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Featured Speakers Dr. Phillip Anthony Valentine ND, DHS, DMp Workshop Presenters
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Featured Speakers
In 1985, Jewel Diamond Taylor quit her Human Resources job in the aerospace industry in Southern California as a leap of faith to begin her public speaking career. Letters, calls, e-mails, evaluation forms and multiple return invitations to speak for the same organizations report that....Jewel Diamond Taylor's keynote, workshop and retreat presentations are positively life transforming. Corporations, conferences, churches, campuses and individuals share how they have been inspired, closed minds have opened, stress is reduced, hearts have healed, productivity has increased, team and organizational morale boosted, dreams and goals are fulfilled, the lost and wounded experienced spiritual restoration and self esteem and communication are enriched from learning Jewel's pearls of wisdom. This cutting edge and multi-faceted messenger shines with hope, empowerment, encouragement and educational insights. Jewel aka "The Minister of Motivation" and “The Self-esteem Dr.” is an emotional and motivational compass directing countless men, women and youth towards their potential and possibilities for personal growth, success and inner peace. Workshop – Time To Bloom: Self Esteem Recovery Audience will be provided with real life, easy to implement self-esteem prescriptions to improve their commitment to self-care; physically, spiritually and emotionally. The self esteem Dr. provides empowerment for the women to begin losing the weight of emotional obesity. Participants will be enlightened as they walk through the process of unmasking the “12 faces of Eve” that women commonly suffer from to survive in their busy and stressful lives.
Dr. Phillip Anthony Valentine ND, DHS, DMp
For 5 years, her served as co-director of the Heal Thyself Center in Brooklyn and helped create, format, refine and teach the 21-day therapeutic fasting program – the first of its kind to become widely popular with New York's African American community. He inspired, co-created and helped develop the now popular Sacred Woman Philosophy as presented in the best seller “the Sacred Woman” by Queen Afua.
As a massage therapist, her specialties include Neuromuscular Medical Massage, CranioSacral BioDynamics, Reflexology, Reiki Healing, Quantum Touch, Shiatsu and frequency alignment through the use of therapeutic grade essential oils. Day One Workshop: Metaphysics of Disease Dr. Phillip Valentine and Dr. Nalani Valentine will be lecturing on the metaphysics of dis-ease – particularly cancer. The lecture will focus on how though is unconsciously used to instigate unbalanced reactions, which lead to pathological consequences that take the form of chronic dis-eases. Day Two Workshop: Universal Dynamics of Gender and the Metaphysics of Inter-personal Relationships Dr. Phillip Valentine and Dr. Nalani Valentine will be conducting a workshop on the Universal Dynamics of Gender and the Metaphysics of Inter-personal Relationships. The principle of gender has been a hot-button issue for people of African descent throughout the 1990's and into the new millennium. The Dr's Valentine will provide fascinating insight into the social and political manipulation of the archetypal concepts of gender, and its deleterious effects on the lives and culture of peoples of African descent.
She is the author of “Project Butterfly: Supporting Young Women and Girls of African Descent Through the Transitions of Life,” a reassuring must read for every girl and every adult who supports and/or works with girls. Niambi is also the founder of both Project Butterfly (a privately owned corporation with the primary focus of creating tools, training and resources for individuals and organizations supporting teen girls and women) and Camp Butterfly (a “sleep” away summer camp for teen girls). Recognized by Essence Magazine as one of twenty-five women who are shaping the world – October 2005 Workshop: Youth Space - “Know what you got, before you rush to give it away: A journey into our sacred spaces This two-day “journey into the self” is designed to enlighten, educate and inspire teen girls and young women. There are five session, with each one progressing into the next. The journey begins with an interactive opening presentation, “What is your price tag?” A discussion around our value and how to access your natural assets (physically, emotionally, intellectually and spiritually). Moving right into the break our session, “Music, my mind and the media”. Smaller group discussion and activity on the influences of the media and how it affects the choices we make and the way we live our lives. This leads us into the next stop on our journey, “making peace with the Benjamin's.” This will be an interactive discussion and activity dealing with the energy of money and how we can make it work to benefit out highest good. Day Two. We begin the day with an opening presentation entitled, “taking care of our bodies” and interactive discussion dealing with our personal relationships with our different “bodies” (physical, emotional and spiritual). Touching on the following topics: nutrition, healthcare, hygiene, our hair, mission/purpose, prayer and meditation. We then will focus on our physical bodies with a discussion and activity dealing with the topic, “Periods, Mood swings and the Moon.” We'll end the day with a Sacred Ritual and Blessing activity entitled, “I see the Butterfly in You.” Workshop Presenters Bio's and Workshop Descriptions Bry'Andi (SoulHealer) Brandon, R.N., has practiced Cell Regeneration since 1997. Her experience includes eight years of intensive/ intermediate care nursing, five years of telecommunications resource nursing and seven years of health education consulting. She holds a teaching credential in nursing services as well as a certificate in African Holistic Health. Bry'Andi is Critical Mass Health Conductor #39 co-guide for San Mateo County. In her private Cell Regeneration practice, she focuses on assisting clients to integrate allopathic (conventional western) and holistic principles in their daily lives. She is a Spiritual Counselor and teaches spiritual growth and development classes to groups. Workshop: Cell regeneration How your Body Heals Cell Regeneration is a process of mobilizing and directing the flow of cellular energy to stimulate, facilitate, and accelerate the natural healing processes of the human body. Cell Regeneration functions according to the principle that the body has a self correcting capacity, which follows the original DNA pattern. This natural biological phenomenon is independent of the patient's belief system. The source of healing energy is the same as the growth energy used by a fetus in embryonic development. A similar process is seen in some creatures that are able to regenerate entire limbs or body segments. Biophysicist Wilhelm Reich described this energy within the nucleus of each cell as “the little blue dot,” (melanin) which is how it appears under high-powered microscopic observation. The practitioner acts as a catalyst to direct the client's energy flow where it may have been blocked by injury, stress, or disease. By means of breathing techniques and a variety of noninvasive hand techniques the practitioner directs the energy of the client's autonomic nervous system to various nerve plexi. The natural energy flow of other distressed areas of the body is boosted by the practitioner's bio-magnetic field. This natural energy flow reactivates the normal self healing process in the client's body. Biography: A. Bonita Bruce, D.C is a Doctor of Chiropractic 1987 graduate from Life Chiropractic College West, in San Leandro, Ca. Even though a traditional chiropractor and health educator, she emphasizes prevention and principles for optimal health. Why? Health depends largely on lifestyle factors. All her materials and information is based on solid reliable scientific facts. She also leads workshops in reversing type II diabetes, protein myth, lowering cholesterol, heart disease prevention, stress without ignorance, among others. Workshop: Where's my sugar…baby? If your answer is yes to any one of these questions, then this workshop is for you.
