EmpowerHer Sexual Violence Conference 2026: Full Schedule

STILL WHOLE
Reclaiming Power. Restoring Dignity. Honoring Our Healing.

You will be able to validate your attendance (Check-In to sessions) using your personal schedule.

8:00am MDT

Check-in Begins

Thursday April 16, 2026 8:00am - 8:45am MDT

9:15am MDT

The Gift Is Bigger Than The Box

Thursday April 16, 2026 9:15am - 10:45am MDT

Gold Room (Cafeteria)

You Are the Gift—Bigger Than the Box is a trauma-informed healing session designed to create a safe, affirming space for victims, survivors, and experiencers of sexual assault and violence to reconnect with their inner worth, resilience, and power. Through grounding breathwork, reflective dialogue, and collective affirmation, participants are guided to release limiting labels, shame, and...
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Speakers

Toi Washington-Reynolds

Executive Director, Trans Women Of Color Healing Project

The TWOC Healing Project is deeply committed to advancing both victim safety and survivor autonomy, particularly for Black trans and gender diverse individuals in rural communities who face heightened risks of violence, discrimination, and systemic neglect. Our approach prioritizes... Read More →

Thursday April 16, 2026 9:15am - 10:45am MDT
Gold Room (Cafeteria)

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10:45am MDT

Morning Break

Thursday April 16, 2026 10:45am - 11:00am MDT

11:00am MDT

Its Never Too Late to Change: Mitigating long-term negative health impact and healing for adult survivors of childhood sexual assault.

Thursday April 16, 2026 11:00am - 12:30pm MDT

Purple Room (Adult Classroom)

This two-part series centers the experiences of Black women and offers a supportive space to understand trauma, its roots, and its impact on the brain, body, and spirit—while exploring practical paths toward healing.Workshop One introduces the language and provides a foundation for naming harm, recognizing patterns, and understanding that trauma responses are rooted in both history and lived...
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Rev. Dr. Aleese Moore-Orbih

Principal, Black Impact Strategies

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Thursday April 16, 2026 11:00am - 12:30pm MDT
Purple Room (Adult Classroom)

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11:00am MDT

Restoring Voice, Power, and Safety: Supporting Youth Experiencers (Survivors) Through Culturally Rooted Healing

Thursday April 16, 2026 11:00am - 12:30pm MDT

Gold Room (Cafeteria)

Youth Experiencers (survivors) of sexual violence are often expected to heal within systems and spaces that were not designed to protect or affirm them. For youth of color and gender-diverse youth, these challenges are compounded by cultural stigma, systemic inequities, and the erasure of lived experience. This 90-minute session centers culturally rooted, healing-centered approaches that restore...
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Speakers

Kandee Rochelle Lewis

Chief Executive Officer, Positive Results Center

Kandee Rochelle Lewis is a nationally respected leader, advocate, and changemaker dedicated to ending violence and advancing healing-centered, culturally rooted solutions. She is the Chief Executive Officer of Positive Results Center (PRC), a nonprofit organization founded in 1993 that provides trauma-informed programs addressing domestic violence, sexual assault, suicide prevention, and community wellness for youth, families, and adults across Los Angeles County and beyond... Read More →

Thursday April 16, 2026 11:00am - 12:30pm MDT
Gold Room (Cafeteria)

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12:30pm MDT

Networking Lunch

Thursday April 16, 2026 12:30pm - 1:30pm MDT

1:30pm MDT

It’s Never Too Late to Change: Mitigating Long-Term Negative Health Impact and Healing for Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual Assault Pt. 2

Thursday April 16, 2026 1:30pm - 3:05pm MDT

Purple Room (Adult Classroom)

The session concludes by introducing healing modalities and culturally grounded practices that support restoration, resilience, and self-directed healing commitments. Learning Objectives Participants will: 1. Increase awareness of trauma’s impact on the whole self. Participants will describe how trauma affects the brain, body, mind, spirit, and overall health,...
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Speakers

Rev. Dr. Aleese Moore-Orbih

Principal, Black Impact Strategies

Love

Thursday April 16, 2026 1:30pm - 3:05pm MDT
Purple Room (Adult Classroom)

1:30pm MDT

Prevention Through Education and Collective Accountability: Equipping Youth and Communities to Recognize, Interrupt, and Prevent Sexual Violence

Thursday April 16, 2026 1:30pm - 3:05pm MDT

Teal Room (Classroom #2)

