TAGC Honors Women’s Empowerment with “Be the Heroine of Your Life” Intl. Women’s Day Celebration

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CHICAGO, IL- The Telugu Association of Greater Chicago (TAGC) and American Telangana Sangham (ATS) hosted a successful International Women’s Day event on March 5th, 2023. The event, held at Olive Palace Banquets in Mt. Prospect, brought together over 500 women from the Chicago area to celebrate the theme “Be the heroine of your life”.

The program began with a devotional song by Singer Shruti Thakur and the lighting of the lamp by President of TAGC 2023, Sri Parameswara Reddy Yarasani, along with other prominent leaders and members of TAGC and ATS. The keynote speech was given by guest speaker Smt Vidya Nahar, who spoke about the importance of yoga for women, and was followed by inspiring speeches by Smt Satya Rangaraju and Smt Subhapriya Lakshmanan on women empowerment.

The event also included several exciting activities, such as a fashion walk, reels competition, a guess and grab a saree game, and Kahoot games. The participants were treated to evening snacks and dinner, provided by the TAGC Food team and Cool Mirchi restaurant. The anchor, Sameera Illendula, added great energy to the event with her humor and fun lines.

In keeping with the TAGC tradition of giving back, the participants raised money for two non-profit organizations, the Suguna Foundation and the Akshaya Foundation, which support seniors and children in need. The fundraising efforts were supported by Regal Jewelers, who sponsored gold and silver coins for raffle tickets. Every participant received a return gift, sponsored by Kalyani Jonnavithula of PM consulting.

TAGC President Parameswara Reddy Yarasani and Women’s Day Chair Madhavi expressed their hope that the event would inspire attendees to continue to work towards empowering women in their communities and thanked the sponsors and partners who made the event possible.