This workshop will help you find out why as well as how to break this infamous habit.
Linda Compton is also a Diversity Consultant and Trainer. She facilitates the award winning film, The Color of Fear and is the Facilitator in Lee Mun Wah's latest film Last Chance for Eden, which is premiering at this time. This film is a discussion of racism, sexism and homophobia. A leading question she is asking today is: “What is hurting you so bad that you have to hurt me to heal it?” She has a Bachelors degree in Psychology from Mills College in Oakland and a Masters Degree in Depth Psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute in Santa Barbara. Workshop: The Six Components of Life. This workshop will explore what it takes for any human being to be fully alive. Women will evaluate each area on a scale from 1-10 to see if they are utilizing the area to the degree that it is fulfilling in her life. In this workshop, we will take a look at the STRESS in our lives to see what is keeping us from diving into these areas full force to maximize and expand our life. Women will have the opportunity to visit each area, choose what they would like to do in each area and commit to changing the mind about this particular area so that women are creating a life as stress-free as possible, as joy-filled as possible and as fun as possible. Women can choose to have the life they desire. Since these six areas are areas for any human being, and are given to us as a gift, women can learn to utilize them easy, effortlessly and enjoyably. Workshop: Emotional Link to Addictions In this workshop, we will tackle the many addictions plaguing black women, will uncover WHAT we are ADDICTED TO and how we hide or mask deep seated emotional issues each time we run to a cigarette, a glass, a joint, a sweet dessert or a love affair. In particular, this workshop will emphasize cigarettes as a silent (less talked about addiction) and how it may be rooted in emotional issues.
Workshop: Journey to a Blissful Life: Turning your Soul Purpose into Profits..and Balancing life along the way Through sharing her stories of struggle, manifestation, triumph and transformation, Maria inspires others to pursue their life's purpose…and motivates us to create a mindset that allows room for entrepreneurship, wealth and balanced living. Maria's books, Journey to Empowerment (BET Books, ISBN: 1-58314-494-3; $9.99US) and her newly released Journey to a Blissful Life (BET Books, ISBN: 1-58314-497-8; $9.99US) eloquently speak to women's challenges with life balance and personal transformation. Drawing on insightful essays, poems and meditations that represent the voices of over 80 women of color, her books serve as powerful tools for personal renewal and empowerment for all people, of all cultures. “Each page offers a sacred, fertile ground for discovering and celebrating ourselves and our gifts. My books are about self-acceptance and self-love…unconditionally,” Maria asserts. In Journey to a Blissful Life, Maria writes about the all too familiar “superwoman” aka “Miss Martyr” in her essay entitled “Miss Grace is in the House. “We wrestle with our habits of squeezing too much into too little time. Consequently, we find ourselves too exhausted to enjoy peace and serenity. Or, we waste time listening to or living out loud the woe are mes, then find ourselves tossing and turning those bits of peace and serenity into unrecognizable globs of noisy, self-discontent…Whatever happened to the concept of carpooling or taking the more scenic route…then stopping to smell the roses? How do we go about shutting out the synthetic clamors of day-to-day living to relish those sounds that please the soul?”
