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EMPOWERMENT SEMINARS*
Hosted by Susan L. Taylor


All seminars are free and begin at 11:00 a.m.


SATURDAY, JULY 1
PEACE IS POWER
Host: KEVIN POWELL
Opening Remarks: EDWARD LEWIS, CO-FOUNDER, ESSENCE & CONGRESSMAN ALEXANDER GREEN Ritual to Honor Our Ancestors and Our Children
IYANLA VANZANT
A Conversation
NAS and DR. MICHAEL ERIC DYSON Spoken Word Presentation
JANEAN LIVINGSTON
Ending the Overincarceration
of African-American YouthANGELA DAVIS
Community Call: What You Can Do Right Now
KAI BARROW, CRITICAL RESISTANCE
Music and the Word From the Heart of
YOLANDA ADAMS CONGRESSWOMAN SHEILA JACKSON LEE
Ending Violence in Our Communities
DR. DEBORAH PROTHROW-STITH
and Former Gang Members Helping and Healing Our Youth
Keynote: BISHOP T.D. JAKES



SUNDAY, JULY 2
REAWAKENING THE SPIRIT
Host: REVEREND MARCIA DYSON
Opening Remarks: MICHELLE EBANKS, PRESIDENT, ESSENCE Sunday Service: DONNIE McCLURKIN, FRANKLIN AVENUE BAPTIST CHURCH CHOIR, REVEREND DR. RENITA WEEMS
Picking Up the Pieces After the Storms:
Healing and Restoring Lives
MARC MORIAL, PRESIDENT & CEO, NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE From Breakdowns to Breakthroughs
TERRIE WILLIAMS
20 Things We Should Start and
Stop Doing in Our Relationships
MO'NIQUE Keynote: IYANLA VANZANT
The Children of Katrina: Securing Their Future
MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN Our Community, Our Responsibility
JOHN HOPE BRYANT, CHAIRMAN & CEO, OPERATION HOPE
Saving Our Sons and Daughters
Keynote: JAMIE FOXX I Am My Brother's Keeper Community Call:
A Pledge to Mentor



MONDAY, JULY 3
STANDING ON STRONG GROUND
Host: REVEREND ANDRIETTE EARL
Opening Remarks: ANGELA BURT-MURRAY, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, ESSENCE Wealth and Winning StrategiesETAN THOMAS, MATHEW KNOWLES AND OTHERS
Building Wealth
EARVIN "MAGIC" JOHNSON From Broke to Blessed:
7 Steps to Financial Freedom
DR. JULIANNE MALVEAUX
Stand Up and Be Counted:
Our Votes Matter!
BRUCE GORDON, PRESIDENT & CEO, NAACP Keynote: DR. MICHAEL ERIC DYSON
Coming of Age in the Time of AIDS
HYDEIA BROADBENT Take Back the Music
JILL SCOTT
"Who You Calling a Ho? Sisters, Take Back Our Sex!"
KARRINE STEFFANS, TONI BLACKMAN, SHEMAR MOORE Keynote: HON. MINISTER LOUIS FARRAKHAN

Also speaking: REV. SUZAN JOHNSON COOK; THOMAS W. DORTCH, JR.; DANNY GLOVER; TERRENCE HOWARD; REV. JESSE JACKSON; JOSEPH T. JONES, JR.; QUEEN LATIFAH; CONGRESSWOMAN BARBARA LEE; REV. AL SHARPTON; CONGRESSWOMAN MAXINE WATERS.