International Black Womens Congress 29th Annual Conference Economic Healing for Black Women: A Journey Towards Financial

Wellness Atlanta, Georgia September 27 29, 2013 Friday, September 27, 2013 9:00am 9:30am Welcome and Charge
Delores P. Aldridge, Ph.D., Chair of the Board, International Black Womens Congress and Grace Towns Hamilton Distinguished Professor Emeritus, African American Studies and Sociology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA

9:30am 10:00am

Keynote Speaker
Leona Barr-Davenport, President and CEO, Atlanta Business League, Atlanta, GA

10:00am 11:30am

FORUM I
From Whence We Came: Economic Realities of Black Women Chair: La Francis Rodgers-Rose, Ph.D., Sociologist, Founder & CEO, International Black Womens Congress, Norfolk, VA Julialynne Walker, JD., Executive Director, AddLinkages, Inc., Columbus, OH Veronica Udeogalanya, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Economics, Medgar Evers College, Brooklyn, NY Safiya Bandele, M.A., Director Emeritus, Womens Center, Medgar Evers College, Brooklyn, NY

11:30am 1:00pm

LUNCH (On Your Own)

1:00pm 2:30pm

FORUM II
Overcoming Limiting Beliefs: The Psychology of Money Chair: Patricia Kimmons Pettway, MPA, M.Div., Director of Housing, Samaritan Counseling Center, Atlanta, GA Ifetayo Ojelade, Ph.D., Licensed Psychologist and President, Atlanta Chapter, Association of Black Psychologists, Atlanta, GA Imani Maat, Ed.D, CEO, Healthy Haiku Productions, Atlanta, GA Claudia Taylor, RN, M.Ed., Executive Director, Crescent Health Institute, Charlotte, NC

2:30pm 4:00pm

FORUM III
Coaching Black Women to Financial Health and Wellness Chair: Sharon R.B. Bailey, Ph.D., Director of Policy and Research, Office of the Auditor, Denver, CO Andrea Williams, MBA, Make Our Journey Outstanding (M.O.J.O.) Mindset, Dublin, CA Patrice C. Washington Author, and Creator of Seek Wisdom, Find Wealth, Mableton, GA Orisade Awodola, Psychotherapist and Director, Ancestral Healing, Washington, DC

4:00pm 4:30pm 4:30pm 5:30pm

BREAK Featured Speaker

Rev. Dolores Voorhees, Associate Minister, Hillside International Truth Center, Atlanta, GA

5:30pm 8:00pm 8:00pm 10:00pm

Dinner (On Your Own) Reception and Lubna Originals Annual Fashion Show

Saturday, September 28, 2013 9:00am 9:15am Welcome and Greetings

La Francis Rodgers-Rose, Founder & CEO, International Black Womens Congress, Norfolk, VA Sharon R.B. Bailey, Ph.D., National President, International Black Womens Congress and Director of Policy and Research, Office of the Auditor, Denver, CO

9:15am 10:30am

FORUM IV
Standing on the Shoulders of Our Foremothers: Black Women Creating Businesses Chair: Ella Gates Mahmoud, Ph.D., Co-Founder, Seeds Academy and Harvest Prep, Minneapolis, MN Sonya Nandi Gilkey, Owner, Wraploc, Atlanta, GA Lubna Muhammad, Owner, Lubna Originals, Pennsauken, NJ Renee Sattiewhite, CEO, Sattiewhite Training Productions, Snellville, GA Saptosa Foster, Managing Partner, 135th Street Agency New York, NY

10:30am 12:00pm

FORUM V
Black Women Planning for Financial Wellness Chair: Valija C. Rose, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Virginia Tech, Hampton Roads Center, Virginia Beach, VA Patricia Perkins-Auguste, Councilwoman-at-Large and Former Trust Investment Officer, Elizabeth, NJ Jacqualyn F. Green, Ph.D., Consultant and Owner, Green Enterprizes, Inc., Indianapolis, IN

Willa M. Hemmons, Ph.D., JD, Professor Emeritus, Department of Criminal Justice, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH Mark A. Morris, Manager, Jackmont Hospitality, Arlington, VA

12:00pm 2:00pm 2:00pm 2:30pm 2:30pm 4:00pm

ONI Awards Luncheon BREAK FORUM VI

Black Women, Non-Profit Organizations: The Politics of Funding and the Art of Survival Chair: Jennie C. Trotter, M.Ed., Founder and Director, Wholistic Stress Control Institute, Atlanta, GA Loretta Ross, Director, Sister Song, Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective, Atlanta, GA Shanesha Brooks-Tatum, Ph.D., Co-Chair, Black Womens Life Balance and Wellness Conference and Executive Director, Creative Research Solutions, Atlanta, GA Lucy Hall Gainer, CEO, Mary Hall Freedom House, Atlanta, GA Dazon Dixon Diallo, MPH, Founder & President, SisterLove, Inc., Atlanta, GA

4:00pm 4:30pm 4:30pm 6:00pm

BREAK FORUM VII

We Fall Down Then We Get Up: Black Women Succeeding After a Setback Chair: Delores P. Aldridge, Ph.D., Grace Towns Hamilton Distinguished Professor Emeritus, African American Studies and Sociology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA Lavon Morris-Grant, Author and Motivational Speaker, Fairburn, GA

Bernadette Holmes, Ph.D., Professor, Criminal Justice Program, Norfolk State University, Norfolk, VA Patricia Lambright, JD, Executive Director, Crescent Health Institute, Charlotte, NC

6:00pm 7:00pm

Giwyen Mata Women Dancers

Sunday, September 29, 2013 9:30am 11:00am FORUM VIII

Cooperative Economics: The Magical Leverage in Network Marketing Chair: Elaine F. Robinson, M.Ed., Teacher, Teaneck Public Schools, Teaneck, NJ Shakira Abdul-Ali, M.A., Principal, Alchemy Consulting, Trenton, NJ Niamo Muid-Davis, M.S., Gift Officer, Owner, The Million Dollar Store and The Heal Mobile, Union, NJ Olga Barnwell-Gift, M.A., Owner, OBWELL, Inc., Willingboro, NJ Salima Siler Marriott, D.S.W., Principal Social Worker, SS Marriott Group, Baltimore, MD

11:30am 1:00pm

Service Award Brunch

Chair: La Francis Rodgers-Rose, Ph.D., Founder & CEO, International Black Womens Congress, Norfolk, VA Rev. Portia Wills- Lee, M.Div., Dean, Harry V. & Selma Richardson Ecumenical Fellowship, Interdenominational Theological Center and Senior Pastor & Founder, Trinity Tabernacle Baptist Church, Mableton, GA

1:00pm- 1:30pm

Closing Circle