Gloria received her undergraduate degree from Spelman College where she majored in Sociology and received her master's degree in Early Childhood Education from Atlanta University. Ms. Elder is a recent graduate of the Institute for Divine Wisdom's School for Spiritual Awakening. Gloria is the recipient of the 1992 Hearts for Youth Leadership Award, the 2002 Practitioner of Excellence Award and the 2004 Outstanding Volunteer Services Award at Summerset Assisted Living, Inc. Ms. Elder imparts with you, “Continue to see the beauty in the world and share your deepest joys of living”. Workshop: Wholistic Stress Management Techniques: Using the Power Within to Combat Today's Stress WSCI teaches wholistic stress management skills to children, youth, juveniles, parents, professionals and incarcerated men and women. Wholistic Stress management teachers and empowers the individual to use their God given healing practices used by our forefathers and foremothers to deal with adverse physiological and psychological stress during slavery and its aftermath. Stress is no respecter of age, sex or race. Some of wholistic stress management techniques/spiritual practices that will be shared with participants are: Workshop objectives:
I see now in Black communities across the globe many of us have a problem with claiming responsibility for our health and well being. We seem to feel as though someone or something is going to fix it for us. This has not always been our approach. Workshop: Reclaiming Responsibility for Our Health and Wellbeing/ Questioning the HIV/AIDS dilemma Western medicine has an approach that “you don't worry about a thing we got a pill to fix that two” everything from a headache to AIDS. In the past we had our own healers and our own methods that we passed down or we relied on to work with us as we cared for ourselves and our love ones. During our workshop we will explore and share some of these methods, remedies and techniques. Many or often in the back of our minds and we don't pull them up and use them. And many our folk would be very receptive too if we mention them and or remind them of these precious approaches to our selfcare and care of our families. We have some very serious problems that are facing us with regard to reclaiming responsibility for our health. As long as we leave the care and welfare of ourselves and our loved ones up to a system that is based on capitalism, greed and male ego, we will never have the heights of optimum health that will allow us to truly excel to the heights that we are capable of. When we understand that the HIV/AIDS industry is one of the few including military and prisons that did not suffer budget cuts. That it is fashionable to say you have AIDS in some African countries in order to get the benefits from some organizations over there. that the non-government organizations (global non profits) through out the world that are focusing on AIDS often inflate there numbers to keep their money flowing. When we know that in this country the numbers of AIDS/HIV cases were declining and the U.S. changed it's definition of what could be considered an AIDS case and increase the numbers by 50,000.
Biography: Ngozi Hall, is the founder and Executive Director of Internal Focus Wellness Center. As a Holistic Health Practitioner specializing in colon health and detoxification with more than 15 years experience, she provides customized services created to promote and compliment healthy lifestyles in the metropolitan Washington, DC area. Ngozi is a certified Colon Hydrotherapist, Iridologist, Reiki Master and Life Coach. She has also served as a founding member of SAT RA, a rites of passage program for adolescent females. Workshop: Conscious Movement From the Inside Out
Workshop: Auto-Immune Disease In Auto-Immune diseases that body attacks its own cells. Many Auto-Immune diseases are are highest among African-American Women. We will explore reasons this may be so prevalent in our community.
Workshop: Writing Spirit / Writing Faith This workshop approaches writing poetry as both an artistic craft and a divine conversation. Participants will experience writing from an active faith perspective rather than writing strictly from religious dogma. Close attention will be paid to the actual craft and form of writing to make the work stronger, clearer and universally meaningful. Participants will receive broad examples of spiritual writings and will be guided by a number of prompts from the workshop leader to stimulate their own writing. The intended outcome is that participants walk away with examples of poetic forms and tools to give their work clarity and strength and well as a foundation for incorporating creativity into their spiritual walk.
Workshop: Real Fitness for Real Women A get real for real fitness workshop without fad diets and gimmicky exercises, together we will discover how strength training is a woman best friend and fountain of youth, Join me along with some of my clients in this comprehensive interactive workshop that will bring relevant and basic common sense about weight/strength training to the forefront. You'll learn:
You will build confidence and muscle, as you learn the most effective strength/weight exercises that will dispel any myths you may have, by providing you with practical and realistic expectations.
Bridges, Branches & Braids, an organization working with negative energies in positive ways, offers women an opportunity to experience the power and wisdom of rage. Our programs are inner-directed and support the discharge of traumas that give birth to rage. Through somatic truth telling, contemplation, artistic expression, self-awareness and self-compassion, we reunite body and mind and break patterns of generational suffering. Workshop: From Rage to Reason When we feel enraged, what we do next is crucial. If we are unaware or irresponsible, we tend to case more suffering to ourselves and others. However, if we are more self aware of our choices, we can heal in an instance. In this mini workshop, we will learn two techniques that will support us in moving from rage to reason. With sound reasoning, we suffer less and cause less suffering.
I practiced a form of “guerilla gardening”, transforming vacant lots in the East Bay into edible/medicinal gardens for various communities. I have taught composting and school gardening, developed educational curricula, and facilitated Earth Education classes. I have founded a not-for-profit, community-based organization; Communities United Restoring Mother Earth (CURME) to further my dream of inspiring communities to remember/learn how to grow their own food, herbs (medicinal, culinary, aromatic, economic), native plants to bring wildlife to the garden for natural pest control, etc. Workshop: Growing Healing Food Drugs nor herbs are a cure for anything. The intelligent human body is capable of healing itself. The first step in this endeavor is to take back our lives by growing our own whole/healing foods, naturally. Even food labeled "organic" sometimes goes through some form of chemical processing on the journey from the soil to our table. Be advised that it doesn't matter how much space one has (or doesn't have): a rooftop, a windowsill, stairs, a balcony, a patch of dirt, a community garden, a school garden, etc., all are healing spaces for whole/healing food. Nutrition is the study of how food and the body interact. Good whole/healing food is food which contains the right types and amounts of nutrients (materials needed by the body for growth and good health). Nutrients include energy-giving parts of food (carbohydrates and fats), body-building parts of food (proteins), and the vitamins (which protect the body and assist it in functioning). All your nutritional needs can be met by the whole/healing food you grow. We can all be strong and healthy when most of our protein and other foods come from the plants! Let's get a dialogue going on ways to grow our own!
