show
also serves to inspire young women and girls to
take their leadership to another level.
Camille Henderson recently participated in the
Running Start political leadership training.
She explained how important this training was in
gaining confidence, and what a great diverse
group of young women she met at the training.
Journalist Liz Wing, who attended the awards
ceremony, wrote, Her presence on stage was
incredible and her natural speaking ability had
clearly been nurtured at the training. In
speaking to what she is going to do, now that
she is armed with the skills and knowledge from
the workshop, she simply said: Allow me
to show you instead of tell you because I am
going to do things. Big things. I
have no doubt she will.
Running Start is a nonprofit organization
dedicated to inspiring young women and girls to
run for political office. Its goal is to
increase the number of women in the United
States who serve in elected office by planting
the seed early that women are needed in
politics. Training programs emphasize
that political leadership is an attainable and
exciting goal for young women to pursue.
Click here to learn more about Running
Start.
