Event hosted by First Lady at the White House celebrated International Day of the Girl Child
WASHINGTON – Breanna and Brooke Bennett, co-founders of Women In Training, Inc. returned to the White House last week, at the invitation of First Lady Dr. Jill Biden, as participants in the second annual “Girls Leading Change” celebration.
The event at the White House on Oct. 10, 2024, recognized the profound impact young women are having on their communities and their efforts to strengthen our country for generations to come. Breanna and Brooke were among the first 15 young women leaders who were selected as honorees by the White House Gender Policy Council last year because of their efforts through Women In Training, Inc. to end period poverty.
Dr. Biden invited Breanna and Brooke, along with other honorees from last year’s event, to the second annual “Girls Leading Change” celebration on Oct. 10, where they met, greeted and congratulated a new group of 10 young women who received the same honor this year.
“In honor of International Day of the Girl, First Lady Dr. Jill Biden celebrated young women leaders who are leading change in their communities and shaping a brighter, stronger future for our country and the world,” the White House said in a statement.
“We are honored that First Lady Dr. Jill Biden invited us to return to the ‘Girls Leading Change’ event at the White House this year to meet and congratulate the new group of young women who are making a difference in the world,” Breanna Bennett said. “I was excited to meet the new group of girls and inspired by the many projects they are working on to make their communities better, the same way my sister, Brooke, and I are making our community better by working to end period poverty.”
Her sister, Brooke, agreed.
“Dr. Jill Biden is one of my biggest inspirations, and it was also inspiring to see so many young women like me and my sister, Breanna, who are part of a community of like-minded young people who are change-makers in the world,” Brooke Bennett said.
One in four American girls and young women skip school or miss work because they cannot afford sanitary pads or tampons to stay healthy and clean during their period. To alleviate
period poverty, Women in Training, Inc. teenage twin co-founders, Breanna and Brooke, inspired and successfully advocated for the passage of Alabama State Rep. Rolanda Hollis’ HB 50 that allocates $400,000 annually to Title I schools to provide menstrual supplies for more than 56,000 menstruating girls statewide.
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