Happy summer! We hope you have fantastic plans as things start to open up after a summer of staying at home during 2020.

There are great opportunities to get your kids engaged and empowered! GirlSpring is offering SHEcamp, where participants will enjoy sisterhood, humor, and empowerment. Gross Out Camp teaches your kids about science in a fun and engaging way. Using self-directed activities, the camp helps develop critical thinking skills.

Also this summer, Momentum is excited to launch our fourth year of our Upward early-career program. The program leverages Momentum’s expertise and alumnae network to develop the next generation of talented leadership.

We accept applications June through August of the current year for the class beginning in February of the following year.

apply or refer to Upward

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Join Us on Youtube!

Momentum Matters, our newly launched podcast, features guest expert speakers alongside our CEO, April Benetollo. You can access our podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and more, but some people prefer to see the faces behind the audio!

Our Youtube channel shows the visual component of each podcast episode. Click the picture above to hear about mental health from Dr. Lisa Graham, organizational psychologist at McDonald Graham, and

C. Rene Washington, master coach at Career Triage.

In June, we're celebrating Pride Month with two incredible speakers. First, we'll feature recent executive class 18 alumna Dr. Lindsay Sutton, founder of Two Ravens, an innovation consulting firm specializing in research, development, and engagement. She works as the Lead Behavioral Designer & Business Strategist there. She is also the founder of Tech Equals, Central Alabama's first LGBTQ+ professional organization for tech and tech adjacent industries.

We'll also feature Eva Kendrick, who was the Alabama State Director for the Human Rights Campaign, which serves as America's largest civil rights organization working to achieve LGBTQ+ equality. She is now the Executive Director of the Alabama Alliance, a nonprofit organization working to support statewide civic engagement, participatory democracy, and advocacy strategies and programs through a coordinated network of nonprofit partner organizations.

COVID-19 Sent Women's Workforce Progress Backwards

The collapse of the childcare industry and reductions is school supervision hours as a result of COVID-19 are driving hundreds of thousands of mothers out of the workforce. Four times as many women as men dropped out of the labor force in September 2020… approximately 865,000 women compared with 216,000 men.

Since the beginning of the pandemic, Momentum has been working to support women in business by:

creating webinars on mental wellness and professional development
launching a podcast, Momentum Matters, with expert speakers
offering free mentor matching to the community
developing a Men with Momentum program