Pathways to Power

Registration & Community Welcome

Main Lobby - Check-in, resource tables, and music by a local DJ. Community resource hallway open with reentry services, housing support, mental health providers, and workforce programs.

Opening Ceremony: Why We’re Here

Theatre Room - Welcome from The LOHM and West Harlem Development Corporation. Grounding exercise to set a healing tone for the day.

Keynote Introduction

Conference Room 2 - Trish Lewis introduction, speaker announcement and biography.

Morning Keynote: From Surviving to Leading

Conference Room 2 - Aisha Babilonia-Campbell shares a personal story of reentry, healing, and community leadership. Focus on hope, agency, and collective power.

Community Lunch & Resource Fair

Main Hall - Catered lunch with networking. Community resource fair continues throughout.

Breakout Workshops, Block 1

Breakout Rooms - Four sessions total, Two 30 minute sessions at a time: Mental Health & Healing, Grow with Google Digital Literacy, Financial Wellness with Frsh, and Branding & Storytelling Using AI with Starling Thomas. See details below.

Breakout Rooms - Four sessions total, Two 30 minute sessions at a time: Public Speaking & Entrepreneurship, Advanced Digital Literacy, One Decision Workshop and AI Tools. See details below.

Keynote Introduction

Theatre Room - Trish Lewis introduction, speaker announcement and biography.

Featured Keynote: Justice-Impacted Voices in Hollywood

Theatre Room - Carmela Zumbado on authentic storytelling, representation in Hollywood, and how media can amplify unheard voices to drive healing and systemic change.

Short Film Screening‍

Theatre Room - A short film screening followed by a moderated conversation on storytelling, representation, and the power of film.

Panel & Reflection

Theatre Room - A moderated audience conversation with Starling Thomas, film maker, Carmela Zumbado, and Alexys Feaster on what the film stirred.

Closing Plenary, Celebration & Farewell

Theatre Room - Community visioning, acknowledgments, and closing remarks to send the work forward together.

Public Speaking & Entrepreneurship: Owning Your Voice

Conference Room 1 - Lucinda Cross, Confidence building for interviews, hearings, meetings, storytelling Entrepreneurship: pricing, marketing, microgrants

Digital Literacy Lab: Grow with Google for Everyday Life

Projector Room - Nia Forrest, Professional email, Google Docs résumés, Google DriveOnline safety, job searching, computer basics

Money Matters: Fresh Start Financial Wellness

Projector Room - LaToya Desprez / FRSH, FRSH course walkthroughBudgeting, credit, debt, bank accounts, long-term planning

The Art of Storytelling

Conference Room 1 - Starling Thomas, Writing, film, and public speaking as tools for advocacy and self-expression

Entreprenuership and Celebrity Career Markets

Conference Room 1 - Alexys Feaster,  The business on how to move into higher levels of career development and where to start.

Digital Literacy II: Job Search & Online Safety

Projector Room - Nia Forrest, Job applications, Google Sheets tracking, LinkedIn basics, Cyberbullying, scams, online safety

One Decision Workshop

Conference Room 1 - Khalid Barber, Youth workshop focused on choices, transformation, and leadership

AI Tools

Projector Room - Crystal Scott, AI tools for entrepreneurship, AI-powered productivity and workflow automation, AI strategies for small business organization, planning and growth

Reclaiming Narrative: The Stories We Carry

Filmshop House - Starling Thomass presents LOHM growth with the use of AI and presence in the media. Special presentations from other filmakers to give ideas on use of technology expression to tell a story. A storytelling by Marta Barreto.

Lunch

Governors Island - Lunch after Filmshop House presentation

Women Over Dinner - RSVP Required

WOD Venue - An intimate, invite-only dinner honoring the strength and brilliance of justice-impacted women. Candlelit dinner with affirmations, conversation cards, and a guest storyteller. A toast to transformation.