The Annual Empowerment Conference promotes education, encouragment and empowering others with skills and tools to build upon our personal, civic and professional successes.
The conference will uplift individuals in the Kansas City area, helping them to understand the relationship between their actions and outcomes, and to engage and support each other with marketing resources. We annually host more than 350 guests, while also extending the mission to serve nearly 400 young students in a related High School and Collegiate Connection conference day.
Our 2025 Annual Empowerment Conference will be held on Friday, May 2, 2025. Registration opens soon!
Chamique Holdsclaw
Chamique Holdsclaw was a basketball superstar. From leading The University of Tennessee Volunteers to three straight NCAA national championships with her team and legendary Coach Pat Summitt to the Olympics to the pro basketball, nearly no one has had more focus or drive on the court. And yet underneath, she was pushing down mental health issues that eventually led to a total mental and physical breakdown. After a long journey of learning to manage her illness, Chamique has come back just as fierce. But this time, she’s dedicated her life’s work to mental health and wellness activism--sharing her own personal struggles with depression depicted in her documentary, Mind|Game: The Unquiet Journey of Chamique Holdsclaw.
As a speaker, her talks are incredibly inspiring and have helped many open up about their own mental health issues or assisted those dealing with loved ones who suffer to seek support. Or as Chamique describes it, “being transparent, raw and real to help as many people as I can.”
