Leadership, community service, scholarship and fellowship were on full display recently in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, where members of the Memphis chapter of Jack and Jill of America joined hundreds of teens from the organization’s southeastern region for its 70th annual teen leadership conference.
The four-day regional confab themed “Black to the Future: Powered by Legacy, Driven by Vision” featured workshops and social activities for teen members to learn about purposeful leadership, while strengthening the bonds that connect Jack and Jill chapters across the five-state region.
Jack and Jill, an 88-year-old membership nonprofit, was founded in Philadelphia by 20 Black mothers whose goal was to create educational, cultural and social opportunities to help their children thrive…