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By: Chelsea Davis-Bibb, Ed.D.

The Wonder Woman Conference hosted by Dr. La Shawn Denise Witt, “The Global Strategist,” took place at the Hyatt Regency Houston West (13210 Katy Fwy, Houston, TX 77079) this past weekend. The weekend-long conference was presented in association with sponsors Dr. La Shawn Denise Witt, My Sister’s Keeper, Divine Diva Events, and many others. Each day during the conference, Dr. La Shawn Denise Witt signed copies of her new book titled The DIVA Herself.

The name Wonder

Woman is significant to Dr. Witt because of what it represents. “Wonder Woman simply is the brand name because it targets women who do a multitude of things. We’re talking about balancing a life as a mother, a wife, a caretaker… you’re working professionally, but most importantly, you’re an entrepreneur in the marketplace, and you are in the ministry.”

The conference had a lot of great sessions that women attended, and Dr. Witt wanted women to take what they needed from the conference to reach the “next level.”

“This conference is going to help women build holistically. We’re going to be dealing with success in the marketplace and developing women mentally and emotionally. A lot of times we don’t tap into our emotional health, and I want to come from a different aspect of women who want to be kingdom purpose wives…I want women to walk away with fresh ideas, find their purpose, and push their vision to make money.”

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“We advocate for both people that want to step into that space as well as people that can understand what representation looks like in that space,” Gadsden said. Another event BE Impactful hosted was an event surrounding mental health awareness. They had mental health professionals that focused on the various eight dimensions of wellness. This included physical therapy, emotional trauma, relationship wellness, and financial wellness. In attendance were also trainers and nutritionists to talk about health as well. For Gadsden, it is all about creating access for people and linking them to resources that can improve their well-being.

The inspiration behind creating BE Impactful was derived from Gadsden wanting to do something for the community even though he didn’t know exactly what he wanted it to be. He started doing research and thought about where we as a community and culture best aligned. He found that we were best served as a culture pre-segregation. “When we all had to focus on this one small community, unfortunately by force…whether you were a doctor, a mechanic, or a schoolteacher, you all lived on the same block, and you all served each other.”

Gadsden discussed the circulation of the Black dollar because during that time there of being impactful. Our goal is just to make sure that we put a platform on so that everyone has the opportunity to do it.”

Gadsden described it as “collective impact,” which is how we the community spend time together while making an impact. He further stated how the fingerprint in the logo is the most important part because everyone’s choice of impact is unique to them.

“Whether you do it alone, whether you do it with others, whether it’s art, whether it’s engineering, whether it’s newspapers… choose to BE Impactful while you do it.” was nowhere else for Black people to shop but in the Black community. Gadsden wanted to recreate this and the concept of “Black Wallstreet” and implement this into the community where everyone’s able to touch everyone.

The BE Impactful logo is a stamp with a fingerprint with the idea that everyone has their own fingerprint.

“Everyone has their own opportunity, their own unique way

From toy drives to food giveaways, helping the homeless, and so much more, BE Impactful is truly making its mark on our communities. Gadsden encourages everyone to BE Impactful stating, “You can BE Impactful in any way, shape, or form. There’s no real format to it, but as long as you leave the situation better than you found it, then you were impactful.”

For more information about BE Impactful, you can follow their Instagram page @beimpactfulfoundation, or visit their website at www.beimpactful.net.