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Kenzie Leon Perry, the Creative Director at Ze Haus Design Studio, curates unique and personalized designs that transform spaces into expressions of individuality and soul. His work as a licensed interior designer spans hospitality, commercial, and residential spaces, but his passion extends beyond the physical environment. As a visual artist and product designer, Kenzie crafts distinctive wallpaper and fabric collections, all deeply influenced by his love of nature and the lush tropical landscapes that surround his Miami, Florida roots. Mr. Perry's design philosophy, Tropic Art Nuvo, blends vibrant colors, prints, and patterns, liberating spaces from monotony and infusing them with depth and character.

Kenzie's journey is not just one of design; it's one of spiritual discovery. Raised in a traditional missionary Baptist church founded by Bahamian migrants in Opa Locka, Florida, his early life was steeped in faith. Singing, acting, and design became his avenues of expression as he learned about the word of God. Kenzie initially went to school for gospel music, but later changed majors to focus on interior design, completing a degree that his mother had once pursued but left behind after giving birth to him.

Kenzi 's spiritual journey led him away from traditional ministries and toward a deeper, more personal exploration of his faith. It wasn't until 2003, when a friend introduced him to Unity on the Bay, that he found a spiritual home that resonated with his true self. Though he hesitated at first, he eventually embraced Unity's teachings, and by 2011, he became an official member. This community helped him heal from past traumas and reignited his passion for music, leading him to join the music ministry and begin writing and recording his own songs. His favorite spiritual practices include walking, mirror work, yoga, and painting, all of which help him connect with his inner self and the world around him.

In addition to his design and spiritual endeavors, Kenzie is deeply committed to education and diversity in the design industry. He is the illustrator for the Design Your World book (published in 2022) and has been the facilitator for this program for three consecutive years. This education pathway program is driven by the mission to build equity and diversity in the design industry, providing high school students with exposure to the possibilities of a career in design. By advocating for the value of design, their members and the industry give agency and access to underrepresented people through the built environment and the power of place, while sharing what careers are available and possible in the industry.

Today, Kenzie's elife is a blend of creative and spiritual pursuits. He is writing a book titled *Affirmative Reading for the Present Day at-hand*, a compilation of personal and affirmative journey writings aimed at cultivating a healthy mindset. He continues to design residential and commercial spaces through Ze Haus Design Studio, while teaching and raising scholarships at Florida International University. His journey is one of continuous exploration—of spirit, of design, and of self—guided by a deep sense of oneness and the belief that our true selves are waiting to be awakened.

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Eisha Mason has practiced as a licensed practitioner and spiritual therapist of more than 35 years.  She is a “master practitioner” of New Thought/Ageless Wisdom, teacher of practitioner studies at the Agape International Spiritual Center and co-founder of CommonUnity, Agape's community service ministries.  As a teacher, executive coach, activist and published author, she focuses on the intersections of spirituality, nonviolence, social justice and the “soul work of social change.”  

Eisha founded The Center for the Advancement of Nonviolence after directing the first Season for Nonviolence campaign in Los Angeles in 1998.  She co-founded Soulforce Trainings, Acts of Power: The Liberation of the African American Soul training, and Community Healing Forum which assists affected communities in responding to loss and trauma.
 
For 9 years, Eisha hosted The Morning Review and later, The Way Forward radio programs on KPFK (90.7FM) radio.  She is a contributor to the books, How to Stop the Next War Now and Together We Are One: Honoring Our Diversity and Celebrating Our Connection. She is also co-author of 64 Ways to Practice Nonviolence Curriculum and Resource Guide.  Red Door, her first book of poetry, was published in February, 2023.

During the U.S. War on Terror and while serving as an Associate Regional Director of the U.S. Southwest Region of the American Friends Service Committee, she spearheaded the campaign to pass a resolution in the California Legislature that would challenge the license of any California medical personnel participating in U.S. torture   It was the only successful legislative initiative in the country during the War on Terror..

Now retired from AFSC, Eisha is busy as a spiritual therapist and executive coach.  She continues to write, teach, and facilitate for social justice organizations.

Eisha Mason is the recipient of the New Thought Walden Award for Social and Environmental Justice (2021) and the the Interfaith Communities United for Justice and Peace’s Courageous Peacemaker Award  (2013).
Her teachers: Rev. Homer Johnson, Michael Beckwith and Nirvana Gayle, Dr. Dan Morgan, Rev. James Lawson, the Venerable Thich Nhat Hanh, Ron and Mary Hulnick of the University of Santa Monica.

