FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

For more information
Contact Rev. Lilipiana Darensburg
Conference Coordinator
(919) 546-8654 or ldarensburg@shawu.edu

Shaw University Divinity School to host 24th Annual Women’s Conference: “As Sick
as My Secrets: Manifestations of Domestic Violence, Addictions, and Sexual Assault”, September 20-21, 2007.

The Shaw University Divinity School will host its 24th Annual Women’s Conference: “As Sick as My Secrets: Manifestations of Domestic Violence, Addictions, and Sexual Assault”, September 20-21, 2007 on the campus of Shaw University.
The Conference will open with a keynote address from Kim D. Saunders, president and CEO of Mechanics & Farmers Bank on Thursday, September 20, 2007, at 6:30 pm in the Thomas J. Boyd Chapel. Sessions will continue on Friday, September 21, 2007 at 8 am with keynote speaker Hazel B. Forbes, Supervisor and Team Leader for the Inner City Mental Health Clinic in Raleigh, in the Ballroom of the Willie E. Gary Student Center, with workshops ending at 4 pm.
“As Sick as My Secrets” will bring scholars and practitioners to the Research Triangle to address those issues of spirituality, health, domestic violence and sexual assault, wellness, and transformation which are at the forefront of personal and community concerns. Presentations will focus on the foundations for healthy living, spiritual practices, self-healing, creating healthy communities, exploring the integral relationship between body, sexuality, mind, and spirit. This Conference will engage the mind, inspire the soul, impassion the heart, and build community. For information regarding registration and a schedule of events, please contact Rev. Lilipiana Darensburg, Conference Coordinator.
The Shaw University Divinity School provides theological education dedicated to the preparation of clergy and laity for clinical, pastoral, and teaching/research ministry professions. The Divinity School is committed to the development of a research institute whose focus is leadership in the “practice of ministry” in the African American community, particularly in the African American Church. Dr. James T. Roberson, Jr. is the Dean of the Divinity School, and Dr. Cheryl A. Kirk-Duggan is Director of Women's Studies.
Shaw University, founded in 1865, is the first historically black college or university in the South and home of the nation’s first four-year medical school, The Leonard Medical School (1882-1918). The University offers over 38 undergraduate majors including Athletic Training, Business Management, Entrepreneurship, Computer Information Systems, Elementary Education, Kinesiotherapy, Mass Communications, and Therapeutic Recreation; and three Graduate/First Professional degrees. It is the first private HBCU invited to participate in the North Carolina Model Teacher Education Consortium (2006) and recently became partners with Second Northwest Nationality University of the People’s Republic of China to promote international cooperation and exchange between NNU and Shaw (2006).

Since 2003, Shaw University has been under the leadership of Dr. Clarence G. Newsome whose administrative motto is “Strides to Excellence: Only the Best!”