We couldn't have been more proud when we hosted our historic Ribbon Cutting Ceremony on September 29th - which officially presented our school and our beautifully renovated school building to the City of Baltimore!

Guest speakers included Ann Tisch, Founder of the Young Women's Leadership Network headquartered in New York, Baltimore City Public School Board Chairman Neil Duke, Founder and Board Chair for BLSYW Brenda Brown Rever, BLSYW Student Morgan Johnson, and Baltimore City Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake.

Among the honored guests was Howard Brown, head of David S. Brown Enterprises, who was the driving force behind the school buildings' beautiful renovations.

Please click here to see the WBAL coverage and click here to see the WBFF coverage of the event. Also, kindly check out our recent Baltimore Sun article.

Again, we thank you for supporting our vision and we look forward to continuing the work of changing lives of the young women in Baltimore together!

On Tuesday, April 27, 2010, BLSYW hosted its inaugural nontraditional career fair, "Cool Women, Hot Jobs!". This informative and entertaining event presented BLSYW students with an opportunity to find out more about some out-of-the-ordinary jobs that are open to them in the future.

Some of the fields covered were an epidemiologist, a special agent for the FBI, an inventor, a Broadway producer,

an architect, a doctor, engineers, and even a stand-up comedian.

The day opened with a networking breakfast for the professional women, followed by a keynote speaker who addressed both the students and speakers alike. After the keynote, each student got the opportunity to visit three different sessions of their choice and actively participated in panel discussions with the professional women. The day ended with the speakers sharing lunch together and talking about their experiences.

"Everyone we approached was extremely excited to partner with us on this program. We had women executives from Lockheed Martin, Under Armour, M&T Bank, the Orioles, the Aquarium.not to mention the numerous entrepreneurs and business owners. We truly brought the Boardroom to the Classroom", states Brenda Rever Brown, Founder and Board Chair of BLSYW.

All of these women love what they do and talked with the students about setting goals and attaining their dreams. Through the careers highlighted, these women were able to bring to the table options that many students might not even know existed, let alone consider. And, now, thanks to CWHJs they know what these powerful women do and how they can follow in their footsteps and have a positive impact on their community!