Streaming Live February 18th and In-Person on February 25th
What Is Minds Matter DC?
BGHF's Minds Matter Mental Health Campaign is a national campaign that includes digital and traditional grassroots awareness spearheaded by our BGH College Ambassador Program.
The campaign includes a series of mental health related workshops at community libraries in various cities in the country. Minds Matter DC will be at Howard University in Washington, DC.
The Minds Matter campaign workshop series will continue as a hybrid event in Washington, DC and is scheduled on Saturday, February 18, 2023 and Saturday, February 25, 2023, at 11 am. Minds Matter will consist of a 1- day event in-person and 1 day event with a series of virtual workshops. The series will be live streamed on Black Girl Health Foundation’s social platforms including YouTube, Facebook, and the event website.
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Virtual Schedule
Saturday February 18th @ 11am
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About Virtual Event Speakers
Michelle Petties
AuthorMichelle Petties is a former advertising insider, author, speaker, and inspiration. She is also an experiential eating expert and a food addict in recovery. Her debut memoir, Leaving Large – The Stories of a Food Addict, a category winner in The 2022 Memoir Prize for Books, features the award-winning essay, The Cake is in the Mail. Looking at Michelle today, you would never guess that she used to be morbidly obese, once tipping the scale at 260 plus pounds. After gaining and losing over 700 pounds, Michelle finally discovered the “secret” to winning the battle between her mind, body, and food – her “story.” Writing her book and discovering her “food stories” freed her from 42 years of yo-yo dieting and food addiction. Since working through her food stories, she has been able to maintain her weight consistently. The personal and powerful stories in her memoir chronicle a lifetime of eating for all the wrong reasons and illustrate how events, experiences, and memories inform our beliefs, attitudes, and habits around food, eating, hunger, and everything else in life. Armed with these insights, Michelle shows others how to find their own food and personal truths through customized healing-through-writing retreats and workshops. We all have “food stories” and once we learn how to find them, face them, rewrite them, and replace them… the pride, peace, power, freedom, confidence, and joy that awaits is priceless. Michelle is on a mission to raise the collective consciousness about why we eat what we eat. She speaks to organizations, large and small, sharing unique perspectives and her story of hope, healing, and triumph. Looking for an engaging, thought-provoking, and transformative speaker?
Michelle Petties
Author
Marsha Banks-Harold
Director of the PIES Fitness Holistic Yoga TherapyMarsha D. Banks-Harold is an intuitive healer, a body positive black woman, a mother of black male, LGBTQIA+, and special needs children, and a wife of a black man. She is the Director of the PIES Fitness Holistic Yoga Therapy and Yoga Teacher Training Programs, owner of PIES Fitness Yoga Studio, creator of My Body Don’t Bend That Way Yoga, executive engineering leader, and co-founder of Awakening Yoga Spaces, is a certified yoga therapist and member of the Board of Directors through the International Association of Yoga Therapists and a Trauma Center Trauma Sensitive Yoga Facilitator and Mentor through the Center for Trauma and Embodiment. She is published in Yoga Therapy Today: 1) Building the Business of Yoga Therapy and 2) Reclaiming Humanity & Community: Healing the Trauma, Pain, & Suffering of Prejudice and Disparity and is a contributing author in Yoga Therapy Foundations, Tools, and Practice: a Comprehensive Textbook and in Yoga Therapy Across the Cancer Care Continuum. Marsha blossoms in creating supportive, inclusive, diverse, adaptive and accessible yoga therapy and yoga experiences for all. She is an experienced workshop leader, author, and public speaker.
Marsha Banks-Harold
Director of the PIES Fitness Holistic Yoga Therapy
Montrella Cowan
Owner, Happy Biz SolutionsMontrella Cowan is the CEO of Happy Biz Solutions, LLC providing training, keynote speaking, consulting, and coaching to professionals and executives. She is a Certified Business Made Simple Coach, a licensed therapist, and a Certified Self-Talk Trainer and life coach, serving as an example to inspire women and men like you to “step into their greatness”. For over 20 years, Montrella has been serving organizations with their wellness and leadership development. She's supported small businesses, government agencies, nonprofits, nongovernmental organizations, and even Fortune 500 companies like Marriott International and Fannie Mae. She's authored and coauthored nine (9) bestselling books, including the USA Today Bestseller Game On: Leaders Who Last.
