OUR STORY
Youth EmpowerMe Foundation, Inc. Founder, Olivia Coffey, shares her story and why she started YEMF and the EmpowerHER EmpowerME Summit!
ABOUT YEMF
Youth EmpowerMe Foundation, Inc. is a 501c3 committed to empowering youth and families by providing mentorship, conferences, seminars, resources, and events focusing on social and life skills. YEMF was created to empower parents and youth by allowing them to participate in sessions, activities and events TOGETHER! The Inaugural EmpowerHer EmpowerMe Mother Daughter Virtual Summit launched in June 2020 to meet the social and emotional needs of mothers and daughters during the COVID19 shutdown. The 2nd Annual EmpowerHer EmpowerMe Virtual Summit also took place during the pandemic in March 2021. The foundation has hosted virtual sessions on financial literacy, health and wellness, social emotional development, character building, entrepreneurship, leadership, decision making and family activities and live discussions on domestic violence prevention and personal safety.
MEET THE FOUNDER
Olivia Coffey, Founder
As a Professional School Counselor for over 30 years, Olivia’s passion has always been to educate parents and provide mentoring programs for her students. She realized early in her career that families lacked the necessary tools to help them raise productive citizens. The African proverb, "It takes a village to raise a child" remains her mantra and the purpose of the foundation.