Brittany Hogan: How a Small-Town Girl Uses Her Faith to Help Empower Others

By Sym Posey | The Birmingham Times Brittany Hogan, Founder and Executive Director of Empower to Conquer, remembers what it was like to grow up in small town in Coosa County, Alabama. “There is no major anything in that area. We don’t even have traffics lights. It’s all stop signs and caution signs. Very rural. Because of that I wanted to put a youth conference in that area …  Typically, we must travel to experience something,” she said. Originally from Huntsville, Alabama, Hogan moved to Coosa County when she was 12 because of her father’s job.  She said she often thinks about her childhood in two parts, before Coosa County and after moving. Nestled in the heart of central Alabama, the beautiful rural county only has approximately 11,000 residents according to the 2020 Census. “It was a culture shock. Getting acclimated to life there, and not being able to be as involved in things like I was in Huntsville because the opportunities just wasn’t there. High school was hard. Because I had a growing faith in God, it wasn’t the popular lifestyle to live when you are in high school for me,” said Hogan. Her personal journey on her walk...