About the IWD PowerTalk Group Mentoring Program: 

IWD features a PowerTalk Mentoring Program with mentees including young career professionals, local college students, emerging leaders from our sponsors, and community organization participants who will be joined by IWF member mentors. Mentors will share insights with mentees, and the session is moderated by Natosha Reid Rice. PowerTalk takes place during the International Women's Day annual event, and mentees are invited to participate in the full program prior to the mentoring session. 

Objectives:

1. To uplift and empower rising graduates and young professionals by meeting IWF mentors who are champions in their career.
2. To provide an opportunity for IWF members to share their insight and advice with mentees to impact their professional decisions and life.
3. To create an opportunity for IWF Georgia members to empower young professionals at a critical point in their lives before they join begin their professional journey.

IWD PowerTalk Moderator: 

Natosha Reid Rice is VP Global Housing Opportunities and Mission Engagmeent for Habitat for Humanity International.  Natosha is an attorney, ordained minister, inspirational speaker, and life coach dedicated to justice and community empowerment. She serves as Associate General Counsel for Real Estate and Finance at Habitat for Humanity International, helping provide affordable housing nationwide. In addition, she is an Associate Pastor for Women’s Ministries at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta. Passionate about justice, she speaks widely on faith, race, gender equity, and leadership and has advocated for policies protecting victims of human trafficking and workplace fairness for women. A Harvard Law graduate, she lives in Atlanta with her husband and their three children.

Event Timeline: 

8:30 am – 9:00 am General Session Arrival / Networking

9:00 am – 1:30 pm* International Women’s Day Program

1:30 pm – 3:00 pm PowerTalk Mentorship Program

Contact us:For questions and assistance, please contact Jennifer Langley, IWF Georgia Forum Executive & IWD Event Director, jlangley@iwfgeorgia.org. 

IWD 2026 PowerTalk Co-chairs:

Monica Khant
Executive Director, Asian American Institute on Gender Based Violence

Sarah Gershon
Director, WomenLead Program, Georgia State University