Got confidence?

Lisa Hunter, an inspirational, acclaimed folk rock artist, plans to make her mantra "Love Yourself Just as You Are" as well known as the popular milk advertisement. Hunter will be spreading her positive message on Wednesday in the HUB Auditorium.

The women's empowerment concert is being run by Hillel and is titled Succulence: A Concert by Lisa Hunter.

"What I do is more than just entertainment," Hunter said. "It's a connection."

Hunter has been playing music for 10 years. She spent the first seven years of her career as a coffee house chick who was searching for a deeper meaning to her music.

Hunter said that all of her songs focus on self-esteem and acceptance. The thoughts came from working out her own issues and trying to understand what it means to be a woman.

"My songs started to become my advice to myself," Hunter said. "They helped me get through my own personal angst and discontent that I was experiencing when I was in my 20s. I felt like I had an empty hole that I couldn't fill. I was looking for what would satisfy this emptiness, and I realized that I had to love myself."

Hunter created a song called "Free," a compilation of thoughts from women ranging from eight to 85 years old. She questioned their definitions of beauty, and created a seven-minute sound collage that revealed how women really portray their bodies.

"I found that women in our culture are guided away from the amazing radiant selves that we are," Hunter said. "The media pulls us away from this. I wanted to continue this conversation in my shows and workshops."

Allison Ungar, Penn State's Women of Hillel chair, said she is very passionate about the positive message of this concert.

"Women should feel good whether it's a sweatpants day or a Gucci day," Ungar said. "We have to love ourselves in every way possible: physically, mentally and emotionally. It is all about having confidence. There is a lot to be said when a woman walks with confidence. It generates an aura around her."

Ungar described the concert as being a "revolutionary call to action."

The action is loving yourself just as you are, she said.

"Women need to learn how to face life with a smile and a deep breath," Ungar said.

Lindsey Schindler (freshman-division of undergraduate studies) said that if she is available, she would attend the concert.

"I think that women here do have a low level of confidence," Schindler said.

"They feel that they have to dress revealing to fit in and be noticed."

Ungar said the concert should hit home with a variety of groups.

Ungar said he hopes to attract sororities, athletes, or simply anyone who supports women.

One of its purposes is to draw together a diverse crowd of people to celebrate what it means to be female.

"I have the intention of being real," Hunter said, "I don't have confidence and self love all figured out, but I thought about it enough. That is the part that is valuable."