Rashida, an interfaith minister, recognizes that our lifework is to return to the heart, where the Divine One, which is expressed in countless forms, resides. Her intention is to honor the sacred in every living thing, to encourage and support others on their spiritual/life journey. As we heal our hearts, communities, environment and the world. She is currently completing her first book and has become the founding Spiritual Director for the Sophia Oshun Universal Life (S.O.U.L.) Spiritual Center. Workshop: Dreamcatcher Self-Care Seminar Rashida Lee hosts weekly seminars, workshops and retreats discussion what “Self Care” really means to women. Most women probably view “self-care” as primping; that is, the physical aspects that would include visits to the hair salon, manicure/pedicure, massage, shopping, etc. None of these are indispensable and much needed. However, the premise of this workshop is the “self-care” of the soul and our emotional and spiritual wellbeing. Rashida provides a forum to overcome some of the “sacrifices of self” women make in taking care of others' needs. The seminar elucidates ways and methods to put you in the healthy position of “it's all about me, me, me!” This can be viewed as “selfish,” however, it is the highest expression of “self-love”. As women, we cannot take care of others effectively if we are empty and lack love for ourselves. We hope that you will join Rahsida for a lively discussion and exchange of ideas and ways of self-care. You will leave the seminar uplifted, renewed and changed. Biography: After initiating several groups of woman through the Sacred Woman training in Brooklyn and Up State NY, Ka Ren relocated to California and led the Bay Area's first Sacred Woman training. Queen Afua came to support Ka Ren's work and to witness the first spectacular Divine Bay Area Sacred Woman graduation in June 2006. Abut Ka Ren is currently working with another group of strong woman who have made a year long commitment to the Sacred Woman Training. These women have been at the forefront in the formation of our Bay Area chapter of the Global Sacred Woman Village. Workshop: Egyptian Yoga Abu Ari Anhka is the Metu Ntr (Kemetic) title for “the dance which brings the soul to life.” Abu Ari Anhka uses body movement to express the universal language of Art. When we look at the hieroglyphs it is easy for the common eye to see a picture. We know that a picture is worth a thousand words. But the glyphs are more than just picturesque symbols of communication, they are thoughts of the divine translated, Metu Ntr. This workshop will show its participants how to explore dimensions of their own divinity by putting sound and movement to these divine thoughts. The workshop participants will have a general introduction to the significance of Egyptian yoga and Egyptian Reiki known as Ra Sekhem. The exercises they will be introduced to will allow them to create a sacred space within themselves. The basic techniques covered in this workshop will be based on the Metu Ntr script, “Ankh Ujah Seneb”, translated as life, strength and health. The participants will leave with techniques and tools that will empower their life, strengthen their bodies and improve their health. I will focus on breathe as the key to life. I will show them powerful breathing and meditation techniques that can be used to center and ground the body within the spirit .I will focus on the Egyptian Yoga Postures and positions used to illuminate the spirit and strengthen the body from the inside out. Finally I will empower the participants by showing them Reiki (Ra Sekhem) techniques which will help them utilize their own positive energy to heal themselves and increase their own energy field through their hands. Biography: Akua Efuru M Maat is a Certified Hypnotist and Certified Reiki Master Teacher. She is a wholistic health practitioner with combined instruction in the areas of cranio-sacral balancing, foot reflexology, aromatherapy, acupressure, cerebral dominance, face reading, yoga, meditation, weight training, and the exercise arts. As co-founder of Maat Productions, Akua has been working overtime to bring cultural, social, historical, economical, spiritual and political educational information to people of African descent. She plans to re-establish the use of sciences such as Yoga, martial arts, breathing exercises which were historically used by African people to aid in promoting health and vitality. Akua holds a B.S in Communications: Public Relations. Her background as a Public Relations. Practitioner has made a tremendous impact on shaping public opinion and thought. Added to this, she has a well established background as a real estate investor. Her current investment portfolio is worth over 4 million dollars and she owns investment property both nationally and internationally. Through, the use of such tools as hypnosis, meditation and creative visualization, she has helped to motivate and educate hundreds of individuals wishing to make a change in their lives. Currently, Akua resides in Southern California where she holds a private hypnosis practices in the cities of Rancho Cucamonga and Monclair. Always eager to educate and empower others, Akua has served as a guest speaker and presenter on topics ranging from Breath Awareness and Stress Reduction to Prosperity and Career Planning. Her most recent projects include; Sistah's on the Path Conference and Retreat, Afrakan Wholistic Health Expo, and the Loc'd Out: Natural Hair Symposium Workshop: Financially Speaking-Healing Rituals for Creating Wealth Society and various fears have hampered our efforts to achieve financial success and/or comfortable lifestyle free from economic stress. It is possible to achieve a healthy financial portfolio and maintain a strong cultural foundation in this western paradigm. We are a continual source of wealth and abundance which should be reflected mentally, spiritually, physically, economically and politically. This workshop is designed to get participants to create healthy rituals that promote financial health and well-being.
