A HOPE MEDIA BRAND SIGNATURE EXPERIENCE
Rooted & Rising
Reclaim your wellness, purpose & power — after forty.
DATE
Sept 17, 2026
TIME
7:00–8:30 PM EST
Virtual · Zoom
Angelia Stone
HOSTED BY
VENUE
An intimate evening to come home to yourself.
THE VISION
ROOTED & RISING is a transformational virtual experience designed for Black women 40+ who are ready to reconnect with themselves through healing, leadership, wellness, purpose and community. The pages of HOPE Magazine, lifted into breath — meaningful conversation, practical tools, and guidance that meets you exactly where you are.
FOUR MOVEMENTS
What we’ll move through together
Healing &
Restoration
Unlearn the ache. Meet yourself with tenderness.
Leadership &
Reinvention
Author the second half with intention and edge.
Wellness &
Intentional Living
A rhythm of rest, nourishment and softness.
Sacred Rest &
Renewal
Return to the sacred. Return to yourself.
Women who have walked it, teaching what they know.
MEET YOUR SPEAKERS
HOST
Angelia Stone
Founder & CEO, HOPE Media Brand · Publisher, HOPE Magazine
The visionary behind HOPE — a storyteller devoted to the reinvention and radiance of women in their next chapter.
FEATURED EXPERT
Demetria M. Jackson, M.A., LMFT
Healing and Emotional Wellness
On healing what we inherit, releasing what we carry, and the emotional wellness the world never taught us to name.
FEATURED EXPERT
Dr. Stephanie M. Kirkland
Leadership Strategist & Executive Coach
Reinvention as a discipline. Legacy as a decision. A masterclass in leading the life that is actually yours.
FEATURED EXPERT
Taydra Mitchell Jackson
Sacred Rest and Spiritual Renewal
Sacred rest as resistance. Spiritual renewal as return. A quiet, holy invitation home to yourself.
FEATURED EXPERT
Gillian Brooks, MHA
Intentional living, in the body — the medicine of rhythm, nourishment, and choosing yourself on purpose.
Healthcare Executive & Wellness Advocate
MODERATOR
Cheryl Pullins
Brand Strategist · Guided Reflection Facilitator
Guides the room into stillness, then into truth. A voice that turns conversation into contemplation.
A gathering, unhurried.
THE EXPERIENCE · 90 MINUTES
Not the same woman who arrived.
WOMEN WILL LEAVE
Knowing
Healing is possible.
Their next chapter can be intentional.
They are not alone.
Feeling
Deciding
Restored.
Encouraged.
Empowered.
Hopeful.
To keep growing in HOPE.
To prioritize themselves.
To invest in their wellness.