After the success of Ties for Success to mentor young men, the City of Hinesville has embarked upon a similar program for young women.

Dozens of young women came out Saturday morning to the Live Oak Church in Hinesville to hear the stories of women who overcame obstacles in their lives to become business owners in the first Dress for Success event.

The event is designed to be an empowerment and mentorship workshop for middle and high school age girls, said Kendra Ivy, administrative assistant for the city’s community development department.

“The purpose is to give girls a tip into being a business woman,” she said.

The workshop featured speakers and included entrepreneurs who have “created lanes for themselves,” Ivy said. The event also was designed to show the participants how to be a young woman in the world.

“It’s just really important that if you can see it, you can be it,” Ivy said. “That’s really the mantra of this event and our event for boys.”

Amaya Green-Mobley was one of the speakers and told the young ladies that obstacles in life can be overcome. She became a mom as a teenager and now owns her own business.

“I want them to know that as long as they have the end goal in mind, they can always get to that end goal,” she said. “You have to know what you where you want to be so you know the moves you need to make to get there.”

Even as a teenage mother, she didn’t want her parents, her grandparents and her siblings to want for anything.

“You might not understand what you’re going through at the moment, but you can get there,” she said. “Nobody can stop you but yourself.”