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The women’s empowerment event celebrates the heritage, culture and achievements of women. Specifically, the event focuses on the influence that black women have had on American culture.
THE WRAL APP ON YOUR TV OR STREAMING DEVICE WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT CELEBRATES HERITAGE CULTURE AND WOMEN’S ACHIEVEMENT. >> AND WRAL IS A PROUD SPONSOR OF THIS YEAR’S EVENT. SO WE INVITED THE ORGANIZER KAREN CLARK WITH FOXY. WHAT IS A 7.0. 1, 1, 0, 4.3 TO JOIN US LIVE AND TALK ABOUT THIS STAR EVENT STARTING THIS WEEKEND AND RALEIGH CARE AND WE ARE SO EXCITED. IT ATTRACTS TEN OF THOUSANDS TO THE PNC ARENA MY FIRST YEAR AT RALEIGH. THAT WAS THE FIRST THING I WANTED TO DO. TELL US ABOUT THIS YEAR’S FAME. OH MY GOD. THIS WILL THANK YOU FOR HAVING US. AND WE ARE VERY HAPPY TO BE BACK AFTER A >> YEAR HIATUS. IT WAS COMPLETELY OUT OF OUR CONTROL. BUT WE ARE SUPER EXCITED BY THIS EVENT TO GET EVERYONE BACK TOGETHER IN THE PNC ARENA WORK. SO HAPPY TO HAVE YOU HERE. JOIN THE GET READY DAY OF NATIONAL ARTISTS AND SPEAKERS. MY FAVORITE PART IS SHOPPING. WE HAVE TONS OF LOCAL SUPPLIERS WHO WILL BE THERE IT’S GOING TO BE A GREAT DAY FOR WOMEN TO GET TOGETHER AND TAKE TIME FOR OURSELVES IN THE EAST, SO FUN. TELL US ABOUT THIS YEAR’S INCREDIBLE KEYNOTE SPEAKER. >> SO SHERRI SHEPHERD WILL JOIN US THIS YEAR. SHERRY DID IT ALL. SHE HAS BEEN A STAND-UP ACTRESS. >> SHE IS AN ACTRESS. MANY PEOPLE, OF COURSE, REMEMBER HER WHEN SHE WAS ON SIGHT. NOW SHE OFFICIALLY RESUMES THE WENDY WILLIAMS SHOW WILL BE THE SHERRI SHEPHERD SHOW THIS FALL. SO WE HAVE A LOT TO TALK WITH HER AND IT WILL BE RELEASED HERE ON FOX 50. SO WE ARE VERY LUCKY TO HAVE THIS HONOR. >> AIR WAVES COMING SOON. THERE IS A FULL LINEUP OF SOME OF THE NATION’S GREATEST RECORDING ARTISTS. WHO CAN WE EXPECT TO SEE ON STAGE? >> WE HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE A SHIPMENT THAT HAS BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR MONTHS THAT YOU THINK I REMEMBER BUT I HAVE MY BUYER HERE. IN ADDITION TO SHARING, WE HAVE HANK, WE HAVE ROCKING DIVINE ERICA. CAMPBELL, DAVID BANNER TAMIL A MAN, BYRON CAGE AND LOU NELL WE HAVE SOME GREAT SEMINARS WHICH WILL FOCUS ON THE MAIN AND WE JUST TRY TO UNDERSTAND THEM AS THEY CAN BE RUSTLING. WE ARE GOING TO TALK A LOT ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH CAREER WORK, LIFE BALANCE, SOMETHING WE ALL TRY TO UNDERSTAND, ESPECIALLY IN THIS KIND OF BEGINNING TO BE A POST-COVID WORLD. AND WE JUST WANT TO GIVE WOMEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE, CELEBRATE, AND DISCOVER HOW TO MAKE EVERYTHING WORK AND HAVE A GOOD TIME. IT IS REALLY FASCINATING. YOU KNOW, THIS YEAR IS SO IMPORTANT JUST GETTING OUT OF THE PANDEMIC AND RESTRICTING THINGS AS NORMAL. I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU. WHY DO YOU THINK IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO HOST A WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT EVENT? >> LISTEN, THIS IS SO Juggling EVERYTHING TO DO IT. OKAY. WE DO WHAT WE DO WORK AND KIDS AT HOME AND TAKE CARE OF OURSELVES AND WOMEN HAVE A HARD TIME PUTTING US FIRST. WE PUT EVERYONE FIRST AND THIS EVENT IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME SPEAKERS TO DIRECTLY ADDRESS OUR PROBLEMS THAT THE THINGS WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT. THE THINGS WE MUST TAKE CARE OF. SO IT’S GREAT AND A LOT OF PEOPLE COME FROM AWAY AND MAKE IT THEIR ANNUAL GIRLS TRIP BECAUSE IT’S SUCH AN EMPOWERING EVENT AND THERE IS SO MUCH GREAT INFORMATION GIVEN SO IT’S JUST A DAY FOR US TO FOCUSING ON OURSELVES AND HAVING A GOOD TIME GETTING IT CARE. AND WHERE CAN PEOPLE GO TO LEARN MORE? AND THEY MUST GET THOSE TICKETS TOO. THEN OF SURE THEY CAN GO TO OUR FOX THE NC DOT COM WEBSITE. WE HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION AND WE CONTINUE TO PUBLISH INFORMATION. IT SEEMS OUR EARLY BECAUSE WE ARE VERY CLOSE. AND OF COURSE, THERE ARE STILL A FEW TICKETS LEFT FOR THE EVENT AT THE PNC ARENA THIS WEEKEND. YOU CAN GO TO TICKETMASTER DOT COM, WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT LAUNCHES THIS SATURDAY AT PNC THE KAREN CLARK JOINING US LIVE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR JOINING US.