Preventing sexual violence begins long before harm occurs. It requires courageous conversations, intentional education, and communities willing to take collective responsibility for youth safety and well-being. This interactive session explores how culturally responsive prevention strategies, healthy relationship education, and community accountability can disrupt cycles of silence and normalize...
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Speakers

Kandee Rochelle Lewis

Chief Executive Officer, Positive Results Center

Thursday April 16, 2026 1:30pm - 3:05pm MDT
Teal Room (Classroom #2)

1:30pm MDT

You’ve Been Here Before: Carriers of the Miraculous

Thursday April 16, 2026 1:30pm - 3:05pm MDT

Gold Room (Cafeteria)

This culturally grounded keynote honors survivors while uplifting the lived experiences of Blackwomen, trans women, and gender-diverse people. The keynote weaves ancestral resilience,collective healing, and modern survivor courage into an experience that affirms strength ratherthan centers harm.Through grounding practices, storytelling, and empowerment reflection, the keynote invitesparticipants...
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Speakers

Toi Washington-Reynolds

Executive Director, Trans Women Of Color Healing Project

Thursday April 16, 2026 1:30pm - 3:05pm MDT
Gold Room (Cafeteria)

3:05pm MDT

Afternoon Break

Thursday April 16, 2026 3:05pm - 3:15pm MDT

3:15pm MDT

Honoring Wholeness: Trauma-Informed and Spiritually Responsive Support for Survivors

Thursday April 16, 2026 3:15pm - 4:30pm MDT

Purple Room (Adult Classroom)

Sexual violence impacts survivors not only physically and emotionally, but also spiritually, relationally, and culturally. For many African American survivors, healing is deeply intertwined with faith, spirituality, and culturally rooted meaning-making, yet these dimensions are often overlooked, misunderstood, or handled with caution in service settings. This session invites...
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Speakers

Niki Rhoades

Trauma-Informed Educator | Spiritual Leader, Living Grace Ministries

Trauma-informed educator and spiritual leader committed to survivor-centered, culturally responsive healing. My work centers dignity, consent, and empowerment for individuals and communities impacted by sexual violence.

Honoring Wholeness Resource Sheet pdf

Honoring Wholeness References pdf

Thursday April 16, 2026 3:15pm - 4:30pm MDT
Purple Room (Adult Classroom)

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3:15pm MDT

When staying is enough

Thursday April 16, 2026 3:15pm - 4:30pm MDT

Teal Room (Classroom #2)

For my session I would like to bring awareness to survival performance and how it impacts our lives. That when we have so many people depending on us or we are not wanting to let anyone down, that we shift our exhaustion to keep pushing forward...even when we no longer have anything to pour out of our empty cup. I want to speak to them as someone who is in her survival honesty and wanting to share...
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Dominyque Valentine

Owner, Therapy Ink Creations

I have always wanted to work with people and each time I find different things that I want to do to help. And I am not coming as someone who is fully healed. I am someone who is also going through the journey many of us are going through. I am here to help professionals learn to reframe... Read More →

Thursday April 16, 2026 3:15pm - 4:30pm MDT
Teal Room (Classroom #2)

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4:30pm MDT

Closing Session

Thursday April 16, 2026 4:30pm - 5:00pm MDT

The conference will conclude with a collective call to action led by Kingdom Builders Family Life Center, encouraging participants to continue advancing advocacy, healing, and community engagement to support survivors and strengthen culturally responsive care.

Thursday April 16, 2026 4:30pm - 5:00pm MDT

9:00am MDT

Healing the Healers through Physical Therapy and Other Complementary Healing Services

Friday April 17, 2026 9:00am - 4:45pm MDT

The practitioners will provide a full-day healing clinic experience that includes education, private services, and community healing activities.Individual Healing ServicesParticipants will have access to private one-on-one healing sessions including:• Physical Therapy consultation and body assessment • Musculoskeletal stress education and body awareness strategies • Individualized home...
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Speakers

Lauren H. Collins

Founder and Executive Director, Lauren H Collins Wellness

Dr. Lauren H. Collins, PT, DPT is a healer whose work is rooted in deep clinical expertise, cultural reverence, and an unwavering commitment to the restoration of Black bodies and lives.With nearly three decades of practice as a physical therapist and more than 20 years dedicated to women’s health, Dr. Collins... Read More →

Friday April 17, 2026 9:00am - 4:45pm MDT

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