Meet the 2023 Conference Speakers

Marika Baptist, M. Ed, CLS

Indiana Department of Health 

Shanayl Bennett

Mothering Justice

Sheridan Blackwell, MHA

Narrative Nation Inc.

Kymaletha Brown, LLPC, MA

The Great Divine Center

G. Wesley Bugg, JD, LLM

Reaching Our Sisters Everywhere

Ciarra Covin

The Well Project

Carolyn Dayton,  PhD,LP,LMSW,IMH-E(IV)

The Merrill Palmer Skillman Institute

Kerry-Ann Dixon, MSN, RN

Children's Services Council of Palm Beach County

Tierra Emerson, LMSW, CCM

Inkwell Therapy & Consulting LLC

Princella Graham, BA, CPC

SEMPQIC

Amirah Grasty, Doula 

Community Doula Support Program

Shirley Gray, MSW

Detroit Health Department

Kiddada Green, M.A.T.

Black Mothers' Breastfeeding Association

Shardae Herriford, M.Sc

Henry Ford Health System

Yolanda R. Hill-Ashford, MSW

Detroit Health Department

Robena Hill, Doula

Black Mothers' Breastfeeding Association

Crystal Tennille Irby

Dem Black Mamas Podcast

Toncé Jackson, Ed.D., MPH, RDN, cLE

PHFE WIC|CinnaMoms

Angela Johnson, PhD

Reverent Health Group, LLC

Felicia Lane

Women-Inspired Neighborhood Network

Courtney Latimer, M.A

Women-Inspired Neighborhood Network

Jessica Lee, JD

Center for WorkLife Law, UC College of the Law San Francisco

Lorenda Lewis, RN, CLC, Full Circle Doula

Healing with Dignity, LLC

Theresa Mitchell

The Community Builders

Gaylotta Murray, M. Ed.

Great Start Collaborative Detroit Wayne

Gwendolyn Norman, BSN, MPH, PHD

Wayne State University

D’Angela Pitts, M.D.

Henry Ford Health

Ally Rooker, MPH

Henry Ford Health

Randi Rossario

Celebrity Guest

Carl Route, CLC

Reaching Our Sisters Everywhere, Inc.

Kimberly Seals Allers, MA

Narrative Nation Inc.

Zainab Sulaiman

HealthConnect One

Dasha Tate, BS, PSD

Restoring Our Own Through Transformation (ROOTT)

Ronnetta Thompson, MHA/ED, CLC, CHW

Uzazi Village

Beverly Weathington, LMSW

The Merrill Palmer Skillman Institute

Marketia White, MPA

Mommies in the D