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Central Florida Muslim Women's Summit

  • Eola View 150 E Central Blvd Orlando, FL United States (map)

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.

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