On Oct 27, the Bakhita Empowerment Initiative staff had their annual retreat in Elizabethtown, KY. The focus of the retreat was program growth and transitions, finances, administration, implementation, and self-care.

Pictured left to right are Heidi Reyes (Owensboro), Mariya Kobayashi (Louisville), Marissa Castellanos (director), Amy Nace-DeGonda (assistant director), Raquell Jackson (Louisville), Tamar Israel (prevention education), and Rebecca Banks (Lexington).