From Staff Reports
NEW CASTLE The 14th annual Lawrence County Women’s Conference will be held on Aug. 21 at The Villa Banquet Hall, 2500 New Butler Road. The event will be from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Registration and shopping will start at 8 a.m.
The Lawrence County’s Women’s Conference was started by Georgia Berner, former CEO of Berner International, to enlighten women on important issues such as politics, business, and self-preservation. United Way has continued to spearhead this event with the help of local women in leadership.
The keynote speaker for the event is Maggie Feinstein, director of the 10:27 Healing Partnership in Pittsburgh. Feinstein is a master’s level therapist who has distinguished herself in the field of integrated mental health, or working within the medical community to provide brief interventions within the context of medical visits since 2009. She primarily worked in communities with high levels of trauma and poor access to mental health suppor