2010 MWDC Schedule

The Multi-cultural Women’s Development Conference is an equal opportunity project of One Dozen Who Care, Inc. with a partnership of community-minded individuals. All are welcome, regardless of race, religious affiliation, national or ethnic origin.

NOTE: We do not provide childcare; so, we request that participants/attendees be at least 18 years of age, unless given prior consideration and permission by ODWC, Inc.

Friday, April 23, 2010

8:30 – 10:00 Registration - Wanda Moore/Barbara Haynes/Betty Dorsey

Snacks available at Honor Bar

10:00-10:30 Welcome and Opening Ceremony

Kassandra Greene, Executive Director; Patricia Washington, MWDC Co-Chair; Rhonda Williams, ODWC President

Lessie Williams, Vocalist – Welcome Song

Wanda Moore, Co-Chair – Prayer

10:30 – 12:00 PLENARY SESSION – Patti McClure, Storyteller

12:00 – 1:00 LUNCH

1:00 – 2:00 KEYNOTE SPEAKER – Helen McInnis, Director, Community Economic Development Grants Program, NC Rural Economic Development Center, “First Things First, Get Out of Your Comfort Zone”

2:00 – 3: 30 DIVERSITY PANEL: Patricia Washington, Facilitator

Myrtle Driver – Cherokee; Tami Moss – African American;

Patricia Hall – African American; Gladys Long—Mexican American;

Fay Walker – European American

3:30 - 5:00 SESSION 1: CONCURRENT SESSIONS

1) Brenda Bryan – Creative Memories Goes Digital

2) Sarah Jones – PowderPuff Mechanics: Fix Your Own Car

3) Pat Shields – Backyard Herbs: Weathering the Storm

5:00 – 6:00 DINNER

6:00—6:30 Time for Networking – Exhibitions – Gift Shop

6:30 – 10:00 SPRING BREAK ACTIVITIES

1) Judith Alvarado & Friends - Drum Circle (Join in)

2) Nereida Valdes - Panamanian Culture & Dance

3) Gladys Long - Mexican Culture & Dance

4) Theresa Victa, Massage Therapist, LMBT, owner of Mountain Spirit Essentials, Murphy and Natalie Veres, Massage Therapist, LMBT — Health Massages

Saturday, April 24, 2010

7:00 -8:00 Join Patricia Hall for a Health and Nature Walk

Diabetes Testing - Provider to Be Announced

8:00 - 9:30 Registration - Wanda Moore/Barbara Haynes/Betty Dorsey

8:00 – 9:00 BREAKFAST

9:00 - 9:45 OPENING CEREMONY

Ann Woodford, ODWC - Reading Poem by the late Mary Alice Miller Worthy, Awake Once More

Lessie Williams, Vocalist – Song

Wanda Moore - Prayer

9:45 - 10:45 ODWC Board of Directors Reunion

10:45 – 11:45 PLENARY SESSION - Mama Sylvia Casey - Storyteller

11:45 - 12:45 SESSION 2: CONCURRENT SESSIONS

1) Susie Strauss/Susan Hayward Got a Problem?...no problem! One To One Women Coaching Women

2) Monica Davis – Publisher: Exceptional People Magazine “From Dream to Reality”

3) Judith Alvarado – Self Awareness/Self Defense

12:45 – 1:45 LUNCH & NETWORKING

1:45 - 2:45 KEYNOTE SPEAKER—Debra Collins, Author of A Glimpse of a Glimmer, "Gifts For Sale"

2:45 3:00 Break (Gift Shop Open)

3:00 - 4:00 SESSION 3: CONCURRENT SESSIONS

1) Claudie Burchfield - Family Friendly

2) Octavia Caldwell - Health Economics, Dollars and Sense?

3) Mary E. Smith and Lakeshia Gillaspy, Cherokee Job Corps

TEAP Specialist/ Substance abuse