THE EXPERIENCE: #BeWell, Be Transformed

Movement has always been a major component of the African Diasporic experience. It has the ability to help us to connect to our culture, harness the energy within, and create a path to mindfulness and wellness. Movement transforms us.  Join us as we explore West African Dance movements and connect with our roots. #BeWell

AbunDance creates a space for authenticity, discovery and permission, focusing on connections and our relationship to self-awareness.  This activation will use different art forms such as dance, movement, poetry, and music to expand our experience with abundance and give ourselves more access to our body, our thinking, and our self-expression. Movement shifts moods and has the ability to foster abundant thinking. #BeWell

It is time to raise the bar higher! 

Connect with your higher self and find inner peace. Join Omar Davis, Founder of Crashbell, in this meditative activation as he helps us open up the channels to reach a more expansive part of our consciousness. You are not limited as you have been told. It is time to wake up. #BeWell 

Oftentimes mental health is talked about as a hindrance to our well-being; and while people are opening up more about their mental wellness, there's still a "stigma" associated with the topic, especially for people of color. This activation focuses on shifting conversations around mental health as a vital part of our holistic wellness. Coach Barry leads an engaging workshop and conversation around how we connect to our mental wellness and gives us the tools to look at this part of our health as a journey of self-development and mental growth. When you better understand your mental health, you become a more holistic person. We will explore what it means to take control of who we are at what it means to be mentally healthy  #BeWell

We’re living in unusual times and as professionals of color our communities and network are our sustainability. In this panel activation, ManiFeast invites us to explore our professional wellness through the lens of transformation in order to manifest careers, dreams, and goals. 

Join us as we connect, inspire, and build on these key takeaways: 

- What does professional wellness look like for people of color?

- How can this time of stillness be used to assess your profession?

- Discuss networking tips for people seeking new opportunities 

- Learn tips and tools for growth in and out of the workplace

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There's no better time than now to explore what passion and purpose look like as professionals of color. Join Non-Corporate Girls for a live podcast recording as they explore how this worldwide "pause" could actually be an awesome time for "passion.” They’ll also dish about the everyday challenges and successes that come along with balancing their 9-5 and the entrepreneurial ventures in their 5-9. Tune in and gain key takeaways for professional wellness. #BeWell 

Wealth is not exclusively reserved for the lucky or the privileged. With proper planning and preparation,  you can learn to create actionable steps specific to you and your family's financial needs. This activation walks you through how to develop a successful financial plan from investments to daily/weekly budgeting. Join in gaining the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and behavior for understanding your finances in order to sustain a healthy financial portfolio and build wealth. 

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Together we will explore relationships and partnerships through the lens of wellness. We will take a deep dive into how masculinity and femininity show up in the constructs of emotion and intimacy in black and brown romantic relationships. This activation is lead by two leaders  in the realm of women's and men's health and well-being. #BeWell

Relationships are a mirror where you have an opportunity to see your true self: the good, bad, and ugly. And if you are willing, it can serve as a space to learn, grow, and build healthy partnerships. Join The BaShes (Barry & Shantini) as they talk about the mirrors that show up in different stages of a relationship from gender constructs to power dynamics in the bedroom and more. #BeWell

Join the founder of Young, Black + Quarantined as she pays homage to a black Millennial game favorite: Black Card Revoked. Black Card Revoked is a fun and nostalgia-filled game celebrating American black popular culture. It's bound to create joyous community and invoke hilarious debates. Make sure to dust up on your black cultural knowledge so you don't get your black card revoked!

From #BlackGirlMagic to #BlackLiveMatters, and even the viral memeable moments of Black Twitter, social media has become OUR platform to be seen, heard, and unapologetic. This panel explores how conversations around culture and safe spaces are had on social media and what role community wellness plays in it all. 

Key talking points include:

- How do people of color navigate the digital/social media space with intention

- How has social media created communal experiences for people of color

- How do these online conversations contribute to our wellness as a community 

- How has COVID shifted the social landscape for people of color

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In this interactive cooking session, attendees will have the opportunity to transform basic ingredients into a healthy nutritional meal. You will be creating Healthy Chicken Pacatta! Once you sign up you will get the full recipe so that you can have the ingredients ready and cook alongside Chef Jasmine. #BeWell

A little goes a long way, even in the kitchen. In this interactive cooking activation, attendees will have the opportunity to learn how to use minimal ingredients to create multiple healthy dishes. We love getting more bang for our buck! Once you sign up you will get the full recipe so that you can have the ingredients ready and cook alongside Chef JB. #BeWell

Ecclesiastes "For everything, there is a season, a time for every activity under heaven." In this Covid-19 season, how do we continue to be faithful and know that this too shall pass? Join us for praise and worship, a transformative massage, and prayer as we feed the spirit hope and faith for the journey and our spiritual wellness. 

#BeWell