Workshop: Unwrapping our Hairitage Unwrapping Our Hairitage is a presentation dedicated to educate black women and teens on the importance health and hygiene as it relates to beauty and wellness, as well as economic growth and entrepreneurship. Natural hair care has grown into a multi-million dollar industry, with specialized products and training. Because it requires fairly little capital and modest training, in a free and open market the natural hair care industry would have unlimited potential to provide entrepreneurial and employment opportunities, as well as popular services and products to millions of consumers. (Pursuit of Liberty: Challenging Barriers to Economic Opportunity, Free Republic)
After entering recovery from her own 25-year addiction (for which she is 12 ½ years sober), Dr. Muhammad specifically utilizes her education to help women see that they can bounce back from prison and addiction. Dr. Muhammad's pathway to education includes obtaining her General Educational Development (G.E.D.) Certification while in a state penitentiary. From there, she entered into an education release program and received her Bachelor of Arts Degree while in a federal penitentiary, she continued her studies at the University of Phoenix and Suffield University, and this year January 24, 2006 completed a joint Masters/PhD. program in social work, with an emphasis on drug addiction. A nationally-recognized speaker who tours high school campuses, Dr. Muhammad has been called upon to provide insight on the effects of drugs and alcohol on children. She has delivered keynote addresses for Cocaine Anonymous' annual conference, and, has developed a 12-Step Program for the event, entitled: “Rising Above Emotion Into the Thinking of God.” As a top-rated professional in her field, Dr. Muhammad has received accolades for her work as a Certified Parenting and Domestic Violence facilitator. She is a Women's Recovery Advocate, for women who are victims of domestic violence and advocates within the court system to reunite mothers who have addiction problems with their children after and or during treatment. Arisah is married to Keith Muhammad, is the mother of 8 children, (5 boys & 3 girls), the eldest of 17 children (10 brothers and 6 sisters) and has 13 grandchildren. Workshop: Domestic Violence…Am I a Victim Issues being addressed: 1. Characteristics of Domestic Violence 2. The Cycle of Domestic Violence 3. The effects Domestic Violence has on Children 5 Learning Objectives for your presentation:
As a holistic teacher, Ms. Muhammad believes that teachers and students perform their best when the health of the mind and body is taken into consideration. Her column, “Get Fit to Live,” is featured regularly in the international newspaper, The Final Call. She has conducted educational and health workshops in Springfield, MA; Toledo and Cincinnati, Ohio; Detroit, Michigan, Chicago, Illinois, Los Angeles and Richmond, California. Ms. Muhammad, a graduate of Bowling Green State University, has a B.A. degree in Psychology/Sociology and an M.A. degree in English (with a specialization in Technical Writing). She is presently an adjunct professor at Contra Costa College and owner of Get Fit to Live, a health education company. She is the author of Rhymes of the Times: Black Nursery Rhymes and The Sisters' Guide to Fitness. Ms. Muhammad is available for workshops on Education, Stress and Wellness for students and educators. For more information, please (510) 234-2195. Workshop: How To Bring Out the Genius in Your Child
Biography: I am an African American woman in her late twenties. Although my career began in medicine as a medical laboratory technician, I have gained valuable business and finance insight. My economic background has further sparked my desire to design and implement quality care for all. I was an AVP for Wells Fargo bank for 5 years and have been in financial serivces for over 12 years. I became a researcher for Children's hospital when I returned to college to persue my dream to become a physician. For almost three years I have worked along side Dr. Marhsa Treadwell, Ph. D (also African American) at Children's Hospital of Oakland, towards improving care for sickle cell patients in Oakland and the Greater Bay Area. Some projects that I have participated in include; "Improving Awareness to an at risk community," "Improving Emergency Room Care", and working towards increasing resiliency in children and families affected by AIDS in Zimbabwe. Our current project at Talking Drums is towards measuring stress and reactivity in children living with sickle cell disease. Projects like these have provided helpful data towards bridging the disparities in healthcare perceptions of both health care providers and patients. We are on a never ending journey to improve quality of care. As such, my dedication to sickle cell disease and health care in general will be life long. Workshop: "Improving Emergency Room Care for Patients w/ Sickle Cell Disease" Target Audience: Health workers Five Learning Objectives: 1.) Create Awareness of the Problem,2.) Empathy fromHealth care providers,3.) Improvement of Outlook towards Patients w/ SCD (not just drug seeking individuals), 4.)Improve treatment for SCD patients by disseminating a structured high quality protocol and training 5.) Provide tools and resources to health care providers that will empower them to deliver quality care to SCD patients. Biography: Keisha was born and raised in Hanford, CA, a small agricultural community in the central valley. After receiving her BA in Social Welfare from the University of California, Berkeley, she served for one year as an AmeriCorps*VISTA (Volunteers In Service To America) Member in Sacramento, CA. While there, she developed a community planning training program that built the capacity of community members to utilize data in their efforts to improve their neighborhoods. Following her service as a VISTA, Keisha dove into the world of alcohol policy work, organizing citizens to work towards reducing the negative affects of alcohol on communities. From keeping a national discount chain from selling cheap, high alcohol content beverages in an area already over concentrated with liquor stores, or preventing a liquor store from installing gasoline pumps along a strip well known for its DUI arrests, to meeting with state legislators to pass laws closing loopholes for businesses that sold alcohol to minors, Keisha worked tirelessly to keep communities healthy. During this busy time, Keisha earned her Master of Public Health degree in community health education from San Francisco State University. Prior to joining the American Heart Association, she served as the health educator at a youth center in Berkeley, CA, where she developed activities to encourage healthy eating and physical activity habits among the youth and their families. Since joining the AHA in 2002, Keisha has successfully developed and implemented programs throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. By developing relationships with a diverse group of organizations and churches, screenings, cooking demonstrations and other health education activities are able to reach the diverse African American community of the Bay Area. Keisha is a Girl Scout leader and volunteers with Black Women Organized for Political Action. Workshop: Search your Heart Heart disease is the number one killer of all Americans, but this devastating disease disproportionately affects African American women. This workshop will cover the risk factors of heart disease and stroke, including family history, diabetes and high blood pressure, as well as ways we can control these risk factors to live long, heart healthy lives. Workshop Objectives:
Workshop: Domestic Weapons of Mass Destruction My presentation will cover some of the “Domestic Weapons of Mass Destruction” that are found in food, medicine, “personal care products,” and other areas of our environment. I also address the ways we can protect ourselves and our family from the harmful effects of those weapons. Some of the known biological/chemical warfare agents that I discuss include: aspartame, chlorine, fluoride,mercury, microwaves and vaccines. I also discuss the economic and legal issues behind the attack against alternative health methods and providers. I offer suggestions on how we can protect our ability to choose the healthcare methods that work for us. Black folk in the U.S. act as if the government is responsible for solving all of our problems, particularly the ones related to our health. Statistics show that every year more and more of us are developing - and dying from - dis-eases that are very easily prevented and cured. In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina the world watched Black folk die from the U.S. federal government ‘management” of our pain, suffering, and death. We must wake up to the fact that no one can save Black folk but Black folk. Women are generally the care givers. We do the shopping for food. We handle crises brought on by dis-ease. We purchase most of the “miscellaneous” items that come into the family home. We need to know exactly what it is we are buying and what healthy alternatives are available. I would like to think that after my presentation at least one woman will change the way she thinks about the articles that she buys and uses for herself and her family.
