It is after much reflection and consideration that we share the following important update with you all: after operating for the last 2.5 years as a nonprofit organization, Valerie Faust, Executive Director, and the Blossom & Flourish Board have made the decision to dissolve B&F as a nonprofit effective this March. But don't worry! While this may be the end of B&F as a nonprofit, it is not the end our vision to raise up a generation of young, empowered, female leaders. Once

Happy #InternationalWomensDay! Here's an update about what we've been up to this last year and some women who inspire us. 😀💪🏼 #BlossomandFlourish #GrowingGirlstoGreatness #WomenWhoInspire #WomenWhoLead #WomenofImpact #updates #womenempowerment #nonprofit #leadershipdevelopment

Did you know that the Center for American Progress reports that women earn almost 60% of undergraduate degrees and 60% of all master’s degrees, and yet women make up only 14.6% of executive officers, 8.1% of top earners, and 4.6% of Fortune 500 CEOs? Or that the United States currently ranks 60th in women’s political empowerment on the Gender Gap Index, and the world average for women in national parliaments is 21% – slightly above the 18% in the U.S. House of Representatives