S.w.v Foundation Pres: Voice Your Invisible Wounds Conf W/sunday's Best Tasha Page Lockhart

HOUSTON - July 28, 2014 - PRLog -- Survivors with Voices Foundation

Alissa R. Jones, Founder

www.survivorswithvoices.org

theswvfoundation@gmail.com

Survivors with Voices Foundation Presents

Voice Your Invisible Wounds “Removing the Bandage” Conference with Keynote Speaker Tasha Page-Lockhart of the BET show Sunday Best

HOUSTON, TX- 7/14/2014-

The Survivors with Voices Foundation will host a two day conference on Friday and Saturday of August 15th and 16th at the Norris Conference Center 816 Town and Country Blvd., Suite 210. This conference will serve to create a pathway to healing the hurt and “removing the bandage.” Survivors who have dealt with mental and physical abuse will come together and share their survivor stories and reveal how they turned their suffering into stepping stones of success. A powerful message will be delivered by keynote speaker and winner of Season 6 Sunday Best gospel competition, Tasha Page-Lockhart. She will be joined by five other phenomenal speakers who will inspire the audience with thoughts and concepts of triumph, leadership, and empowerment.

The speakers are:

Marita Kinney –  Author, Life Coach, Motivational Speaker, and Entrepreneur

Sheryll Roberts – Founder of the Life of Hope After Abuse Organization

Kym Strong – Entrepreneur, Author, Fortune 500 business executive

Lou Gary Hughes – “Leaderologist” of W2HY Leadership

Shantera Chatman – Empowerment speaker, Founder of The Chatman Women’s Foundation

The two day conference will kick off Friday August 15th from 6p.m.— 9p.m. The meet and greet will be a chance to get up close and personal with the speakers and founder of the Survivors with Voices Foundation, Alissa R. Jones. Following the meet and greet is the conference on Saturday, August 16th from 8a.m.-5:30p.m. This conference also provides an opportunity for those who have suffered abuse, to let go of the bitterness that hinders them from living an abundant life. There will be a performance by keynote speaker, Tasha Page-Lockhart whose voice is sure to inspire hope for the masses.

Tasha Page-Lockhart is the season six winner of BET’s Sunday Best gospel competition, receiving over 1.6 million votes. She is also the daughter of famed and respected gospel songstress, Lisa Page Brooks. Her journey into the music industry was not an easy one. A victim of childhood sexual abuse herself, Page-Lockhart experienced the pain, anger, and self-destruct that many victims go through.  After realizing her worth and talent, she now offers her testimony to help others through song and is now signed to Kirk Franklin’s label, Fo Yo Soul Recording under RCA where she continues to show her growth. “It’s such a humbling experience because you never forget where you came from…nobody knows you like you or the intent of your heart but God,” said Lockhart. “My life has totally changed, it’s so humbling.”

The conference further aims to help anyone struggling with the pain from their past and or present to move forward “voice their invisible wounds” and be heard. It will be therapeutic in encouraging the ‘hurt’ to realize their breakthrough is near. “Your words, your journey, your story…you never know who you may inspire to help to come forward in the expression of one’s abuse or recovery,” said Founder of Survivors with Voices Foundation, Alissa Jones. “As I was able to do so, I wish to help others unlock their voice and heal the wounds that can’t be seen,” said Jones.

Tickets and sponsorship packages can be purchased at:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/voice-your-invisible-wounds-...

About The Survivors with Voices Foundation:

The Survivors with Voices Foundation (The S.W.V. Foundation) is a non-profit (501c3) organization benefiting women who have suffered mental and physical abuse.  The premise of the Foundation is to cultivate (within those who benefit from the Foundation) the true mark of a survivor.  The Foundation defines the true mark as the ability to inspire hope through the telling of a survivor story.   Through support groups lead by chapter member-presidents across the country, the Foundation provides an open forum for women to be supported by their peers who have experienced similar circumstances. Women can come to find mentorship, counseling, and development for social skills and self-esteem. The Foundation teaches group member / participants how to become empowered by telling their story.

After completing a series of group therapy sessions, members / participants have the option to publish their story with The Survivors with Voices Publishing Company (S.W.V. Publishing); and have their story marketed by HPT Media, the Foundation sponsored literary agency.