Ms. Tsehai is an African Medicine Woman, Wholistic Health Educator, and Certified Iridologist--specializing in internal cleansing programs and natural weight management. Ms. Tsehai is a world traveler and mother of two sons Tevah and Jahntu, ages 13 and 5. Workshop: Spiritual Approach to Weight Loss
She is the Executive Director and founder of the Wholistic Stress Control Institute, Inc. (WSCI), a 21 year old community based non-profit organization whose mission is to promote wellness and healthy lifestyles through a wholistic approach. WSCI's goal is to increase positive coping skills for stress management and to decrese the incidence of stress related illnesses and negative behaviours for children and adults. Mrs. Trotter has developed prevention models for use in educational settings and is the author of ht eStress Eduction Curriculum K-12. She has received numerous community awards in recognition of her excellent work as a trailblazer in the field of health. Some of her awards are: Robert Wood Johnson Health Leadership Award, Georgia school Health services Award, 100 Black Women Coalition award and many others. Workshop: Wholistic Stress Management Techniques: Using the Power Within to Combat Today's Stress WSCI teaches wholistic stress management skills to children, youth, juveniles, parents, professionals and incarcerated men and women. Wholistic Stress management teachers and empowers the individual to use their God given healing practices used by our forefathers and foremothers to deal with adverse physiological and psychological stress during slavery and its aftermath. Stress is no respecter of age, sex or race. Some of wholistic stress management techniques/spiritual practices that will be shared with participants are: Workshop objectives:
Biography: Norma Ward has been providing comprehensive services to women, families and At Risk Youth for over 15 years. She has worked extensively in the areas of substance abuse, domestic violence, sexual assault and children and family services. She has also worked providing services to teens in the Oakland Unified School District, she has worked for Planned Parenthood Golden Gate since June 2000, where she is responsible for the Health Education, Promotoras and Case Management component of Planned Parenthood. Prior to working for Planned Parenthood, Norma worked for the West Oakland Health Center, Mental Health Department as a Psychiatric Social Worker and acted as the Program Manager for the Healthy Start Program, at the West Oakland Health Center. Norma holds a Masters Degree in Counseling and Psychology, she is certified by the State of California in Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault and is a Registered Addiction Specialist. Norma is a member of the National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Bay Area Chapter and is the President of the newly emerging National Black Women's Health Imperative, Northern California Chapter (formerly the National Black Women's Health Project). She also facilitates women support groups throughout the Bay Area and serves on many committees whose focus is improving the quality of life for women, men and families in the greater Bay Area Workshop: Domestic Violence: What you need to know The presentation will give the Definition of Domestic Violence and will site examples of it. It will give a clear explanation of the Cycle of Violence and what that can entails; as well as the different Types of Violence and how they are carried out. The presentation will explore the connection between Domestic Violence and Substance Abuse; and look at domestic violence in the context of it being a woman's health issue and a public health issue. It will also describe the effect of domestic violence on children who witness it and will describe their behavior.
The Goddess Fitness Boot Camp Workshop will look at using intense physical fitness as a spiritual tool. The one hour workshop will consist of prayer/meditation, limbering and flexibility exercises, Pilates Mat, cardio-vascular, calisthenics, and weight training. Immediately following the workout, there will be soul journaling. Nutrition detoxification plan will be discussed and handed out. Floor mats and small hand weights are optional.
