AGENDA

8:00 am

REGISTRATION + BREAKFAST

Eat and shop

8:00 am

9:15 am

WELCOME + ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

BMC Summit Host Camille Dundas of byblacks.com and Black Moms Connection Founder Tanya Hayles

9:15 am

9:30 am

SESSION: MENTAL HEALTH + WELLNESS

9:30 am

Raelene Prieto - Women's Health in Women's Hands

Celine Williams Tracey - Awakening Counselling

Lereen Francois - Black Mental Health Visibility

Odessa Thornhill - Cultivate Your Own

Donna Alexander - CAMH

Moderator: Nam Kiwanuka - TVO's The Agenda

10:15 am

MORNING BREAK

Eat + Shop

10:15 am

10:45am

SESSION: FOSTERING + ADOPTION

10:45am

Gail Williams - Foster Mom

Michelle Young - One Vision One Voice

Chantal Amsterdam - Adoptive Mom / Anointedmom.com

Tina Garnett - Toronto Children's Aid Society

Moderator: Tanya Hayles

11:30 am

NETWORKING + SHOP + BREAKOUT

Breakout 1: Rainbows + Fertility

11:30 am

Dr Olivia Rose - Infertility Specialist

Dr Nekessa Remy - Health & Wellness Expert

Judine Gordon - Author

12:00 pm

LUNCH + SHOP

12:00 pm

1:00 pm

SESSION: KEYNOTE FIRESIDE CHAT

1:00 pm

Grammy award-winning artist Melanie Fiona with BMC founder Tanya Hayles

2:00 pm

SESSION: SCHOOL + EDUCATION

2:00 pm

Nkese Charles - Educational Consultant at EduBar Services Tutoring

LeRoi Newbold - Black Lives Matter Freedom School

Danielle Dowdy - Senior Strategist

Jam Gamble - Slayer of the Mic

2:00 pm

SESSION: FOOD + FITNESS

2:00 pm

Alison Coombs - Personal Training & Wellness Coach

Moderator: Trudie Germain - Body Envy

2:45 pm

AFTERNOON BREAK

Eat + Shop

2:45 pm

3:15 pm

SESSION: LOVE + SEX

3:15 pm

Auntie Angel - The Original Grapefruit Lady

Feminista Jones - Author (via Skype/Google)

Akio Maroon - Educator & Consultant

Moderator: Ree Ree Phillips - BMC's Tantric Thursdays & Bebe Station

4:00 pm

STRETCH BREAK

4:00 pm

4:15 pm

SESSION: MOM + BOSSES - SPONSORED BY KINKY CURLY YAKI

4:15 pm

Nkechi Nwafor-Robinson - TD Bank Group + Empowered In My Skin

Angel Livas - The Woman Behind The Business Talk Show

Kike-Lola Odusanya - My Boss Is Me

Shannae Ingleton Smith - Toronto Shay

Winnie Caldwell - Books N Bros (appearance sponsored by Kidbox.com)

Moderator: Bee Quammie - Writer & Speaker

5:15 pm

CLOSING

5:15 pm

AGENDA

SPEAKERS