Women Empowering Women with Debbie Gray

About this episode

Debbie Gray discusses her journey and the founding of Women Aligned With Abundance, focusing on women's empowerment.

On the November 18, 2025 episode of Mic Check, host Mike Merli sat down with Debbie Gray, founder of Women Aligned With Abundance (WAWA), a Waterbury-based non-profit focused on women's empowerment. Debbie spoke about her personal journey, and the motivation and inspiration behind her founding WAWA, and engaging in the women's empowerment work she's doing. WAWA meets every fourth Wednesday at the North End Recreation Center at 268 North Main Street in Waterbury, Connecticut. For more information, Debbie and WAWA can be reached at 203-514-2144, via email at wawainc24@gmail.com , or on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/groups/467279502566892 . WAWA's website is https://wawainc.mailchimpsites.com/ .

People in this episode

Host: Mike Merli

Guest: Debbie Gray

Topics covered

• women empowerment
• non-profit organizations
• personal journey
• community engagement
• social issues

Keywords

• women empowerment
• Debbie Gray
• WAWA
• Waterbury
• non-profit
• community support
• social issues

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Women Aligned With Abundance

Places: Waterbury, North End Recreation Center, Connecticut

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