Dr. Wheatley is a past member of the UC Berkeley Breast Cancer Research Council, Alta Bates Breast Center Advisory Board and Breast Cancer Action. Dr. Wheatley holds three federal appointments: She is a member of the National Breast Cervical Cancer Control Program at the Centers for Disease Control; Food and Drug Administration, and Consumer Advocates in Research Related Activities (CARRA). She is the northern California Coordinator of the National Black Leadership Initiative on Cancer. She is an advisory member of the Cancer Information Service (CIS) and a member of the CIS Outreach Task Force Leadership. She serves on the following boards-- East Bay Chapter of the Komen Foundation, Outreach Chair; past member of Susan G. Komen National African American Advisory Committee, former member of the FDA Radiological Advisory Board. Dr. Wheatley co-authored, “Cancer Among Low-Income Americans: Cancer Implications for Cultural and Community-Based Health Promotion,” published in Wellness Perspective. She also co-authored, “An Inner-City Cancer Prevention Clinic,” published in the American Cancer Society Cancer Screening in the Underserved Populations and she has made national and international presentations of scientific papers on cancer among African American women. Dr. Wheatley is the holder of the highest award by a non-governmental employee, The Beneficiary Services Award by the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA – Division of Medicare) for her demonstrated leadership and commitment to the development and implementation of a broad-based culturally competent Breast Cancer Early Detection Program in Alameda County. She was also selected into the Women's Hall of Fame, 1999 for Health. Workshop: African American women and Breast Cancer. Despite the breast cancer movement and the progress, a heavier burden of disease is borne by the African American population g in the United States, particularly the poor and underserved. |
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Jewel Diamond Taylor's high energy keynotes and workshops are empowering, effective and memorable. She lifts the low, pushes the slow, empowers others to know and encourages everyone to grow beyond their obstacles, procrastination, past adversity, addictions and fears. 
Biography: Dr. Phillip Anthony Valentine ND, DHS, DMp is the founder, director and pastor of the Temple of the Healing Spirit; Self Healing Education Center; Institute for Self Mastery and just recently, the University of Kemetian Sciences . A certified member of the International Association of Counselors and Therapists (I.A.C.T.), He received his doctorate in hygienic Health Science, and advanced Naturopathy from The Life Science Institute of Texas (now merged with the Fit For Life Sciences Institute, College of Natural Health in Canada), under the late T.C. Fry. A former member of the American Natural Hygienic Society, Valentine is currently a naturopathic consultant to doctors, gurus and lay practitioners as far away as Azania (South Africa), Canada, Trinidad, Jamaica, London England, Ghana Japan and the Philippines. 
Dr. Nalani is a naturopathic doctor of the Hygenic Sciences. She is the founder of the Heal by Touch Wellness Oasis and Co-Director of the Self-Healing Education Center in New York City. She is also a New York State Licensed Massage Therapist and a member of the International Association of Colour Therapy. 
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Biography: Linda Compton, is a Personal Life Consultant, Therapist and Teacher. She has worked with women for the past twenty years in private session, workshops, classes and she is the creator and facilitator of The Endless Dreamer Spiritual Retreats for women in Mexico and Costa Rica. She is a Certified Stress Management Consultant, a Certificate in EFT, Emotional Freedom Techniques and a number of other Energy Psychology modalities to assist in the alignment of Mind, Body and Spirit for Life Mastery and Personal Growth. 
Biography: Maria Dowd is a motivational speaker and author of two inspirational books, Journey to Empowerment and Journey to a Blissful Life. She is founder of African American Women on Tour, the black women's empowerment conference series that toured the country for 13 years. She's a successful director for Warm Spirit, a self-care products company, and leads a network of over 1,000 consultants nationwide. She's the former wellness columnist for Turning Point magazine; and teaches Latin Groove cardio classes in San Diego. For more info visit 
Biography: Ms. Elder is the Deputy Director of Training, co-developer and Project Director of the Pre-School Stress Relief Project and author of the ParentWise Parenting Program and a Yoga and Qigong Instructor at the Wholistic Stress Control Institute, Inc. (WSCI), Atlanta, GA. She is responsible for supervising staff and coordinating and conducting training throughout the world. Ms. Elder has extensive expertise and experience in early childhood education and administration, prevention, and health and wellness issues, with a particular focus on curriculum development and implementation and program replication. 
Biography: I am a health educator based here in the bay area. In 1980 I worked as a volunteer at Highland and in community organizations for women and womens care and around childbirth. I have been a registered nurse since 1989 where I started out working on an HIV/AIDS and Cancer (Oncology) unit at Highland Hospital. I took several of the classes on HIV/AIDS at the time but there was a great inconsistency in the information and a like of connecting dots. I continued to question and do my own research. 
Biography: Dr. Hart received her Naturopathic Doctor (ND) degree from the oldest naturopathic medical school in North America, the National College of Naturopathic Medicine. There are currently 4 such medical schools in the U.S. and a fifth ND medical school will be established in California soon. 
Biography: Nancy James is a woman of faith and an artist. Her work has been published in POOR Magazine, HOW2 journal, and the Poetry for the People Anthology. She was a California Arts Council artist-in-residence with The Medea Project: Theater for Incarcerated Women and has won the Audre Lorde Woman of Color Writer / Activist Award and a writer's residency at Hedgebrook Farm. Nancy holds a BA from Sarah Lawrence College in Performing Arts and Literature and an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from Saint Mary's College of California. She currently leads Grace Through Faith Liturgical Dance at Landmark Ministries. 
Biography: Health and fitness educator Gloria Kamil, has over 30 years of experience both personally and professionally in fitness and is certified by the American Council on Exercise (ACE) and the Pilates Institute of America (PIA). For eight years she has worked exclusively as a fitness teacher and trainer, nutrition consultant and lifestyle change coach. As an avid faster since 1979 and a proponent of the many physical and spiritual health benefits one receive from fasting systematically and her passion for total health led her to form a lifestyle change organization in 1998, Friends Assisting Support To Initiate Never-ending Growth (FASTING) a one year healthy nutrition program that incorporates seasonal systematic fasting as a proactive catalyst in making permanent nutritional lifestyle changes. In 2004 FASTING became a nonprofit organization. Kamil has appeared numerous times as a guest and host for local/cable television, radio, internet radio, and hosted her own weekly fitness show on the Berkeley Community Media (BCM) and health and fitness tips on KCSM Community Television. =
Biography: Ruth King, MA, is president of Bridges, Branches & Braids and author of Healing Rage—Women Making Inner Peace Possible [Sacred Spaces Press, 2004]. King weaves her background in psychology, leadership development, dance, meditation, and teachings from wisdom traditions to facilitate retreats that cultivate emotional integrity, notably Celebration of Rage™. 