Montrella Cowan
Owner, Happy Biz Solutions
Emily Brown, MPH, CHES
Licensed Clinical Nutritionist, Health Coach and Podcast HostEmily Brown is a licensed clinical nutritionist, health coach & podcast host. Drawing upon current research and using a weight-neutral approach, she walks individuals suffering silently with complex health disorders through a step-by-step process to think more clearly, have more energy, heal their gut, and experience more freedom in their food choices. As an autoimmune warrior herself, Emily is passionate about helping clients make peace with their body and food so they can reach their health goals without feeling deprived or overwhelmed. She believes that healthy eating and lifestyle should be enjoyable and nourishing, not restrictive or intimidating! Read Emily’s story and learn more about her approach to personalized nutrition and wellness by visiting www.bridgeintegrativehealth.com.
In-Person Schedule
Saturday February 25th @ 11am
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About In-Person Event Speakers
Sherrell Tucker Moore
Owner, MindBody FAITHSherrell Moore-Tucker, the creator of MindBody FAITH, an app that offers faith-focused mindfulness practices. She is registered with the National Alliance as an experienced yoga teacher, E-RYT-200. She began practicing yoga while serving in the US Army and during her enlistment, she began experiencing excruciating back pain. At the recommendation of her doctor, she tried yoga and began practicing regularly to ease her chronic pain. She completed her first yoga training in 2010 and has been sharing mindfulness practices and her faith with various communities ever since. She has taught over 1,000 hours of classes and workshops for organizations like the Arthritis Foundation, Black Girl Health Foundation, Kaiser Permanente, Atlanta VA Medical Center, Jack & Jill of America, and various local churches.
Sherrell Tucker-Moore
Owner, MindBody FAITH
BRIDGETTE CHASE, EDD, LMFT, LPC, MAC, SAP
Owner, Care of Souls: Nurture, Support, Healing and RestorationA native of Statesville, North Carolina, Bridgette Chase received a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration and Accounting from Livingstone College in Salisbury, N.C. Dr. Chase continued her academic pursuits, obtaining a Master of Arts in Counseling with a specialty in Family and Mental Health Counseling from the University of the District of Columbia in 1996. In this same year, Dr. Chase secured her license as a Professional Counselor and was certified in 2001 as an Addiction Counselor. In 2009 Dr. Chase secured her licensure as a Marriage and Family Therapist. She is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., the American Counseling Association, and the American Association of Christian Counselors. Dr. Chase completed her doctorial degree majoring in Counseling Psychology at Argosy University. Dr. Chase is a dedicated counselor, administrator, program developer, and entrepreneur. She has more than thirty years of experience in the clinical discipline, including crisis, substance abuse, family, and individual counseling. For seven years, Dr. Chase worked in the juvenile justice system and residential treatment facilities with dually diagnosed adolescents. She has extensive knowledge and experience with case management and diagnostic/treatment procedures. Diversified in her abilities, she also designs, markets, and directs service programs in the community and church. Chase Consulting LLC is dedicated to the “Care of Souls: Nurture, Support, Healing and Restoration”. Dr. Chase is committed to serving and advocating for the underserved population in Washington DC and surrounding areas. In keeping with this theme, Dr. Chase travels doing consultant work, training churches, and birthing lay ministries that focus on counseling both in the community and church. Dr. Chase’s future includes the launch of a behavioral health clinic, residential facility for adolescent, adult females, and homeless Veterans. Dr. Chase is currently working on the outline for her first book, she constantly shares with others how excited she is regarding the word and the work our God has given her.
BRIDGETTE CHASE, EDD, LMFT, LPC, MAC, SAP
Owner, Care of Souls: Nurture, Support, Healing and Restoration
Monique Coleman
Body-Positive Health and Wellness EntrepreneurBody-Positive Heath and Wellness entrepreneur Monique Coleman is making waves when it comes to inclusivity in the fitness space. Her journey from being over 300 pounds and being told she didn't fit the mold of what a fitness instructor looks like to now Master Educator for MixxedFit Dance Fitness, Founder and CEO of Thick Chixx Fitness, and being a regular on Fox 5 morning news. She is paving the way and speaking her truth openly and honestly on issues like being single in the city over 40, having bariatric surgery, and how to grind gracefully as an entrepreneur.
Monique Coleman
Body-Positive Health and Wellness Entrepreneur
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