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Bishop Jack, as he is affectionately called, is a native of Tennessee and the founder of Blessing Hands USA, Inc. (Blessing Hands USA – Building Bridges Around The World), a non-profit humanitarian organization established to revive, restructure, and revitalize communities. He presently serves as Executive Bishop of Hillside International Truth Center in Atlanta (Bishop Dr. Jack L. Bomar - Hillside International Truth Center), Georgia and Lead Pastor at UNITED Church in Beaufort, South Carolina

He has committed his life to ministry, beginning at Williams Grove Missionary Baptist Church (Camden, TN) where, by age 12, he was the official church musician, the Sunday School Assistant Superintendent, and adjutant to the pastor and his family. After fellowship with various movements within Christianity including the C.M.E. Church and the Church of God in Christ, at the age of 23, Bishop Jack was introduced to New Thought teachings. Since that time, he has presided over, revived, revitalized, repositioned ministries throughout the nation and beyond. Bishop Jack has served as Senior Minister for various New Thought communities in states including Hawaii, New York, Tennessee, California, Illinois, and Georgia; and as International Guest Minister in Australia and U.S. Virgin Islands. 

Bishop Jack received his Doctor of Ministry degree with a concentration in Parish Revitalization & Building the Beloved Community from McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago, Illinois. He received his Master of Divinity degree from Chicago Theological Seminary; the Bachelor of Arts degree from Lane College in Jackson, Tennessee; a ministerial ordination from the Barbara King School of Ministry in Atlanta, Georgia; and the ecclesiastical ministerial endorsement from the United Church of Religious Science, now known as Centers for Spiritual Living. He was inducted into the Morehouse College, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Board of Preachers in 2008 and was consecrated as Bishop on September 23, 2018, becoming the second New Thought minister to be consecrated to the Episcopal Office of Bishop.

His desire is to serve as a conduit that fosters a greater sense of self-awareness, spiritual enlightenment, and God-consciousness with the communities in which he serves. His hope is to encourage people of diverse backgrounds to transcend differences, bridge communication, and build a coalition that leads to the achievement of a common purpose, a unified and loving community.

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Meico Whitlock is a workplace well-being strategist who helps mission-driven professionals prioritize their well-being so they can elevate their well-doing. During his previous career in the tech, nonprofit, and government sectors, he experienced more than his fair share of burnout and overwhelm in the name of making a difference. As a recovering workaholic, he uses what he’s learned to help changemakers make an impact without self-sacrifice.

He is the author of the Amazon-bestseller How to Thrive When Work Doesn’t Love You Back: A Practical Guide for Taking Care of Yourself While Changing The World and The Intention Planner: A Daily Planner & Structured Accountability System for Changemakers, and a certified trauma-informed mindfulness teacher.

He partners with mission-driven professionals to create strategies and deliver programs that  scale impact while sustaining the right balance between life, work, and technology in today’s changing world.

He has worked with organizations such as the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Cigna, and Greenpeace, and has been a featured speaker on ABC News, Fox 5, and Radio One. He’s also a former triathlete, loves salsa dancing, and makes the world’s best vegan chili! :-)

He holds an M.S. in Information Science from the University of Michigan and a B.A. in Political Science and Spanish from Morehouse College.

Meico’s mission is to provide practical well-being strategy consulting and program implementation to increase the well-being of changemakers so they can sustainably increase their well-doing in creating a better world for all of us.

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Rev. Saba has been a been a student of spirituality, metaphysics and the New Thought teachings for his entire adult life.  He began his formal studies in 1975 at the Brooklyn Truth Center, under the leadership of Rev. Don Nedd.  While there, he served on the Board of Trustees, was the church administrator and sponsor for the youth group and the Young Adults for Better Living. 

He studied at the Johnnie Colemon Institute and was ordained by Rev. Johnnie Colemon in 1986.  Since then, he has served in several ministerial positions and on a number of Boards, including the Universal Foundation for Better Living Board, where he served for 20 years.  

In 2010, Rev. Saba was called to be the minister/spiritual leader of Unity of Huntington, on Long Island, NY.  This is a diverse and dynamic ministry that is a member of Unity Worldwide Ministries.  Rev. Saba is currently the Vice President of the Board of Directors of the Unity Worldwide Ministries Eastern Region.  He is also a Founding Member and President of the People of African Descent New Thought Group, Inc.  Rev. Saba has written articles for various Unity publications, including the recent booklet, “Turn On the Light – The Timeless Wisdom of Eric Butterworth.” 

