For our 11/5/22 Branch Meeting, Luncheon, and Fundraiser at Reginato Ristorante in Lake Katrine, we were excited to welcome guest speaker Glenda Milner. The theme was: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Supporting the Next Generation. Jordan Scruggs and Gigi Smith, co-chairs of our branch DEI committee, and branch president Lynn Gore, organized the event.

Forty-four AAUW Kingston members, guests, and students attended the luncheon. Members sponsored eight students from the New Start Program at SUNY Ulster.

Thank you for speaking, Glenda, and thanks to all who made this fundraiser a complete success!

Gigi Smith and Jordan Scruggs (R) with our student attendees!

Guest speaker Glenda Milner, President and Founder,
1More Inc. (email: info1moreinc@gmail.com)
Website: 1Moreinc.org  (1More Inc.’s mission is to provide guidance and resources to help prepare today’s youth to be tomorrow’s leaders.)

Part 1 of Glenda Milner’s presentation:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TTqQBpws2lALkK88PNw1geZgcRhMq7EK/view

Part 2 of Glenda’s presentation (includes audience participation plus Q&A):
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eYNciQZKAARvMyB3dwgX0c0CJQdD5yUn/view

Photo credit: Lynn Gore, Gloria Waslyn
Video credit: Gloria Waslyn

Glenda Milner is a long-time resident of Ulster County, where she resides with her husband and five children. She has a passion for youth development and community. It was from this passion that 1More Inc. was founded. A program that provides mentorship, life skills, job skills, networking, and leadership development to females ages 15-20. This program gives these young women the tools they need to be successful in school and in the workforce, as well as, the necessary life skills to become future leaders and agents of change in their communities.
Glenda has a successful background in leadership and people development across a variety of fields including banking, retail, family advocacy programs, youth advocacy programs, and human resources just to name a few. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology, and an MBA.

She has spent many years honing her development and leadership skills as well as her financial acumen. She brings these skills and knowledge to the 1More organization to help strengthen and build not only the organization and its members, but the community as well. Her commitment to the community can be seen in her involvement with organizations such as the Junior League of Kingston, Kingston Midtown Rising and her involvement with her church. In all of these roles she is able to help identify and meet some of the needs in the community and support the community through several volunteer opportunities.