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The new volunteer engagement program will launch this fall, and the organization needs Athens community members, including college students, to participate. Volunteers have to be 18 years or older, pass a background check with the school system, and go through an application process and an interview by current girls in the program.  

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The Athens Regional Library System partnered with Becoming Empowered through Education Inc., to host a four-day leadership camp for rising senior girls at Cedar Shoals High School from June 24-27. With the completion of the camp, rising seniors will become mentors for younger female high schoolers beginning in August.  

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When she was denied acceptance into a women’s organization at Westlake High School in 2013, Akilah Blount began her own club, Becoming Empowered through Education Inc., to create a safe and supportive environment for high school girls.