The SisterSpeak Health Spa Getaway

In a historic gathering, Black women from across the U.S. met in Bermuda to attend the first annual "SISTERSPEAK: HEALTH & SPA GETAWAY" to participate in activities designed to focus on their mind, body and spirit. The "soulful wellness journey" was sponsored by EBONY magazine, the Black Women's Health Imperative and the Behind The Bench/The National Basketball Wives Association.

(1) Dr. Lorraine Cole, president and CEO of the Black Women's Health Imperative (2) entertainer Melba Moore (I. to r.); Jeff Burns Jr., associate publisher and senior vice president, EBONY; and Gwendolyn Robinson, consultant, the Coca-Cola Co. (3) sponsor Coca-Cola provides beverage nutrition information to attendees (4) members of the Behind The Bench/The National Basketball Wives Association (I. to r.) are Renee McDonald, Sandra Evans Short, Charrisse Jackson-Jordan (president), Desiree Coleman-Jackson, Deborah Williams (founder) and Joy Johnson (5) Byllye Y, Avery (I.), founder of the Black Women's Health Imperative, and Cherie Whitter, director of Bermuda Department of Tourism (6) author Brenda Stone Browder (7) Denese Shervington, M.D. (I.), director of psychiatry at Harlem Hospital Center, and Terrie Williams, president of the Terrie Williams Agency (8) The Rev. Dr. Susan Newman, special assistant to Washington, D.C., mayor Anthony Williams (9) Dr. Marilyn Hughes Gaston (I.), former assistant surgeon general; Toni Cox Burns, a spa attendee; and Michelle J. Stewart, registered dietitian and consultant to the Coca-Cola Co.(10) Dr. Willarda Edwards, president and COO, Sickle Cell Disease Association of America (11) "Walking for Wellness" walkers (12) Dr. Hilda Hutcherson, co-director of the New York Center for Women's Sexual Health at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center (13) Dr. Jan Adams, Beverly Hills plastic surgeon (14) Dr. Cheryl Burgess, founder/director of the Center for Dermatology and Dermatologic Surgery in Washington, D.C.

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