Rasheda Williams
Award-winning speaker, author and social impact founder.
Rasheda Kamaria Williams is a champion for changemakers and social impact founders, helping them amplify their missions and expand their reach. With a passion for storytelling, she combines strategic communications expertise with a deep commitment to making a difference.
In 2010, she founded Empowered Flower Girl, a social enterprise on a mission to transform the way young relate to one another, others and themselves. Leveraging her PR and communications background, Rasheda earned numerous accolades on behalf of the company.
In honor of her work with Empowered Flower Girl and other organizations and institutions, Rasheda was named one of “29 Inspirational Female Entrepreneurs Who Are Positively Impacting the World” and featured in Exeleon magazine as one of “15 Dynamic Entrepreneurs of 2020.” In 2021, MentHer magazine featured Rasheda in its “Top 20 Social Impact Founders” list. In 2022, she was named among Hope magazine’s “Hope 25” and honored as a “Community Icon” by Esteem We/Detroit Possible. In July 2023 and 2024, Rasheda was recognized by Acquisition International magazine as a top “Social Impact Business Founder” and is a 2024 Presidential Lifetime Achievement Award recipient.
Through Inspired Life Professionals, Rasheda empowers changemakers to and get the media attention, awards and accolades they deserve for the good they do in the world.
Rasheda Kamaria Williams is a champion for changemakers and social impact founders, helping them amplify their missions and expand their reach. With a passion for storytelling, she combines strategic communications expertise with a deep commitment to making a difference.
In 2010, she founded Empowered Flower Girl, a social enterprise on a mission to transform the way young relate to one another, others and themselves. Leveraging her PR and communications background, Rasheda earned numerous accolades on behalf of the company.
In honor of her work with Empowered Flower Girl and other organizations and institutions, Rasheda was named one of “29 Inspirational Female Entrepreneurs Who Are Positively Impacting the World” and featured in Exeleon magazine as one of “15 Dynamic Entrepreneurs of 2020.” In 2021, MentHer magazine featured Rasheda in its “Top 20 Social Impact Founders” list. In 2022, she was named among Hope magazine’s “Hope 25” and honored as a “Community Icon” by Esteem We/Detroit Possible. In July 2023 and 2024, Rasheda was recognized by Acquisition International magazine as a top “Social Impact Business Founder” and is a 2024 Presidential Lifetime Achievement Award recipient.
Through Inspired Life Professionals, Rasheda empowers changemakers to and get the media attention, awards and accolades they deserve for the good they do in the world.
Show & Tell: Stories That Touch, Move and Inspire
From her experience as an obituary writer to interviewing world-renowned thought leaders, Rasheda helps founders and leaders harness the power of personal narrative to connect, inspire, and mobilize audiences.
Future-Funded: Unlocking 21st Century Tools to Fuel Social Impact Dreams
In this interactive workshop, Rasheda equips participants with strategies to harness the power of AI and other digital tools in securing funding and other vital resources to support their social impact initiatives.
Finding Fulfillment in Your 9 to 5
In the "YouEconomy," the push for entrepreneurship has many professionals questioning their impact at work. But they can still find fulfillment with or without leaving their jobs.
Finding Fulfillment in Your 9 to 5 explores how aspiring social entrepreneurs, nonprofit founders and others with ambition can find purpose and pursue their passion while in the midst of their profession.
Mentoring Girls & Inspiring Sisterhood: In the Age of Bad Girls, Housewives and Frenemies
