Empowerment

Dr. Shalon’s Maternal Action Project

Dr. Shalon’s Maternal Action Project On January 28, 2017, Dr. Shalon Irving passed away from complications after giving birth to her daughter. Dr. Shalon was a brilliant scientist with a passion for improving community health. “I see inequity wherever it exists, call it by name, and work to eliminate it,” she wrote. As an epidemiologist…

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Movember ~ Change the Face of Men’s Health

Movember is an annual event involving the growing of moustaches during the month of November to raise awareness of men’s health issues, such as prostate cancer, testicular cancer, and men’s suicide and Mental Health. The word Movember is a combination of words moustache, “mo”, and “November”.  The goal of Movember is to “change the face…

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Dr. Ifewumi Fagunwa M&M Menstruation & Menopause & The SHAKE Africa Project

Menstruation and Menopause – The SHAKE Africa Project Dr. Ifewumi Fagunwa is an award-winning medical doctor, obtaining her medical degree from University College London (UCL) and a Neuroscience graduate from King’s College London. She has a long-standing interest in women’s rights and sexual and reproductive health and is the founder of SHAKE Africa – a…

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Mental Hygiene with LaBarron Burwell

LaBarron is a globally renowned wellness expert and catalyst for personal and professional transformation. Originally from Oxford North Carolina, he is now based in the Washington DC area, and has been for the past decade. LaBarron has dedicated his life to empowering individuals and organizations with the tools and insights needed to thrive. LaBarron has…

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Derrica Wilson ~ Black & Missing Foundation

Thousands of people are reported missing every year in the U.S. and while not every case will get widespread media attention, the coverage of white and minority victims is far from proportionate. NEARLY 40 PERCENT OF MISSING PERSONS ARE PERSONS OF COLOR, YET, AFRICAN-AMERICANS MAKE UP ONLY 13 PERCENT OF THE POPULATION. The Black and…

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Raw Chef Gail – Kale Her Way

Before LaRhonda Gail Adger arrived into the world, chaos and trauma was introduced to her frail being when an abortion procedure was performed on her. A few weeks following, she was delivered, not breathing. Dead. She was placed in a trash bag about to be thrown into a dumpster. Then suddenly, someone heard a cough….

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Trauma, Mental Health & Supporting Girls & Their Incarcerated Mothers with Ilyse Kennedy

Ilyse Kennedy is the founder of Moving Parts Psychotherapy. A Licensed Professional Counselor, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Certified Perinatal Mental Health Professional, and EMDRIA Certified Clinician. Ilyse has always been a helper by nature. As a child, this meant befriending children who struggled, and talking bullies down to empathy. She enjoyed having deep connections…

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Suicide Prevention, Kevin Briggs, The Guardian of The Golden Gate Bridge

Sergeant Kevin Briggs (also known as the Guardian of the Golden Gate Bridge) was a California Highway Patrol officer noted for his work in suicide intervention, having dissuaded more than two hundred people from jumping off of the Golden Gate Bridge into the San Francisco Bay. He retirement from the California Highway Patrol in 2013…

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Surviving the Golden Gate Bridge, Suicide Prevention & Mental Health with Kevin Berthia

Kevin Berthia’s Story: “Hearing, Hope, & Healing” Kevin Berthia is a suicide survivor and prevention advocate. Kevin was born with a genetic major depression disorder. In 2005, at the age of 22, Kevin attempted to take his own life by jumping from the Golden Gate Bridge. “I had never dealt with any of the problems…

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Single, Saved, Searching, Sex and Unsatisfied, Christian Matchmaking with Dr. Sara Jayne McLeod

Dr. Sara is a medically trained clinician who has emerged as one of the UK’s premier Singlehood Consultants, specializing in discipleship for Christians who desire to be married.  She is an international itinerant speaker, director of the Christian Singles Leadership Network, Single Adult Ministries advisor to Pastors and Key Leaders while managing her own Life…

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