The 2021 GIVEN Catholic Young Women’s Leadership Forum took place from Wednesday, June 9th through Sunday, June 13th at the Catholic University of America. The annual GIVEN Forum is designed to help young adult Catholic women, with a heart for mission and an aptitude for leadership, identify their particular gifts and find practical pathways to put them in the service of the Gospel. Each Forum applicant proposed an Action Plan–her unique initiative to activate her God-given gifts in the Church and in the world.
We are so grateful to the 2021 Sponsors and Exhibitors! You can watch the 2021 talks on our YouTube channel!
Stories
Meet some of the young women attendees and mentors
who were present at the 2021 GIVEN Forum! Learn about their
Action Plans and how the Forum impacted their lives.
OSV Challenge
At the 2021 Forum, GIVEN was proud to announce that an agreement has been made with the OSV Institute for Catholic Innovation that three Action Plan projects from the 2021 GIVEN Forum cohort will move into the semi-final round of the 2022 OSV Challenge. These three women will be awarded $10,000 in seed money by GIVEN benefactors and then will take part in the OSV Challenge Accelerator and compete to be a finalist with a chance to win a $100,000 prize for their Action Plan.
Teamwork makes dreams work! OSV Institute + GIVEN Institute making the world a better place. Left to Right: Matt Smith, Director of Strategic Alliances for OSV Institute for Catholic Innovation. Rachel Ullmann, Executive Director of GIVEN.
Shannon Ochoa, GIVEN ’16, Co-Founder of Eden Invitation, Winner of the 2020 OSV Challenge. Anna Carter, GIVEN ’16, Co-Founder of Eden Invitation, Winner of the 2020 OSV Challenge. Samantha Kelley, GIVEN ’16, Founder of FIERCE Athlete, Semi-Finalist of 2020 OSV Challenge
What’s next?
Save the date for 2022 Forum
Applications open on November 1 for young adults, mentors and volunteers
GIVEN will welcome over 125 young Catholic women and their lay and consecrated mentors and volunteers for five days of faith formation, leadership training and community building. This flagship event promises to be fruitful!