Venue: The Josephine Butler House
Date: June 8, 2025 | 2pm-4pm
The Experience.
The Beauty of Our Wellness Benefit Luncheon Committee is proud to announce The Second Annual Beauty of Our Wellness Benefit Luncheon for Uterine Fibroids awareness.
The Annual Beauty of Our Wellness Benefit Luncheon serves as the largest fundraising event for the The Beauty of Our Wellness Fund. Our $500-micro grants offers financial assistance to applicants a part of group that are disproportionately diagnosed with uterine fibroids.
The State of Our Wellness Address will serve as the focus point of this annual event and will be delivered by the keynote speaker. The keynote speaker is a practicing OBGYN or medical researcher who will present an overview of the condition of African Diasporic Women’s Health, updates on U.S. Policy & Legislation related to Reproductive Health, and aims for Uterine Fibroid Awareness.
The Power of Collective Work Address will be delivered by co-founders Yasmine Griffiths & Khaleelah I. L. Harris. In this address, the speakers will reflect on the first year of work, collaboration, and their vision for the next year.
Our event Chef is Dionne McDonald. This event will feature live entertainment, raffle prizes, and goodie bags for each attendee!
Luncheon Chef
Dionne McDonald
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Dionne McDonald is the founde and lead chef of Doula’s Kitchen. Doula’s Kitchen, founded in November 2022, allowed for this dedicated maternal health advocate and doula with a decade of experience in supporting the birth of nearly 400 babies and families to take action on her mission. Her work extends beyond just meal preparation and planning – it encompasses housing, mental health, and wellness care for families.
McDonald will be preparing a diverse array of meals through a Fiborids Awareness Menu that brings together delicious non-inflamatory or endocrine disruptive ingredients.
The State of Our Wellness Address
Speaker Announced May 20th
The State of Our Wellness Address will serve as the focus point of this annual event and will be delivered by the keynote speaker. The keynote speaker is a practicing OBGYN or medical researcher who will present an overview of the condition of African Diasporic Women’s Health, updates on U.S. Policy & Legislation related to Reproductive Health, and aims for Uterine Fibroid Awareness.
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Stay tuned to discover The State of Our Wellness Address speaker for this year! You won’t want to miss this powerful address from a renowned member of the OBGYN community!
A Beautiful Vision
A Charity Exhibition Curated by Teri Henderson & Adama Kamara
The Second Annual Beauty of Our Wellness Benefit Luncheon Committee proudly presents “A Beautiful Vision” Charity Exhibition Curated by Teri Henderson & Adama Kamara. This group of work will explore themes such as reproductive health, wellness, the body, nature and community.
We are seeking artworks by artists residing in the D.C., Maryland, and Virginia area that present visions of a world in which African-descended women, and those connected to expansive understandings of womanhood, are healthy, spiritually well, in tune with their bodies, grounded in nature, and connected to thriving communities. Each work of art will present A Beautiful Vision for the future of women's health across the diaspora.
The First Annual Beauty of Our Wellness Benefit Luncheon
