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2021 EMPOWERMENT EXPERIENCE
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| Begin | December 17, 2021 H 1:00 pm |
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| End | December 17, 2021 H 5:00 pm |
Mark your calendars for Friday, Dec. 17, when WURD will host its 2021 Empowerment Experience! This year’s theme is “The Power, Purpose and Possibility of Black Women: Conversations on Healing and Wholeness.” The all-virtual event will feature a keynote from Dr. Robin Smith and several hours of exciting panel discussions which include expert panelists! See the lineup below.
The WURD Empowerment Experience will be available on air (900AM and 96.1FM), online (wurdradio.com and the WURD App) and via WURD TV, through Facebook Live and YouTube. It is free and open to the public.
Schedule
1-1:40 p.m.: Kickoff Keynote Conversation with Dr. Robin Smith, moderated by Sara Lomax-Reese, President & CEO, WURD Radio
Panel Discussions
1:45-2:45 p.m.: Healing Mind and Body in a Time of Hurt
Carol Penn, DO, MA, ABOM, FACOFP, Founder/Activist Penn Global Visions LLC and Penn Global Medical Group LLC
Marquita Williams, Ph.D., Psychologist, Senior Advisor for Community Behavioral Health and the Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Services
Helena Fontes, D.Min., Founder and CEO, NewView Institute
Moderator: Sara Lomax-Reese, President & CEO, WURD Radio
2:50-3:55 p.m.: Women’s Wellness: Healing Ourselves, Healing the Village
La’Tasha D. Mayes, Founder / President & CEO, New Voices for Reproductive Justice
Dr. Seun Ross, RN, Ph.D., Executive Director of Health Equity, Independence Blue Cross
Dr. Anuli Mkparu, M.D., Founder and Chief Medical Officer, Sunnyvale Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation Clinic
Marianne A. Fray, CEO, Maternity Care Coalition
Moderator: Andrea Lawful-Sanders, “The Source” host, WURD Radio
4-4:50 p.m.: The New Women of WURD
Tonya Hopkins, “The Food Griot”
Janee Latrice, Performing Artist and Entertainer
Carol Riddick, Singer/Songwriter
Moderator: Tiffany Bacon, Program & News Director, WURD Radio
Moderator: Sara Lomax-Reese, President & CEO, WURD Radio
Sponsored by PECO, Comcast, Keystone First, Temple University, Einstein, PA Lottery, Spectrum Health, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Independence Blue Cross and Envision 2 B Well and supported by the Racial Equity in Journalism (REJ) Fund at Borealis Philanthropy.
