The next installment of the Wellness Collective will feature guest expert Dr. Patrice A. Harris. She is a psychiatrist and the immediate past president of the American Medical Association. Dr. Harris has led efforts on both local and national levels to integrate public health, behavioral health and primary care services with supports for employment, housing and education.
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The Reverend Dr. Gina Marcia Stewart is a pastor, preacher, builder, mentor, adjunct professor, and daughter of Christ Missionary Baptist Church in Memphis,...
Memphis, TN
Speaker Profile of Rev. Dr. Gina M. StewartSchedule of speakersPresiding Prelate, Tenth Episcopal District, African Methodist Episcopal Church
Bishop Vashti Murphy McKenzie serves as the 117th elected and consecrated bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church. Her historic election in...
Dallas, TX
Speaker Profile of Bishop Vashti Murphy McKenzieSchedule of speakersAssistant Professor of Theology and African American Religion, Yale University Divinity School
The Reverend Eboni Marshall Turman, Ph.D. is the assistant professor of theology and African American religion at Yale University Divinity School...
New Haven, CT
Speaker Profile of Rev. Eboni Marshall Turman, Ph.D.Schedule of speakersNational Presiding Prelate, the fourth in succession, The House of the Lord Churches
The Reverend Leah D. Daughtry is a nationally recognized organizer-activist, political strategist, author, and Faith leader. The daughter of a long...
Washington, D.C.
Speaker Profile of Bishop Leah D. DaughtrySchedule of speakersDean, School of Theology, Virginia Union University
Dr. John W. Kinney is a native of Wheeling, West Virginia. He received undergraduate and graduate degrees from Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia...
Richmond, VA
Speaker Profile of Rev. Dr. John W. KinneySchedule of speakersPresiding Bishop and Primate, The Episcopal Church
The Most Reverend Michael Bruce Curry was installed as the 27th Presiding Bishop and Primate of The Episcopal Church on November 1, 2015.He was elected and...
New York, N.Y.
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The Honorable Suzan Johnson Cook was the first female and African-American to hold the position of U.S. Ambassador for International Religious Freedom....
New York, NY
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Education and faith are the hallmarks of the ministry of the Reverend Dr. Calvin O. Butts, III, infusing his life, his work and his teachings. As Pastor of...
New York, NY
Speaker Profile of Rev. Dr. Calvin O. Butts, IIISchedule of speakersPastor Emeritus, Trinity United Church of Christ
Rev. Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr. was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He completed his elementary education in that city and then went to Virginia Union...
Chicago, IL
Speaker Profile of Rev. Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr.Schedule of speakersProfessor of Sociology, Georgetown University
Dr. Michael Eric Dyson—who is an American Book Award recipient and two-time NAACP Image Award winner—is one of the nation’s most influential and renowned...
Washington, D.C.
Speaker Profile of Dr. Michael Eric DysonSchedule of speakersPresident, Howard University
Wayne A. I. Frederick, M.D., MBA, the 17th President of Howard University, is a scholar, surgeon, and researcher. The focal point of his research is to...
Washington, D.C.
Speaker Profile of Wayne A. I. Frederick, M.D., M.B.A.Schedule of speakersProfessor of Old Testament, Virginia Theological Seminary
Judy Fentress-Williams is in bi-vocational ministry in Alexandria, VA as the Professor of Old Testament at Virginia Theological Seminary (VTS) and the Senior...
Alexandria, Virginia
Speaker Profile of Rev. Dr. Judy Fentress-WilliamsSchedule of speakersProfessor Of African American Religious Studies
Born in Chicago, Illinois in 1948, Marvin A. McMickle is a 1970 graduate of Aurora University in Aurora Illinois with a B.A. in Philosophy. His alma mater...
Speaker Profile of Rev. Dr. Marvin McMickleSchedule of speakersAssoc. Professor of Women's & Gender Studies
Dr. Cooper is co-editor of The Crunk Feminist Collection (The Feminist Press 2017). She is author of Beyond Respectability: The Intellectual Thought of Race...
Speaker Profile of Dr. Brittney C. CooperSchedule of speakers62nd Chaplain of the United States Senate
On June 27, 2003, Rear Admiral Barry C. Black (Ret.) was elected the 62nd Chaplain of the United States Senate. He began working in the Senate on July 7,...
Speaker Profile of Chaplain Barry C. BlackSchedule of speakersMariann Edgar Budde serves as spiritual leader for 88 Episcopal congregations and ten Episcopal schools in the District of Columbia and four Maryland...
