5th Annual Power Brunch VA Brings Hampton Roads’ Women Together to Benefit Breast Cancer Awareness

Remember when I attended the Power Brunch VA last year? It was amazing, so I was excited to be invited back again this year as the official blogger for the 5th annual women’s networking event. The Power Brunch VA brings together 300 women from all walks of life in Hampton Roads and from afar. Event founder Terria Hills is a local makeup artist and real estate agent. This year’s event had a ‘shades of pink’ theme for breast cancer awareness.

Attendees arrived at the Roma Lodge dressed in all shades of pink looking amazing, and had the chance to take advantage of the decked out Photo Booth and a wide variety of vendors. Brittany Sump, a local artist, created an amazing painting during the event that would later be given away as a prize.

VIP ticket holders received reserved seating as well as a very heafty swag bag filled with goodies from several local businesses. The brunch menu was catered by Alicia Keene, and the dessert bar was done by Dulce Momentz again this year.

As with last year’s brunch, there were several guest speakers and performances to keep attendees entertained. We started the afternoon with a drag performance, and also enjoyed performances from She Sangs and TRK Band. There were also a ton of amazing giveaways.

Guest speakers included Dr. Shaughanassee Williams, founder of HealthyHER Center for Women. She shared some statistics about breast cancer in Hampton Roads that were staggering. She also shared tips on how to improve our overall health, breast cancer prevention, and the importance of regular check ups and testing. Ebony Porter-Ike of the epiMediaGroup, a global PR firm, talked about branding and marketing. She talked about the importance of your personal brand, and even took some questions from the audience about growing your business and what key people does everyone need on their team.

The keynote speaker was Dr. Vanessa Jenkins Hightower, the founder of Sentencing Options LLC and Progressive Leadership Management. Last year, Dr. Jenkins Hightower spoke about discovering your purpose, and determining your why. This year, she talked about how to act in your purpose and bring your vision into fruition.

To catch some snippets of the event, head over to my Instagram and click on the Events highlight – I’ve saved all my IG Stories from the event there. It was very sad to see this event come to an end, because this was going to be the fifth and FINAL Power Brunch VA. But because of the positive feedback and requests to keep it going, Terria has decided to take a break and bring the brunch back in 2020. Be sure to follow Terria to be alerted when tickets go on sale, and to keep up with all that she has going on with her successful businesses in the meantime. CLICK HERE to follow her Instagram page or email powerbrunchva757@gmail.com!