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March 13, 2010
St. Francis College
180 Remsen Street, Brooklyn, NY
9am - 9pm
Planning Committee Bios
To find out about the phenomenal women planning this event,click here.
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3rd ANNUAL YOUTH SUMMIT OVERVIEW:
The Sista-2-Sista 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:
- Personal Accountability: Forgiveness
- Overcoming Barriers & Actualizing Goals
- Healthy Relationships
- Community Activism
- Health & Wellness
- Representation of Pan-African Women in the Media
For a PDF of the Summit Overview – click here!
VOLUNTEER AT THE SUMMIT:
More information coming soon!
STUDENT REGISTRATION:
More information coming soon! Students MUST be pre-registered.
CONTACTS:
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LAUREN LAKE
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Multi-faceted television personality and certified Renaissance woman, Lauren Lake, simultaneously balances careers law, interior design, and entertainment. Lauren, a licensed attorney, is a regular on-air legal commentator on Fox News, CNN, and Headline News, and has served as guest anchor for MSNBC and Court TV. She has appeared as a legal and relationship expert on the "Dr. Phil", "Montel Williams", Maury ", "Ricki Lake" and "Greg Behrendt" shows. Lauren is known for her "tell-it-like-it-is", poignant points of view on everything from politics and pop culture, to divorce and dating dilemmas. For Lauren's bio, click here.
www.LaurenLake.com/nu
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SPECIAL PERFORMANCES BY:
D. Woods
(from Danity Kane, Making the Band 3)
Abby Dobson, Akua Taylor, Jae Honda and more!
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2nd ANNUAL YOUTH SUMMIT OVERVIEW:
The Sista-2-Sista Youth Summit will empower 100 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)
For a PDF of the Summit Overview – click here!
PRESENTER APPLICATION:
NO MORE APPLICATIONS ARE BEING RECEIVED AT THIS TIME.
VOLUNTEER AT THE SUMMIT:
No more volunteers are being accepted at this time.
STUDENT REGISTRATION:
Registration is CLOSED.
CONTACTS:
BIOGRAPHIES:
To read the biographies of all of the presenters, entertainers, videographer and photographer, click here.
WORKSHOP LEADERS:
Antoinette Alexander-Sarpong, Founder of Antoinette Associates Inc.(www.antoinetteassociates.com)
Joyce Allison & Anzala Alozie, Revelations (www.sisterrevelations.com)
Toni Blackman, Freestyle Union Cypher (www.toniblackman.com)
Kioni Carter, Tru Transformation Coaching (www.trutransformation.webs.com)
Aginah Carter-Shabazz, Aginah’s Hair Salon (www.aginah.com or www.thebookchoicez.com)
Andrea Dey, Founder of Andrea Dey Event Planning (www.andreadeyevents.com)
Monique Fortune, Fortune & Associates
Tiffany Hardin, Digital ARMM (www.Digitalarmm.com, www.tm-ent.com or www.translationllc.com)
Moses Harper, Musician
Sabrina Thompson, Founder of Beanpye (www.beanpye.com)
Jennifer Threat, Founder of Double Dutch Magazine (www.doubledutchmag.com)
D. Woods, Entertainer, (www.myspace.com/yagirldwoods or www.yagirldwoods.com
PAN-AFRICAN WOMEN UNITE PANEL:
Shelli Branscomb, Activist
Lisa Burriss, Public Housing Residents of the Lower East Side (PHOLES)
Tamiko Evans, Founder of Positvely Empowering TeenGirls About Life, Inc. - P.E.T.A.L. (www.Petalinc.org)
Janaye Ingram, Miss New Jersey 2004
Tomasina-Sams Riddick, Founder of 100 Blacks in Law Enforcement Who Care
Viviane Saleh-Hanna, Assistant Professor at UMASS Dartmouth
(www.umassd.edu/cas/sociology/faculty/vsaleh-hanna.cfm)
Moderator: Mitzi Miller, Journalist & Author of Hotlanta
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT PANEL:
Manyell Akinfe, Optimum Capital Management
Claressa Garcia, Optimum Capital Management
Danita King, CEO of PR Noir, Inc.
Ryan Mack, Founder of Optimum Capital Management (www.optimumcapitalmanagement.com)
Marion Ntiru, Citi Cards
Marquise Terry, Optimum Capital Management
Moderator: Sonia Alleyne, Editorial Director, Black Enterprise Magazine
HUSH-HUSH HEALTH TOPICS IN THE PAN-AFRICAN COMMUNITY PANEL:
Anzala Alozie, NYS Coalition Against Domestic Violence
Nikki Fajana, Nutritionist & Founder of Bon Santé, Wellness & Nutrition Counseling (www.enbonsante.com)
Shelly Martin, Founder of Harlem Bombshell
Nneka Njideka, Social Worker
Soraya Palmer, Activist
Panin Soadwa-Humphrey MD, Pediatric Hospitalist
Moderator: Dr. Catrise Austin, Founder of VIP Smiles
PAN-AFRICAN WOMEN IN THE MEDIA PANEL:
Daoud Abeid, Founder of Coup d’etat (www.cdtbk.com)
Selena Ayala, Model & Founder of B*Star
Beverly Bond, Black Girls Rock (http://djbeverlybond.biz) and (www.blackgirlsrockinc.com)
Chandra Lanier, BETJ’s My Two Cents & Black Enterprise Business Report
Tola Lawal, Founder of Systematik Marketing & Promo
Dominga Martin, Editor, Crème Magazine (www.creme-magazine.com)
Chenits Pettigrew (Chen Lo), Liberation Music Group (www.chenlomusic.com)
Moderator: Najwa Moses, CEO/Creator of Styleaholics Productions ( www.styleaholics.com )
PHOTOGRAPHER:
Dimples Whitaker
VIDEOGRAPHER:
Mya Baker, www.shootfilmsnotpeople.net
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2008 Youth Summit Highlights
Previously held on March 8, 2008
St. Francis College
180 Remsen Street, Brooklyn, NY
9am - 9pm
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SPECIAL GUESTS IN 2008 INCLUDED:
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Workshop Descriptions
For a listing of the 2008 Workshop Descriptions, click here.
Workshop Leaders:
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, Public Housing Residents of the Lower East Side (PHOLES)
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) Moderator: Kesi Gibson
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)
Hush-Hush Health Topics in the Pan-African Community Panel:
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)
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