TRANSFORMING BROKENNESS TO WHOLENESS

"Cast Not Your Pearls Before Swine…” – Matthew 7:6

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2012
8:00 A.M. – 5:00 P.M.

Cost: $45 | $30 for Seniors & Students(with ID)
Attire – Casual

Mandatory Registration will take place in elevator lobby after worship services on Sundays and Wednesdays through February 8, 2012.

All attendees are asked to bring their bibles.

Itinerary

Registration & Breakfast

8:00 AM – 9:00  AM

Opening Plenary:  I Need You to Survive: Black Women and HIV/AIDS

 9:15 AM – 10:15 AM

Keynote Speaker: C. Virginia Fields, President and CEO, National Black  Leadership Commission on AIDS, Former Manhattan Borough President

Morning Concurrent Workshops

10:30AM – 12:00 PM              

  • • Is This What I Signed Up For??? Interrogating Unhealthy Relationships
  • • Sex in the City…of God: Black Women, Intimacy, and Sexual Health
  • • Listening for God: Sisters Praying in the Spirit
  • • Making Peace With My Past: The Power of Forgiveness

Lunch (Working Lunch/Small Groups)

12:00 PM – 1:15 PM               

Afternoon Concurrent Workshops

1:30 PM – 3:00  PM                

  • • For Colored Girls: Emotional Wellness for Black Women
  • • Soul Sisters: Cultivating Positive Female Relationships
  • • Labor of Love: Finding Work/Life Balance
  • • About My Sister’s Business: Finances for Women of Faith

Closing Plenary: Born Beautiful: Black Women and the Politics of Beauty

3:15 PM – 4:15  PM                 

Keynote Speaker: Marcia Ann Gillespie, Co-Author of Maya Angelo: A Glorious Celebration, Former Editor-in-Chief, Essence and Ms. Magazines, Adjunct Professor at SUNY College at Old Westbury

Closing Conference Ritual

4:15 PM -4:30  PM