Ferebee Enterprises International

Janice Ferebee, MSW, is an author, speaker, award-winning female empowerment expert, retired non-profit professional, and two-time DC elected official, with a Master of Social Work from the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Social Policy & Practice (SP2), dedicated to HELPING GIRLS GROW UP GREAT! She is the founder & Chief Woman Warrior (CWW) of Ferebee Enterprises International, LLC (FEI), a global female empowerment social enterprise. She has also been blessed with the distinction of being featured on BET’s Teen Summit, The Oprah Winfrey Show, and I/m a 2003 ESSENCE Award Winner, for her engaging & innovative GOT IT GOIN’ ON® (GIGO) empowerment books and program for girls of color.

FEI’s products and services include the timely revised edition of the GIGO personal development & social-emotional learning handbook series for girls & young women of color | A MUST HAVE for every girl’s personal library; GIGO Empowerment Merchandise (GIGO Caps, Tee Shirts & Tote bags); Consulting; and Energizing Speaking Engagements.

Her life’s purpose is to EMPOWER THE NEXT GENERATION OF WOMEN WARRIORS OF COLOR! She turned over 40 years of unique personal experience & professional expertise, which includes being the first African American Models Editor for Seventeen Magazine (late 1970s), into tools to help educators, parents, practitioners and leaders of girl-serving organizations, to empower girls and young women of color — to build confidence and cultural pride, develop personal action plans, and create blueprints for their lives. A purchase from Janice = WISDOM, EXPERIENCE, STRENGTH, & HOPE!

“I will do this work until I take my last breath,” quoted by Janice on The Oprah Winfrey Show . . .