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SISTA-2-SISTA GET LIFTED YOUTH SUMMIT OVERVIEW:
The Get Lifted Youth Summit will empower 125 young women of Pan-African descent to reach their full potential by engaging them in panel discussions, workshops, live entertainment, and reflective activities. Utilizing a 3 step-process of self-awareness, self-appreciation, and self-actualization these workshops and panels will equip the students with fundamental tools to make well-informed decisions today and in the future.
TARGET AUDIENCE:
High School-aged young women of Pan-African descent
SUMMIT TOPICS:
The workshops and panels will include in-depth explorations of the following areas:
- Self-Respect
- Defining One’s Passion
- Personal Accountability
- Financial Management
- Unity Among Pan-African Women
- Representation of Pan-African Women in the Media
- Hush-Hush Health Topics (i.e. therapy, mental illness, and domestic violence
Click here for workshop descriptions!
REGISTER: Click here to download the Registration Form.
WORKSHOP LEADERS & PANELIST:
Joyce Allison & Anzala Alozie, Revelations (www.sisterrevelations.com)
Nyasia Bowles, Youth Venture NY (http://genv.net)
Shelli Branscomb, Activist and Founder of Fierce Sistahs
Kioni Carter, Tru Transformation Coaching (www.trutransformation.webs.com)
Ozioma Egwuonwu, Burn Bright Lifeworks, Inc. (www.burnbrightlifeworks.com)
Monique Fortune, Fortune & Associates
Jullien Gordon, Writer and Motivational Speaker (http://julliengordon.blogspot.com)
Summer Lee, Activist, Attorney and Author
Zykeya McLeod, Student, Author and Founder of U Can Speak Up (www.ucanspeakup.com)
Antoinette Alexander-Sarpong, Founder of Your Own Unique Image (YOU'l)
Randie Shane, Forward Motion Coaching
Raj Thakkar, Founder & CEO of Charter School Business Management Inc. (www.csbminc.com)
Georgia Woodline, Motivational Speaker, Author and Entrepreneur (www.spiritualfocuspublishing.com)
PAN-AFRICAN WOMEN UNITE PANEL:
Lisa Burriss, PHOLES
Nadia Campbell, Founder of The Victorian Hands Foundation (www.tvhf.org)
Geneva Farrow, The Young Mothers Dream (www.myspace.com/youngmothersdream)
Eunice Gilmore, Managing Partner, The Symmetry Group (www.symmetrygroup.com)
Zykeya McLeod, Student and Author of "An Inner Child Speaks" (www.ucanspeakup.com)
Viviane Saleh-Hanna, Assistant Professor at UMASS Dartmouth (http://www.umassd.edu/cas/sociology/faculty/vsaleh-hanna.cfm)
T.I. Williams, Writer, Educator and Entrepreneur (www.samplemyintellect.blogspot.com)
PAN-AFRICAN WOMEN IN THE MEDIA PANEL:
DJ Beverly Bond, Black Girls Rock (http://djbeverlybond.biz) and (www.blackgirlsrockinc.com)
Anita Bryant, Founder of A-Marketing (www.myspace.com/amkting) and Set It Off! (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SetItOff/)
Dominique Jackson, Actress, Model & Entrepreneur, (www.dominiquejackson.net)
Dominga Martin, Editor, Crème Magazine (www.creme-magazine.com)
Chenits Pettigrew (Chen Lo), Liberation Music Group (www.chenlomusic.com)
Darlene Walker, VOICES Magazine (www.voicesyi.com)
Moderator: Najwa Moses, CEO/Creator of Styleaholics Productions (www.styleaholics.com)
THE HUSH-HUSH HEALTH TOPICS IN THE PAN-AFRICAN COMMUNITY PANEL:
Anzala Alozie, Dir. of Resource Dev. , NYS Coalition Against Domestic Violence (www.nysadv.org)
Shelli Branscomb, Activist and Founder of Fierce Sistahs
Khadija Mani MPH, Public Health Specialist and Medical Student Stony Brook School of Medicine
Anna Ortega LMSW, Social Worker
Kakra Soadwa MPH, Public Health Specialist and Medical Student at University of Pittsburgh
Panin Soadwa-Humphrey MD, Pediatric Hospitalist
Moderator: Diana Placide, Professional Health Educator, MIC Women's Health Center (Astoria)
VOLUNTEER!
To find out more about how YOU can volunteer, email Info@EmpowerMeGNEP.org.
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