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Wayne A. I. Frederick, M.D., MBA, the 17th President of Howard University, is a scholar, surgeon, and researcher. The focal point of his research is to...
Washington, D.C.
Speaker Profile of Wayne A. I. Frederick, M.D., M.B.A.Schedule of speakersFounder and President, National Action Network
As founder and President of National Action Network (NAN), which currently operates over 125 chapters across the country including a Washington, D.C....
New York, NY
Speaker Profile of Rev. Al SharptonSchedule of speakersPastor, St. Paul's Baptist Church
Reverend Dr. Leslie Dawn Callahan, a native of Gary, West Virginia, experienced her first Christian education and formation at Apostolic Temple Church where...
Philadelphia, PA
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Bishop William J. Barber, II is Pastor of Greenleaf Christian Church, Disciples of Christ in Goldsboro, North Carolina and President and Senior Lecturer of...
Goldsboro, NC
Speaker Profile of Bishop William J. Barber, IISchedule of speakersPresiding Bishop, Mid-Atlantic Episcopal District, African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
Bishop Moore is a native of Mt. Vernon, NY and began his college education at Livingstone College, graduating from Purchase College, in Purchase, NY with a...
Washington, D.C.
Speaker Profile of Bishop W. Darin MooreSchedule of speakersSenior Pastor, Friendship-West Baptist Church
Dr. Frederick D. Haynes, III, is the Senior Pastor of the Friendship-West BaptistChurch in Dallas, Texas and has served for 30 years leading witha commitment...
Dallas, TX
Speaker Profile of Rev. Dr. Frederick D. Haynes, IIISchedule of speakersFounder and Senior Pastor, Kingdom Church
Dharius Daniels is a cultural architect and trendsetter for his generation. He is an innovative leader, a strategic thinker, and an articulate and prolific...
Ewing, N.J.
Speaker Profile of Rev. Dr. Dharius DanielsSchedule of speakersPresiding Bishop, The Fellowship of Affirming Ministries
Bishop Yvette Flunder is a native San Franciscan and third generation preacher with roots in the Church of God in Christ. Bishop Flunder is an ordained...
Oakland, CA
Speaker Profile of Bishop Yvette A. FlunderSchedule of speakersSenior Pastor, Kingdom Fellowship AME Church
The Reverend Matthew Lawrence Watley is the Founder and Senior Pastor of Kingdom Fellowship AME Church headquartered in Silver Spring, MD. The church was...
Speaker Profile of Rev. Matthew Lawrence WatleySchedule of speakersDean of the Chapel and Director of the WISDOM Center, Spelman College
Rev. Dr. Neichelle R. Guidry currently serves as the Dean of the Chapel and the Director of the WISDOM Center at Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia. She is...
Atlanta, GA
Speaker Profile of Rev. Dr. Neichelle R. GuidrySchedule of speakersPastor, Trinity United Church of Christ
Rev. Otis Moss, III is part of a new generation of ministers committed to preaching prophetically, that the message of love and justice are inseparable...
Chicago, IL
Speaker Profile of Rev. Dr. Otis B. Moss, IIISchedule of speakersPastor, Alfred Street Baptist Church
Rev. Dr. Howard-John Wesley is the exciting, gifted and anointed Senior Pastor of Alfred Street Baptist Church in Alexandria, Virginia. A courageous, dynamic...
Alexandria, VA
Speaker Profile of Rev. Dr. Howard-John WesleySchedule of speakersSocial Activist and Public Theologian, Urban Cusp / The Insaka
Rahiel Tesfamariam is a social activist, public theologian, writer and international speaker. She is the founder of Urban Cusp, a cutting-edge...
Washington, DC
Speaker Profile of Min. Rahiel TesfamariamSchedule of speakersSenior Pastor, Metropolitan A.M.E. Church
William H. Lamar IV is the pastor of Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church in Washington, District of Columbia. Formerly, he was managing director...
Washington, D.C.
Speaker Profile of Rev. William Lamar, IVSchedule of speakersDean of the Chapel, Andrew Rankin Memorial Chapel
The Reverend Dr. Bernard L. Richardson is the fourth Dean of the historic Andrew Rankin Memorial Chapel. As the appointed officer for religious affairs...
Washington, D.C.
Speaker Profile of The Rev. Bernard L. Richardson, Ph.D.Schedule of speakers