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KEYNOTE SPEAKER, Adjunct Professor at Vanderbilt

P. Danielle Nellis

Women account for one-half of the potential human capital in any economy. More than half a billion women have joined the world’s work force over the past 30 years, and they make up 40 percent of the agriculture labor force. According to the World Bank, countries with greater gender equality are more prosperous and competitive.

While women make up more than 40 percent of the agriculture labor force only 3 to 20 percent are landholders. In Africa, women-owned enterprises make up as little as 10 percent of all businesses. In South Asia, that number is only 3 percent. And despite representing half the global population, women comprise less than 20 percent of the world's legislators.

60 mins

Room 201

CEO | FOUNDER - WOMEN WILL BLOOM - BROOKLYN, NY

Doretta Gadsden RN

This session aims to increase participant’s self-knowledge about their values and vision, as well as enhance their capabilities as a leader and a team player. This session aims to inspire and empower young women across the globe to engage in purposeful career development, entrepreneurship, and take on leadership for important causes –– to lead change with more conviction and confidence and improve their lives, families, and communities. There is one relationship that affects your life more than any other. No matter who you are, what you do, or what you want to achieve, it is this essential relationship that influences every step you take on your life journey: Your relationship with yourself.

100 mins

Room 201

ENTREPRENEUR | WRITER| RADIO HOST

Genma Stringer Holmes

“Relationships are what we’re about;"that's what our life is about – our relationships with ourselves, with each other, with our environment, and with the world... Because at the end of our life, relationships are all we have. This interactive action lab will focus on healthy relationship skills and unhealthy relationships including cyberbullying, dating violence, and bullying. This session addresses the questions, "What are some ways to identify and deal with unhealthy relationships? And what strategies can people use to enhance relationships? What are some internal and external support resources that are available for people dealing with unhealthy relationships? What are some ways to identify and deal with unhealthy relationships?"

Industry experts and participants will discuss three major issues; Women and Violence, Date Rape | Eradication of Human Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation | AIDS, and HIV | Women in the Media and brainstorm those issues to find solutions.

24-hour National Domestic Violence Hotlines (Seven days a week)

National Bilingual Hotline: (800) 799-SAFE (-7233) (will translate into over 130 languages) | TTY: (800) 787-3224

American Psychological Association (APA) |(offers a practice directory for referrals to psychological services)(800) 374-2723 | TTY: (800) 336-6123

YMCA of the U.S.A. | (800) 872-9622 . YWCA of the U.S.A. | (202) 467-0801

120 mins

Room 201

Leslie Denman, Doretta Gadsden, Marguritte S. Johnson, Emily Newsome, Aerial Ellis and Rwanda Wynder.

CEO | FOUNDER OF WOMEN WILL BLOOM - BROOKLYN, NY

Doretta Gadsden

Guided Meditation is a technique used by individuals, which help them to learn how to focus their mind on an object, thought or activity, to achieve a mentally clear and emotionally calm state of mind. This session aims at reducing stress, anxiety, depression, and pain, while increasing peace, perception and wellbeing.

15 mins

Room 201

Guests: Leslie Denman, Doretta Gadsden, Emily Newsome, Rwanda Wynder.

HEALTH EDUCATOR | CO-FOUNDER “WOMEN HELPING WOMEN HEAL” - ATLANTA, GA

Rwanda Wynder MPH

Utilizing holistic measure in caring for yourself. This session will touch on topics such as your well-being and address the basic needs by examining issues related to a healthy diet, food insecurity, and food-desserts crisis. Its focus is centered around healthy-living and is intended to help you gain information and increase your knowledge of healthy living topics.

75 mins

Room 201

FOUNDER AND WORD COACH, OFFERINGS - DALLAS, TX

Emily Newsome

The session aims at answering our career advancement and what propels us upward? What are your leadership goals and aspirations? How do you define career success? "What do you have to offer in the global economy? How can you break barriers and advance women in global leadership?"

105 mins

Room 201

CEO | FOUNDER OF (S4S) STAND 4 SISTERHOOD - FARMERS BRANCH, TX

Dr. Marguerite Johnson

Preventing Burnout Living with resilience and willpower is about learning to adapt to change... Resilience and willpower require us to persist despite the adversity that life throws... [Actions and strategies to overcome the obstacles and setbacks in your life].

60 mins

Room 201

FOUNDER AND WORD COACH, OFFERINGS - DALLAS, TX

Emily Newsome

“Career Personality Assessment - ways to leverage your skills, and how to work with other career personality types. “How to acquire valuable employee skills and gain experience to build your skill set and securing employment.”

