Iyanla Vanzant “Your Eyes Will Adjust”
Iyanla Vanzant’s keynote address to the “Women and Power 2004″ conference, held in NYC. Iyanla speaks to our ability to constantly adjust and compensate for the level of deficiency in our lives without address the real core issues. She says – “It’s about you!” Iyanla Vanzant: eomega.org Iyanla Vanzant is an ordained minister, lawyer, and spiritual life counselor who is a frequent guest on the “Oprah Winfrey Show.” The award-winning author of five New York Times best-sellers, including Acts of Faith, One Day My Soul Just Opened Up, and In the Meantime, Vanzant facilitates workshops nationally with a mission to assist in the empowerment of men and women. Praised by Los Angeles mayor Tom Bradley as “an inspiration to all women,” her stories of personal struggle and victory as a battered wife and teenage welfare mother have touched millions. In building a life of transformation on the foundation of her troubled past, she has become a standard bearer for the power of forgiveness and love to heal. She has been awarded an “Oni” by the International Congress of Black Women as one of the nation’s unsung heroes. In 1998, she served as the national spokesperson of Literacy Volunteers of America. In 1999, she was listed among the 100 Most Influential African Americans by Ebony magazine, and her debut spoken word album hit the Billboard Gospel Chart at Number 1. She has been awarded an honorary doctorate of humane letters degree from the City University of New York and an honorary …
Video Rating: 4 / 5
democracynow.org – Brazil has made history with the swearing-in of its first female president. On Saturday, Dilma Rousseff received the presidential sash from outgoing President Lula da Silva at a ceremony in the capital BrasÃlia. In the 1960s, Rousseff was a guerrilla resisting Brazil’s military dictatorship. She was imprisoned and tortured for three years. Democracy Now! interviewed Greg Grandin, professor of Latin American history at New York University, and author of “Empire’s Workshop: Latin America, the United States, and the Rise of the New Imperialism.” His most recent book, “Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford’s Forgotten Jungle City,” was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in History. For thevideo/audio podcast, transcript, to sign up for the daily news digest, and for today’s entire show, visit www.democracynow.org. Please consider supporting independent media by making a donation to Democracy Now! today, visit www.democracynow.org
Video Rating: 4 / 5
