Neena Speer: Making Black History with the Step 1-2-3 Mentor Initiative Posted on February 16, 2018December 17, 2020 By Dangerous Lee Photo by David Williams Neena Speer Was Born To Be A CEO From an early age my mother always told me, “You’re going to be a CEO!” I didn’t quite understand until she was invited to be a Pre-Law Diversity Talks™ Speaker at the 2015 National Diversity Pre-Law Conference held in Washington, D.C. While speaking on “The Importance of Diversity in Leadership Development,” the fire was ignited. I met phenomenal pre-law students from across the country that were interested in having a mentor for their developmental process. Recalling a plan I started to develop as an eight-year-old, I started planning the Step 1-2-3 Mentor for Life Initiative. Now I am seeing my young dream realized and my mother’s words and father’s faith in me taking root as we are in our second year and putting on our Inaugural Conference. I am blessed to receive the encouragement and support of my family. Photo by Leslie Jones Do The Right Thang There is a mantra that I live by that was always insisted upon in my household and that I bring to this mentoring program, “Do the right things for the right reasons and you will never fail.” I bring this into my schoolwork, my business, my family, my friendships, and with every new connection. Step 1-2-3 Mentor for Life Initiative is my baby, but more importantly, it is to help others find encouragement in all areas. My name is Neena Speer, and I am the Founder and Executive Director of this amazing organization and Proud Alumni of the Illustrious Howard University. In my 3rd Year of Law School at The University of Alabama School of Law, God helped me through friends and family bring my own dream to life. I wanted to enable others to follow and pursue their dreams, and with amazing support from a phenomenal board of directors, we impact lives in a huge way from: continuous mentorship, Speaker Series, Community Outreach, and Field Trips for our students. Photo by Leslie Jones Thanks for reading my story and hope it helps share what we do and who we are and how I aim to be a part of Black History in 2018 for starting and implementing our first conference for the community that caters to students and adults of all ages figure out their LOST period. Donations can be directed through Crowdwise. Website: step123mentor.org IG: @step123mentor Facebook: step123mentor IG: @Neena_rani Facebook: Neena Speer About Author Dangerous Lee administrator Content Creator and Everythang in Chief of Dangerous Lee Publishing. See author's posts Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)MoreClick to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) Related Black History Month #BlackGirlMagic#BlackGirlsRockBlack girlsBlack History MonthBlack women in lawdiversityHoward UniversityLaw schoolmentorshipNeena Speerpre-law studentsStep 123 mentor
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