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
JOIN THE PRIORITY LIST
For too long, many women have poured into everyone else while putting themselves last. ROOTED & RISING is your invitation to pause, invest in yourself, and begin a new season of wellness, purpose, and power.
Registration opens in August. Priority List members will receive early access before registration is announced publicly.
Join the Priority Interest List today to receive early registration access, speaker announcements, exclusive wellness insights, and special event updates delivered straight to your inbox.
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
On healing what we inherit, releasing what we carry, and the emotional wellness the world never taught us to name.
Healing and Emotional Wellness
FEATURED EXPERT
Dr. Stephanie M. Kirkland
Reinvention as a discipline. Legacy as a decision. A masterclass in leading the life that is actually yours.
Leadership Strategist & Executive Coach
FEATURED EXPERT
Taydra Mitchell Jackson
Sacred rest as resistance. Spiritual renewal as return. A quiet, holy invitation home to yourself.
Sacred Rest and Spiritual Renewal
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
Restored.
Encouraged.
Empowered.
Hopeful.
Deciding
To prioritize themselves.
To invest in their wellness.
To keep growing in HOPE.
JOIN THE INTEREST LIST
Be among the first women to sit at this table.
✦ Early registration access
✦ Speaker announcements
✦ Bonus resources & readings
✦ Launch specials (if offered)
No payment required. Simply tell us where to find you — we’ll send early registration, speaker announcements, bonus resources, and quiet love notes from the HOPE editorial desk.