In addition, Rev. Saba is active in his community and is the President of the Central Long Island NAACP, as well as the Treasurer of Hollywood Lodge #92 PHA, F. & A.M.

Rev. Saba graduated from New York University with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Elementary Education. He receives loving support in the ministry and in life from his wife, Cheryl, a psychotherapist.

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Spencer A. Murray is the Founder and Executive Director of NO HARM, National Organization for Healing and Redefining Manhood. He is a speaker, writer, minister, and conflict transformation practitioner who specializes in working with men and boys as it relates to unhealthy ideas of masculinity, and how these ideas contribute to violence towards self, women, and the community.

He is a former educator with Detroit Public Schools where he taught at Paul Robeson Academy, an African-Centered School, and the Academy of the Americas, a Dual Language Immersion School. He holds a Master of Arts in teaching from Wayne State University, a Master of Arts in Educational Leadership from Western Michigan University, and a Doctor of Ministry degree from New York Theological Seminary, where his focus of study was Conflict Transformation. His doctoral work focused on the systemic influence of patriarchy in religion, and its tendency to oppress and perpetrate violence towards women. Based on his dissertation, Spencer published his first book, Conspiracy of Silence: Religious and Patriarchal Roots of Violence Towards Women.

He is currently a Violence Prevention Consultant, as well as a Certified Family Violence Intervention Practitioner in the state of Georgia, where he intervenes with men to disrupt abusive behaviors. As a skilled facilitator, Spencer encourages accountability while inviting men to transform their thinking about themselves, women, and manhood. In addition to his harm reduction work, he is also an Adjunct Professor in Emory University’s Candler School of Theology, where he teaches the introductory course, Skills in Conflict Transformation. As a Restorative Justice Consultant with the Georgia Justice Project, Spencer creates spaces for healing, restoration, and an awareness of our shared humanity.

In this episode, Spencer shares a poem about his near suicide and the choices he made as part of his transformation.

His years of experience working with men and boys, as well as his own journey to free himself from the prison of toxic masculinity, drives his passion to lead men to a deeper understanding of themselves - an understanding characterized by a reverence for the feminine aspect of creation. Spencer is convinced that a man who has true knowledge of self, will strive do no harm.

Spencer lives in Atlanta, GA with his wife, Erica Parks Murray.

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Rev. Dereca Blackmon is the new Senior Minister at the East Bay Church of Religious Science a Center for Spiritual Living (ebcrs.org) in Oakland, CA where she has dedicated over 25 years of service to the spiritual transformation of the entire planet. 

Her sermons, lectures and workshops have provided over 100,000 participants in 20 countries with opportunities to expand their consciousness around issues of inclusion, forgiveness, self-love and radical healing. She has taught the Science of Mind philosophy in a wide variety of settings ranging from teen church to Holmes Institute. She has delivered over 75 talks at spiritual centers in Oakland, Sacramento, Dallas, Detroit and many others, including serving as the Fall Opening Lecture at Stanford University’s Memorial Church.

Her work is rooted in a tradition of sacred activism that seamlessly blends spiritual and cultural principles that foster personal and social liberation. Whether her ministry is in juvenile hall or corporate conference rooms, she is committed to providing loving comfort to those facing oppression and “constructive discomfort” to those resting in their societal privilege. 

Rev. Dereca served as a lead architect in the effort to organize the Bay Area community response to the murder of Oscar Grant III. After working with the community to mobilize thousands of protestors and holding countless meetings and rallies she began to question the strategy of organizing “against” rather than “for.” She entered ministerial school at Holmes Institute, Santa Rosa campus and has never looked back, becoming one of the nation’s leading speakers on Sacred activism.

She served as a nonprofit executive for 20 years, developing nationally-adopted experiential curriculum and raising over $5 million dollars for Bay Area youth. She also served for six years as the Assistant Vice Provost and Executive Director of the Diversity and First-Generation Office at her alma mater, Stanford University, where she introduced groundbreaking work allowing participants to engage in deep, authentic and meaningful dialogues.

She currently serves as President and Co-Founder of Inclusion Design Group (https://inclusiondesign.com/) where she has consulted with a wide variety of corporate, educational, nonprofit and community-based groups to facilitate “uncommon conversations” on issues of race, gender, class and social justice.  She and her team have supported industry leaders, including LinkedIn, Harvard University, YouTube and many others in activating their vision for diversity and inclusion in their organizations and in the world. 