Biography: I was fortunate enough to study plant medicine, plant craft and gardening with elders in my family and other African women in surrounding areas and abroad. I grew up picking medicine plants in the open spaces of the Bay Area. I was drawn to the many wild plants surrounding the hills, marshland, mountains, and beaches of various microclimates of the land. Upon obtaining a degree in Ornamental Horticulture, I continued to learn and remember how to bring people and plants together in harmony from the people of various cultures traveling and living abroad in Africa, Australia, the Amazon, Quito Ecuador, India, Mexico, Panama, Jamaica, the Andes, and more. 
Biography: Rashida Lee, M.A., CHT, Intuitive Energy Medicine practitioner (IEM), is an initiated Elder in the Dagara ritual healing tradition. Her lifework consulting practice, Dreamcatcher, includes the Sankofa Leadership Series, as well as individual personal and professional development, specializing in Sacred Self Care. She is the founder of Isis Rising women's drumming circle and has studied Ancient Wisdom with esteemed teachers, indigenous healers, Devis and shamans worldwide, traveling to the rain forests of the Yucatan and Guatemala, and to the initiatory centers of northern Mexico, African/Egypt and Nepal.
Biography: Nzuri Mashama has served over 15 years in the natural hair care industry as a freelance stylist and writer. Before moving to the Bay Area in 2001, she was employed at some of Atlanta's premier salons such as Taliah Waajid's Natural Hair Care Center. “I am proud to say that I have always admired Taliah's creativity, speed, and professionalism. She made it a point to be available to her staff and encouraged versatility and discipline. She always said “I got your back” and I respected her for that.”
Biography: DR. ARISAH MUHAMMAD is a nationally certified drug dependency counselor, whose credentials hail from her rigorous study, passionate life experiences and drive to give back to her community.
Biography: Audrey Muhammad is an educator and fitness consultant. She has worked as a Mentor Teacher, Support Provider and educational consultant for the West Contra Costa Unified School District BTSA program (Beginning Teacher Support and Assessment.) Her success in the classroom as a high school English Teacher for the past 12 years also motivated the Oakland public school District to hire her as a Title I Consultant for a local charter school.
Biography: I am Qaraandin - also called Sistah Q. I am the author of the book “Maintaining Our Temples” and editor/publisher of “Sistah Qaraandin's M.O.T. Healthzine.” My experience in the growing, harvesting and manufacturing of life sustaining herbs and my research on the legal and economic issues behind the way the health care industry is run put me in a unique position to clarify how and why food, medicine and ‘personal care products' are used against Black folk in the Black Holocaust. I have shared this information in North America, Europe and Afrika.
Biography: "I plan to be fit and fabulous at one hundred," proclaims the youthful Asara Tsehai, founder of A Touch of Life, a Radiant Health and Wellness Institute. Author of "the Ancient Principles of Radiant Health," Asara has just released her new CD entitled "9 Breath Guided Meditation Journey", a series of guided meditations. As a wholistic health expert, Ms. Tsehai has been featured in Sister-to-Sister, Essence and Heart & Soul magazines. She has practiced wholistic healing since 1977 and has developed workshops on self-healing, nutrition, herbology and personal growth.
Biography: Jennie C. Trotter, M.Ed, is a licensed counselor, child advocate, educator and preventionist. She recived her Masters Degree in Education and Counseling form Bank Street College of Education in New York.
Biography: I am Carmen Langford West and have 20 years of experience and as a health and wellness expert. This includes: group exercise, personal training and nutrition and spiritual consultation. My specialty is Women's Fitness. Currently I am the founder and owner of the Goddess Boot Camp Ministry. This ministry is dedicated to elevating spiritual consciousness through intense physical fitness. Some people use the medium of art, dance or music for spiritual elevation. I use intense physical fitness. Why? Because it combines the trinity of mind, body and spirit. The 4 week program uses spiritual principles (prayer/meditation), nutrition detoxification, flexibility, strength and cardio-vascular conditioning and soul journaling. This serves to transform and rebirth the woman to remember who she is: the Goddess, the healer, the womb, the way shower, the gatekeeper, the mama, the fruit bearer. The woman healed and as a healer will be the one to bring about change to our family, community and world.
Biography: Dr. Bonnie Wheatley is the Program Administrator of the Bay Area Breast and Cervical Health Collaborative program at Highland Hospital. Holder of two master degrees, public health and educational leadership and is currently completing her doctorate at Mills College. She was also a Co-Principal Investigator on “Shared Decision Making on Rescreening Among African American Women,” at Stanford University, funded by the National Cancer Institute. Experienced in outreach, advocacy, planning, evaluation and coalition building, Dr. Wheatley has over a 15-year history of commitment and service as a breast cancer advocate for underserved African American women. She has worked for the Northern California Cancer Center and as project coordinator for the Cancer Education and Prevention Program at Summit Hospital in Oakland, funded by the national American Cancer Society.