Conference Description

POWERSHIFT 2012: Gathering Our Forces, Kicking Up Sand, Lifting Our Fists, Protecting Our Wombs is presented by Black Women for Wellness. An empowering event held over three days in March 2012, the conference will provide a dedicated space to address reproductive justice issues affecting Black and African American women and girls. Why PowerShift?  PowerShift encourages mobilization within our communities and provides women and girls with the tools and resource needed to enact change.

Black Women for Wellness (BWW) convenes conferences to provide a forum and space for dialogue on health issues affecting our communities and as a roundtable for health care professionals, advocates, grassroots and front line leadership to  share knowledge and insights into current reproductive justice issues;  PowerShift encourages leadership development and communication across generations  and reproductive health sectors providing tools and resource sharing that supports advocacy and policy eliminating health disparity. Participants will learn skills to increase effective community organizing surrounding reproductive justice issues and policies, leave better equipped to educate our communities and act as advocates in administration and legislative arenas. Moreover, PowerShift 2012 speakers, presenters, participants and volunteers will leave with  a deeper understanding of what reproductive justice is and what it means for Black women and girls.