She is the mother of four bold and beautiful daughters who she raised in the spiritual principles of New Thought and who continue to be her life’s best teachers.

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Rev. Deborah L. Johnson is the founder of Inner Light Ministries (https://www.innerlightministries.org/) an omnifaith spiritual community in Santa Cruz, California and founder of the newly forming Unleashing Our Future cultivating capacities, compassion, and connections. A dynamic public speaker, DEI trainer and consultant, organizer, strategist, facilitator, and spoken word artist, she is known for her ability to bring clarity to complex and emotionally charged issues. 

Her clients have included Apple Inc, AT&T, Kaiser Permanente, Hewlett Packard, MCA Universal, and the CDC. A co-litigant in two California landmark civil rights cases, her life-time social justice work has been featured in numerous multi-media venues. For such she has received many life-time achievement awards including induction into the Morehouse College MLK Jr Chapel’s Board of Preachers and being an inaugural New Thought Walden Award honoree for Spiritually Guided Activism.

A member of Delta Sigma Theta and author of “The Sacred Yes” and “Your Deepest Intent,” Rev Deborah serves on the Leadership Council of the Association of Global New Thought. A founding member of the Agape International Spiritual Center, she holds a BA from USC, an MBA from UCLA, a ministerial degree from the Holmes Institute, and an Honorary Doctor of Divinity from Agape University. Her passion is healing socio-political cultural divides and building “The Beloved Community.” Wherever she goes, her message is one of possibility, inclusion, empowerment and transformation.

Rev. Deborah is a keynote speaker at "Celebrating Our Soul - Consciously Creating Change" at Unity Village, Missouri on Saturday, August 3, 2024. Find out more information at padntg.com

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Fabian Thomas is member of the Universal Centre of Truth for Better Living, as well as the Director of the Youth Ministry.

He is currently an Adjunct Lecturer in the Faculty of Careers and Humanities at the Vocational Training Development Institute (VTDI) and the School of Continuing Studies at the Mico University, a Transformational Trainer/Facilitator, Life/Corporate Coach, Performing Arts Specialist, poet/spoken word artist and actor. 

Fabian’s writings have been published in more than a dozen collections and anthologies. He self-published his first New Thought-inspired book entitled New Thought, New Words: A Collection of Affirmations, Gratitude Verses and Spoken Word in 2018. He is also a contributing writer for UFBL’s signature publication, The Daily Inspiration. His first children’s book Djembe was self-published in February 2022 and Tribal Elements (A Tribe Ting, Volume 1), a chapbook of original writings by members of Tribe Sankofa on April 23 as part of the collective’s 10th Anniversary celebrations. He hosts a YouTube talk show called Fabian Seh!

He holds a B.A. in Mass Communication and Literature from the University of the West Indies, Mona and an M.A. in Public Communications from Fordham University in the USA. 

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Rev. Charline Manuel started her writing career even before she knew that's what she wanted to do.  She began writing short notes on pieces of paper as soon as she could hold a pencil and put a few thoughts on paper to her brothers and sisters.  Being the 7th child of 8 siblings, writing was a way to escape when she wanted to and express her thoughts when it was difficult to get a word in otherwise.

Education

With Double Bachelor Degrees and a Master's Degree, Charline went on to earn a Seminary education that lead to 22 years of faith-based work inspiring people to live their best life.

Life Experience

Charline is an inspirational keynote speaker, presenter, workshop facilitator and board consultant. In her consulting work  she leads seminars, retreats and workshops that empower boards with education and training programs on topics of Inclusive Leadership, Building Board Capacity, Effective Governance and Compassionate leadership.  At the heart of her board work, Charline utilizes the ideas presented in two of her books:  The Power of One Accord for faith-based organizations and Boardroom Culture Shock for nonprofit organizations.

Professional Accomplishments

Charline has led initiatives for clean water in Africa, partnered to build a school in Haiti, peace immersion in Costa Rica and was a presenter at the 2018 Parliament of the World's Religions in Toronto Canada.   

Active

As Leadership and Board Consultant Charline works with nonprofit and not-for-profit organizations strengthening their board leadership capacity.  Charline serves on several boards, including Unity World Headquarters Board of Directors and The Parliament of the World's Religions Board of Trustees.  An active instructor for the Unity Urban Ministerial School teaching since 2012 on the faculty. She teaches courses on board leadership and facilitates board workshops and retreats around the country.

Charline currently makes her home just outside of Orlando Florida.  She is the proud mother of two adult children and two grandchildren.

Her website is https://charlinemanuel.com

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