Who We Are
Pinnacle Empowerment Center (PEC) is a nonprofit organization serving the Baltimore Metro area, which was created in direct response to the job market downturn and the impact it’s had in particular on women in our area. We’ve seen an increase in women falling into poverty by losing their jobs, incurring increased debt, losing their homes and being unable to get their unique needs met for themselves and their families. Area social services, workforce centers, government and private nonprofits are only offering short term crisis services and not the intensive and customized support women need for long term sustainability. Our programs, services, volunteers, and community board members are committed to, and focused on, supporting women who need it most and providing the resources to help them succeed.
Our Target Population
PEC serves women, from all walks of life, who find themselves at a crossroads in their career or their life.
Our Programs and Services
PEC offers individual and small group coaching, training, resource navigation and access to financial and educational resources.
Contact Us
8180 Lark Brown Road
Suite 301
Elkridge, MD 21075
Phone: (410) 799-1097 x301
Fax: (410) 799-1098
www.empowerctr.org
info@empowerctr.org
How We Came to Be
I lost my job a few months ago, the bills have piled up and my house is going into foreclosure. I have no help left… My husband left me with nothing. I have to start over. How am I going to support my family after being out of the job market for so many years????? In my country I was a doctor, here I work cleaning motel rooms, I will never get ahead… I’m living in my car with my three kids because they told me the shelters are full here. I have no place to turn, can you help me? These are the voices of just a few of the women who came to the door of our “sister” company Pinnacle Career Resources during these past few years. As our job market and economy took a turn, women were impacted the hardest, especially single women with children. We heard one heartbreaking story after another. All of these women felt there was nowhere else to turn. Social service agencies turned them down or made them feel so degraded they just wouldn’t go back. They are women from all walks of life: professionals, stay-at-home Moms, domestic violence victims, women who have been trying to get ahead for years and women who were affluent one day and found themselves one step away from poverty the next. Possibly your neighbor next door that you never knew was struggling so. Well there finally is a place women can go to get help.
2012
Save the Date!
Friday, October 26, 2012 at
the Sheraton Hotel & Conference Center in Columbia, MD.
There are several giving opportunities that will support the PEC. You can make a donation or volunteer your time and talent. Read more on how you can support the PEC.
