APRIL 4-5, 2025
2025 Multicultural Women’s Development Conference
Early Bird Registration to begin January 2025
Claiming Our Power:
Owning Our Worth, Shaping Our Future
The 2025 Multicultural Women’s Development Conference will be held at the Hinton Life Center in Hayesville, NC on April 4th and 5th, 2025.
For nearly 25 years One Dozen Who Care has hosted this dynamic conference that features keynote speakers and breakout sessions focusing on topics including education, self-care, health, empowerment, and economic development and sustainability.
2025 Presenters
Stay tuned for the full agenda.
In the meantime, check out our list of presenters below!
Erin Adams
Downsizing and Accommodating your Home for Aging in Place
Erin Adams will examine the benefits of downsizing and discuss strategies to best prepare existing homes to accommodate older adults who want to remain in their own homes and communities as they age.
Dr. Ameena Batada
Creating Nature-Made Mandala Designs
Inspired by nature and art traditions of her parents’ homeland of India, Ameena Batada creates mandala-type designs and illustrations, and studies connections among arts, nature, and health. Ameena is a UNC Asheville faculty member and she has facilitated mandala classes at the NC Arboretum.
Bonnie Cater
Chair yoga
An hour long chair yoga class for beginners and seniors
JeWana Grier-McEachin
KEYNOTE - Use Your Power For Good
Attendees will be encouraged to tap into what their power is and figure out how to use it in ways personally and professionally that are fulfilling and impactful.
Patricia Hall
Fix Your Face: Time to Make a Change!
Many times, we get stuck and angry about our situation, how things didn’t go as expected, we weren’t treated right, or people we love mistreated us. So focused on what happened, we can’t move forward and end up even more miserable. The good news, we can change this!
Sarah Hardman
From Chains to Change: The Power of Survivor Leadership
Using the framework of survivor leadership within the anti-human trafficking sector (where survivors reclaim their power through leadership) this presentation will navigate using lived experiences to advocate for justice, create systemic change, and inspire others. We will discuss how to use your lived experiences to empower and create change.
Alicia Jeffers
Let Your Light Shine With Floral Design
The participants will have an interesting informative session about flowers and how they affect our mood and confidence. How to develop their creativity they by experiencing hands-on practice at doing their own floral design while learning the basic principles of floral design.
Marni Kaufman
Nurturing Your Inner Power
Claim your true potential from within. Discover the profound connection between trust, worth, and love- the power foundation. Uncover your barriers, release limiting patterns, and awaken confidence to make intentional decisions and build authentic relationships. Celebrate greater harmony, clarity, and a brighter empowered future deepening your Divine Feminine Energy connection.
Mary Ricketson
Saving Our Mental Health
What makes good mental health?
Information about key components, realistically, within our own lives and our
environment. Assess our own strengths and needs for balance and healthy functioning. Identify problems to resolve in ourselves and others.
Patricia Sherrill
Ink Your Intentions
In this workshop, you’ll make a journal and explore the versatile art of journaling. Discover how this creative tool can be customized to your needs, empowering you to think outside the box, claim your power, shape your future with bold steps, embrace your creativity with ink, and more.
Stephanie Swepson Twitty
PLENARY - Exploring and Executing the Power of the Pivot
*Understanding the evolving needs of disenfranchised communities within Asheville and the WNC region.
*Recognizing signals such as shifts in market demand, changes in community demographics, or the need for more equitable economic opportunities.
*Reflecting on Eagle Market Street Development Corporation (EMSDC) experience in housing, commercial leasing and growth
Betsy Winter
Walking the Labyrinth: an ancient tool of Self-Discovery and Empowerment
In this age of Social Media and AI, how do we discern what is true and what is fake? Join me for an experiential journey as we walk the Labyrinth, letting go of expectations, practicing deep listening, sharpening our ability to discern our own truth, and strengthening our agency.
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