Two Powerhouse Women Connected to 100 Words of Wisdom Participate in
Empowerment Seminar for Coca-Cola Company Sponsored
Essence Music Festival 2005
Hiyaah Power, the world's preeminent source for on-line resources,
empowerment and networking for women is launching another national program to help and empower women. Hiyaah Power's 100 Words of Wisdom for Women: A 31 Day Exercise in Empowerment is scheduled to kick-off its national book release this September. New York Times best-selling author Bebe Moore Campbell and Lena Sherrod, both 100 Words of Wisdom of Wisdom for Women contributors will be participating in the Empowerment Seminars at the Essence Music Festival 2005. The event will feature musical performances and seminars on three days and nights in New Orleans on July 1-3. The list of powerful presenters for this event include:
TV and film actress A.J. Johnson
The Reverend Marcia L. Dyson
Dr. Dennis Kimbro
Lena Sherrod
Farrah Gray
Glinda Bridgforth
Audrey Edwards
Karen Clark Sheard
Kierra "KiKi" Sheard
Novelist Bebe Moore Campbell
Terrie M. Williams
Dr. Julia Hare
Dr. Tricia Rose
Mia X
Kristal Brent Zook
Eva Pigford (America's Next Top Model)
Mother Tongue
Iyanla Vanzant
Lena Sherrod, a 100 Words of Wisdom Power-Source, is the finance and careers editor for ESSENCE magazine, the lifestyle magazine for African-American women. In this capacity, she is responsible for the production of the magazine's Work & Wealth section, in which she writes, assigns, and edits articles on money and job-related issues.
New York Times best-selling author Bebe Moore Campbell has provided a stellar review for the back cover of 100 Words of Wisdom for Women. She will also present an Empowerment Seminar at the Essence Music Festival 2000. Ms. Moore Campbell is the author of the New York Times bestseller BROTHERS AND SISTERS as well as YOUR BLUES AIN'T LIKE MINE, for which she won an NAACP Image Award for literature.
100 Words of Wisdom for Women: a 31 day Exercise in Empowerment is a unique collection of wisdom, insight and reflections from the most powerful and eloquent women of our time. Its purpose is to inspire and guide the reader through a 31-day journey of self-discovery and empowerment. In addition, it offers education and insight directly from the National
Domestic Violence Hotline, the nation's leading authority on domestic violence education and prevention.
Proceeds from 100 Words of Wisdom will go to benefit Lend Me Your Hand, a national domestic violence shelter campaign. (See: http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/10/prweb164683.htm ) 100 Words of Wisdom for Women is positioned to raise a substantial amount of support for survivors seeking refuge in domestic violence shelters across the country by selling one million copies of the book to individuals, organizations, companies and universities world wide.
For more information on 100 Words of Wisdom for Women and the Lend Me Your Hand 50 State Domestic Violence Shelter Campaign, please visit www.100WordsofWisdom.com.