60 mins

Room 201

ENTREPRENEUR | WRITER| RADIO HOST

Moderator: Genma Stringer Holmes

Getting to the Root of Addiction: Dual-diagnosis often comes with a long line of misconceptions. Drug addicts tend to have an underlying mental illness along with their addiction that, if not diagnosed and treated, will further drug abuse, relapse, and/or mental torment. In this session, we will discuss addiction and its impact on mental illness. You will learn the importance of treating both conditions at the same time and where to find resources and support systems to help you.

With more than one million women behind bars or under the control of the criminal justice system, women are the fastest growing segment of the incarcerated population increasing at nearly double the rate of men since 1985. Incarcerated women are a segment of this population who have remained even more invisible than their male counterparts. Few have bothered to ask who these women are, how they end up in prison, and what type of support they need to resume their lives after their sentences are served.

What happens to the children and families of incarcerated mothers?

• How have women been disproportionately targeted in the "War on Drugs"
• The impact on women and the relationship between domestic violence and incarcerated women?
• What types of alternatives to incarceration will benefit communities?

120 mins

Room 201

Panel: Doretta Gadsden, Marguritte S. Johnson, Emily Newsome, P Danielle Nellis

Public land grant university in Nashville, TN

TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY

Tennessee State University, a Historically Black College/University, was established as the Tennessee Agricultural & Industrial State Normal School for African American in 1912. In 1968, the college officially changed its name to Tennessee State University. And in 1979, the University of Tennessee at Nashville merged into Tennessee State. It remains the only public university in Nashville and its health science program is the largest in the state and one of the largest in the nation.

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90 mins

3500 John A Merritt Blvd, Nashville, TN 37209

Nation’s largest private, historically black academic health sciences center

MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE

Founded in 1876 as the Medical Department of Central Tennessee College, Meharry was the first medical school in the South for African Americans. Meharry Medical College is one of the nation’s oldest and largest historically black academic health science centers dedicated to educating physicians, dentists, researchers, and health policy experts

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90 mins

1005 Dr DB Todd Jr Blvd, Nashville, TN 37208

Small, predominantly African American institution with a strong liberal arts and science emphasis.

FISK UNIVERSITY

Founded in 1866, shortly after the end of the Civil War, Fisk University is a historically black university, and is the oldest institution of higher learning in Nashville, Tennessee. Fisk’s outstanding faculty and students continue to enhance the University’s national reputation for academic excellence, which is validated year after year by the leading third party reviewers, as well as, by the pool of talented applicants and the large percentage of alumni who complete graduate or professional degrees and become leaders and scholars in their fields.

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90 mins

1000 17th Ave N, Nashville, TN 37208

Private research university in Nashville, Tennessee. Founded in 1873, it was named in honor of shipping and rail magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt

Vanderbilt University

For the first 40 years of its existence, Vanderbilt was under the auspices of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. From the outset, Vanderbilt met two definitions of a university: It offered work in the liberal arts and sciences beyond the baccalaureate degree and it embraced several professional schools in addition to its college

James H. Kirkland, the longest-serving chancellor in university history 1893-1937, followed Chancellor Garland. He guided Vanderbilt to rebuild after a fire in 1905 that consumed the main building.

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75 mins

1000 17th Ave N, Nashville, TN 37208

Team Community Project

Asset Based Community Development (ABCD)

How can young women seen in the community positively impact the community ? Recognizing the assets of individuals and communities is more likely to inspire positive action for change from within than an exclusive focus on needs and problems. This session will focus on what is present in the community rather than on what is absent and requires us to look afresh at marginalized communities and see opportunities rather than problems.

60 mins

Room 201

Keynote Speaker

Tameka Winston

Tameka Winston, an inspiring keynote speaker will share success strategies to help you stand up to any challenge by embracing adversity and your fears. No matter what challenges you’re facing, the true measure of success is how well you respond to change, self-doubt, setbacks, and fear. In this session you will learn:

• How to equip yourself to conquer obstacles in your personal and professional life.
• What it takes to Stretch Yourself beyond your paralyzed state.
• Examine why your Willingness to Fail But Your Unwillingness to Quit is a leadership trait.
• Understand what it really means to Go with Your Fear and Never Give Up.

60 mins

Room 201

A-WOW CEO and Founder

Carolyn Wright

The next phase of A-WOW International Girls Leadership Initiative. In this session, we will discuss expansion (Nashville), the way onward and ways to ensure AWOW’S success and sustainability.

45 mins

Room 201