Life changing stories that inspire you to live!

At 1:15pm -1:30

Keith “Temple” Trotter is founder of A. Keith Consulting, LLC, and author of the blog and upcoming book 100 Small Steps: The First 100 Pounds.  Applying the principles he brings to his clients (research, test, document the results) to create millions of dollars in cost savings to their organizations, he's lost over 160 pounds and has kept the weight off for three years. His weight loss story was recently featured on CNN.com and the book will be released to the public in Q1 of 2014. 

Guest: PERES OWINO 1:30-2pm. Peres is a Kenyan born and raised Actress/Writer/Director whose first screenplay, “The Call”, a short film about HIV, won several festival awards, including the Mel Van Peebles Award at the San Francisco Black Film Festival. 

Guest Tene Carter  at 1:30-2pm Tené is currently the Co-Producer on the Documentary, “Bound: Africans vs. African Americans” which explores the dynamics between Africans on the Continent and Africans in the Diaspora; questioning the tensions that exist- real or imagined

living with HIV- a positive diagnosis at 2:30pm-3pm  

Ken Williams, the author and creator of, Ken Like Barbie, is an award winning blogger.Ken Like Barbie keeps current by addressing steeping issues in the gay community from religion to relationships to, more recently, his HIV diagnosis and stigma. Ken’s storytelling approach has engaged and educated not only the LGBT community but his truths are shared throughout the world.