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Former WNBA player Laina Whitehead spotlights Sharpen Minds outreach, announces Valentine’s Day stage show
Summary
Laina Whitehead, founder of Sharpen Minds, described the nonprofit’s five initiatives—homelessness, domestic violence, literacy, reentry and women-helping-women—and said recent outreach served "over a 150 people." She announced a Valentine’s Day cultural stage event at the State Theater in New Brunswick and a March 8 children’s book event.
Laina Whitehead, a former WNBA player and founder of the nonprofit Sharpen Minds, told listeners she has spent the last decade building a hybrid life-coaching business and charity that funnels workshop proceeds into community programs.
Whitehead said Sharpen Minds operates five core initiatives—homelessness, domestic violence, a women-helping-women program called "girl versus world," literacy (books and barbershops), and Middlesex County reentry ambassadors—and that the nonprofit has been self-funded since its start. "We have actually been…
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