Feb 18: Rochester Program Launch and Fireside Chat w/ Ambassador Attallah Shabazz

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Rochester, NY: Join Us For  the Walker’s Legacy Foundation Enterprising Women of Color Fireside Chat  

Please join us for a featured discussion marking the launch of our Rochester, NY efforts and celebrating Black History Month and women's leadership featuring Ambassador Shabazz, Diplomat, Activist, & Eldest Daughter of Malcolm X and Betty Shabazz in conversation with Natalie Madeira Cofield, Founder & CEO, Walker's Legacy & Walker's Legacy Foundation.

Sponsored by the Rochester Economic Development Corporation,  the Fireside Chat is a one-on-one conversation with Ambassador Shabazz about her mission, her perspective on civil rights, women in leadership, and women in business and will launch the organization’s women of color accelerator, mentorship matchmaking and financial empowerment programming in Rochester, NY.

Featured Speakers:

  • Ambassador Shabazz, Diplomat, Activist, & Eldest Daughter of Malcolm X and Betty Shabazz - A sought-after and captivating speaker, Ambassador Shabazz is a producer, writer, and diplomat who has spoken throughout the United States, Europe, Africa, Central America, and the Caribbean. Inspired by her parents, theirs, and theirs before them, she has led a life focused on human aspiration, societal and business development with strategic evaluation, and practical investment and enrichment outcomes for “definitive beneficiaries.”

  • Natalie Madeira Cofield, CEO/Founder of Walker’s Legacy and Walker’s Legacy Foundation -Natalie is a Rochester native and is the Founder & CEO of Walker’s Legacy and the Walker’s Legacy Foundation. Natalie has provided some of the nation's most prominent CEOs of billion-dollar organizations, executives of global brands, senior advisors to the White House, mayors of leading national cities, and community activists and leaders with inspiration, insight, and advisement.  She was named by Entrepreneur Magazine as one of the 100 Most Powerful Women in Business in 2019 and selected among 137 cover-story business leaders and entrepreneurs from across the nation for her response to COVID-19 in the magazine’s most recent Entrepreneur Magazine July/August 2020 edition cover.   She has also been named as a Women Who Mean Business and one of the 100 Most Powerful Washingtonians by the Washington Business Journal.

Program Details:

  • 2:00 PM: Registration and opening remarks

  • 2:15 PM: Formal Program

  • 2:50PM – 3:00PM: Program Conclusion



About Walker’s Legacy Foundation: Walker’s Legacy Foundation is a global platform for the professional and entrepreneurial multicultural woman. We exist to inspire, equip, and engage through thought-provoking content, educational programming, and a global community.



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