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(Delaware and Chester Counties, PA – October 1, 2024)鈥擳ired of feeling helpless about car repairs and maintenance, Patrice Banks realized she was not the only woman who felt that way. Today she is the founder of Girls Auto Clinic, an Upper Darby-based growing community of women and girls who are redefining the automotive world on their own terms. She has been featured on NBC鈥檚 鈥淭oday,鈥� 鈥淣BC Nightly News,鈥� NPR鈥檚 鈥淔resh Air with Terry Gross鈥� and other national media outlets.聽

On Tuesday, October 8, she will give a presentation at Delaware County Community College as part of the College鈥檚 annual signature 鈥淒ialogues for Diversity鈥� speaker series. The event will take place from 10 to 11 a.m. in the Academic Building, Large Auditorium on the College鈥檚 Marple Campus (901 South Media Line Road, Media PA 19063). It will also be available via Livestream (advance registration required). The event is free and open to the public.

Passionate about equality and empowerment of women, business leadership, innovation, technology and STEM education, Banks promotes positive messages for female inclusion and empowerment in the auto industry through her #sheCANic movement. Her Girls Auto Clinic Repair Center in Upper Darby hosts monthly free car care workshops and hosts the #sheCANic Facebook community, which connects female drivers with female mechanics to get answers to their car care questions. Banks is also the author of 鈥淕irls Auto Clinic Glove Box Guide鈥� (Atria Books, 2017).

Banks will share with 麻豆影院 students and community members her success as an entrepreneur, mechanic and engineer and how she empowers women to have an equal voice and role in all aspects of the auto industry and beyond. A Q&A will follow. The 鈥淒ialogues for Diversity鈥� speaker series is supported by 麻豆影院鈥檚 Center for Equity and Social Justice.