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WRITING AND STRAWBERRY SHAKE SUNDAYS

 

Join Stacey Clark, Joy Jones, along with Jonetta Barras and Dr. Tracie Renee Robinson on June 10, 2022.


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Stacey Clark, MEd, CALD, is a Certified Authentic Lifestyle Design Coach who lives in Fort Worth, TX. She returns to The National Reconciliation Week, offering insight and information about the importance of forgiveness in the reconciliation process. A social entrepreneur and author, Clark is the executive director of a national nonprofit that provides coaching and consulting services. As a personal development coach and consultant, she combines her knowledge of IT, project management, communications, and training with her research in positive psychology, neurology, and wellness to offer women of all ages and from all walks of life the opportunity and access to grow, transform and thrive in their lives. The executive director and founder of Leap Learn Live, a nonprofit company, Clark is on a mission to empower underemployed, career seeking single moms with the critical and creative thinking skills they need to overcome the ravages of multidimensional poverty. As an entrepreneur, she believes in an economy of kindness, and building community over competition. She believes in creating and bringing products and services that offer real and lasting value to the communities she serves. Stacey’s commercial website is www.10DOW.com. Her books, products and services teach women to focus on manifesting wellness in the ten dimensions of their lives. 

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Joy Jones is award-winning trainer, performance poet, playwright and author from Washington, D.C. She is a magna cum laude graduate of the University of Detroit. Ms. Jones is the director of The Spoken Word performance poetry ensemble, founder of the Double Dutch team, DC Retro Jumpers and works for DC Public Library. Ms. Jones has authored several books-- her latest, JAYLA JUMPS IN, received a starred review on Booklist. Ms. Jones is a former director of community relations at the Psychiatric Institute of Washington. joyjonesonline.com
THE CLOSING RITUAL (June 10—1:00pm) Dr. Tracie Robinson and jonetta rose barras to close the week with a special presentation.
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Ms. Jonetta Barras is a national leader in the women’s fatherhood movement who has been a keynote speaker or workshop presenter at dozens of national and international conferences. She is also the founder of Esther Productions Inc and chief visionary of The National Reconciliation Week. Barras is the author of the groundbreaking book” Whatever Happened to Daddy’s Little Girl? The Impact of Fatherlessness on Black Women,” a Blackboard bestseller. She is also the author of “Bridges: reuniting Daughters and Daddies.” Barras is an award-winning journalist whose writings have appeared in the Washington Post, The Washington Times, the Washington Examiner, USA Today, the New Orleans Times-Picayune, Essence magazine, the New Republic, the Washingtonian, and Crisis magazine. She has been quoted in several notable publications including The New York Times. http://www.estherproductionsinc.com
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Tracie Robinson, Ph.D, BC-DMT, RP, CHT holds a doctorate in intrapersonal psychology and a master’s in dance/movement therapy. She has been a business owner since 1997 and in private practice since 2000. She is the founder and director of Emotions N Motion Healing Practices and president of Essences of Wellness Authentic Transformations, LLC. Dr. Tracie uses structure and/or authentic dance and movement to facilitate synergistic change. With the goal of exposing people to their predispositions by integrating movement, gestures, rhythms, breaths, verbal and non-verbal communication with a less defended expression of the body. The art of dance is used as a therapeutic tool to bring about holistic healing. https://www.essencesofwellness.com/

Register at https://www.estherproductionsinc.com/events-1/the-national-reconciliation-week-for-self-and-family


Curated by Parents Rise Network, Leap Learn Live, Esther Productions, Inc, The Spoken Word Ensemble, and Almaz Arts


Sponsored by Kerry S. Pearson, LLC, Fort Myer Construction Corporation Charitable Foundation, Emmanuel Bailey, and JRose Communications.


Should you have any questions, please contact thenationalreconciliationweek@gmail.com.

 


 


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