You're invited for a day full of sisterhood and strength. Our Summit theme is "Cultivating Sisterhood and Rising Stronger." The program includes:
SMALL GROUP DISCUSSIONS AND WORKSHOPS focused on how we can come together as women and as a community to provide support and healing through life's challenges, led by local women powerhouses and experts
WELLNESS EXPO with vendors providing products and services supporting women's health, safety, and well-being
CADAR MOHAMUD, FOUNDER OF THE DIGITAL SISTERHOOD, joins us for a special conversation about the importance of creating spaces where we can share stories that could uplift the lives of women in our community.
Schedule
PART 1 (10:00AM - 3:30PM)
Wellness Expo
Check out local businesses and organizations during the breaks
Breakfast and Lunch
Wellness Breakout Sessions
Four simultaneous tracks with three sessions in each track. Pick a track or mix and match!
PHYSICAL WELLNESS SESSIONS
The Healing Power of Mindful Eating
Dr. Dominique DiLorenzo, ZamZam Wellness
Learn practical ways to promote healing and recovery through mindful eating and nutrition.
Healing Through Breathwork and Movement
Odessa Churchill, RUKA
Learn simple breathing techniques and chair exercises that bring calm and healing into your everyday life.
Essential Oils for Healing
Ann Bondi, Young Living Essential OIls
Safely using essential oils in everyday life to promote relaxation, reduce pain, improve sleep, sharpen focus, and deepen spirituality.
MENTAL WELLNESS SESSIONS
Rise from the Ashes: Reclaim Your Life After Crisis
Vjolca Capri, Bismillah Institute
Strategies for healing after experiencing the devastation of violence, abuse or divorce, so you can not just survive, but rebuild, heal, and thrive.
Decoding Teenagers: A Guide to Understanding, Connecting, and Thriving as a Parent
Maia Zock, Bismillah Institute
Gain actionable tips and tools to parent teens with confidence, reduce conflict and keep your sanity intact.
Graceful Transitions: Mastering the Art of Caring for Aging Parents
Dr. Anam Tawwab, Bismillah Institute
Discover how to provide exceptional care for your aging loved ones while protecting your own wellbeing.
SOCIAL WELLNESS
Moving Beyond Fake Happy
Natasha Zaletel, Namika Collective
Building meaningful and authentic connections online, and how to make sense of the messages we receive in our world filled with curated social media lives.
Helping Your Sister Shine
Rasheedah Muhammad, Haya Fashions
Ways we can counter “mean girl” culture by seeing the light in others, and uplifting them so they can see it in themselves.
Sisterhood through Solidarity
Rasha Mubarak, Florida Palestine Network
The importance of being there for your friends, as allies, when they, or their loved ones, are experiencing injustice and oppression.
SPIRITUAL WELLNESS
Tending to our Wounds
Hakima Amany Shalaby
Spiritual exercises to help in healing our pain, expressing our emotional wounds and identifying our moral injury.
Holding Together to the Rope of Allah
Hakima Amany Shalaby
How our faith can provide us with hope, balance, and accountability, to nourish our souls and care for ourselves with gentle compassion.
Carrying the Light Inwardly and Outwardly
Hakima Amany Shalaby
Brainstorming beneficial strategies and insights to help us bring wisdom and strength to our resistance.
PART 2 (3:30PM-6:00PM)
The Digital Sisterhood’s Cadar Mohamud
Hakima Program Graduation
Coffee/Tea and snacks
We know we cannot create a perfect world or community, but by coming together, we can create a community where women rise stronger and are not alone on their journeys.
Registration Information
REGISTER TODAY! Our beautiful venue can only accommodate the first 250 women who register. Registration includes access to event, vendors, food, and valet parking.
$50 for Full Day ($40 until Aug. 3rd)
$30 for Partial Day (Part 1 OR Part 2)
10% Discount for MWO Paid Members! (Email info@mwo-orlando.org for discount code!)
NO TICKETS SOLD AT THE DOOR! Registration Deadline is 8/17
This program is being implemented with the generous support of a City of Orlando Community Investment Program grant and through the generosity of our community. To support this program or get more information, please visit www.mwo-orlando.org/summit or email us at info@mwo-orlando.org
We also understand that life can be difficult with the financial burdens many of us carry, and do not want the cost to make it hard for anyone to attend. If the registration fees are beyond your means at the moment, please fill out this form to get a scholarship to attend at low or no cost: https://forms.gle/hTxzRwevompxaLaZ8
YOU can help us provide these scholarships by either giving when you register or, if you cannot attend, by donating through the “Support” button below.