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A TEDx speaker, Embodied Leadership Coach, and recently named Top 40 Under 40. Amal was born and raised in Saudi Arabia, she got into a fixed marriage at the age of 18. In 2013, she filed for divorce, moved to Canada, 24 years-old and covered from head to toes. Today, as the founder of “I’m All Courage”, she holds the torch and leads folx on their decolonization journey, and to reclaim their power from religious, societal and political oppression. She is helping vulva-bodied leaders to stand in their sovereignty, show up authentically, be seen and fully embodied in the bedroom and the boardroom.

Amal wakes up everyday to create an equitable, diverse, and inclusive society. She deeply believes that if we healed our own bodies, we can heal the world.

Karen Mason is co-founder and director of community practice for SOAR (Supporting Survivors of Abuse and Brain Injury through Research) which explores the intersection of brain injury and intimate partner violence, and former executive director of Kelowna Women’ Shelter. Kelowna Women’s Shelter provides emergency and transitional housing, supported second stage housing, counselling support, advocacy, and prevention education to women, and women with children who have experienced gender-based violence. A seasoned non-profit leader and advocate, Karen is also executive director for Third Space Charity, which supports mental health and wellness in young adults through free counselling support and post-secondary, practicum training programs

Loyal Wooldridge is a Kelowna City Councillor, Entrepreneur and Community Advocate elected to Kelowna City Council in 2018; grounded in the power of community, giving back and creating equity for underrepresented voices.

Loyal founded Loyal Hair in downtown Kelowna and at the age of 21 with the intention of giving back and empowering everyone to own their full potential. He understands that ‘giving goes full circle’ and that it’s a collective responsibility to give back to community that support one another. It’s about combining a business brain with a social heart – so everyone wins.

In his role as an elected official, Loyal is engaged in numerous boards including the Okanagan Film Commission, Regional Library and Regional District. His passion is driven to realize positive steps forward in social challenges like homelessness, mental health and housing while encouraging positive economic recovery for the region, post pandemic.

During moments of recharge, Loyal enjoys all things Okanagan and especially passionate about growing nourishing food to create beautiful culinary experiences in the kitchen. He’s also fallen in love with skiing the slopes, dunking in the lake and of course, enjoying local wines in vineyards with his husband Ian and their dogs.

Chris joins the Elizabeth Fry team with over 25 years experience supporting health & well-being in the not for profit sector. She has a history working in Executive Management with a focus on crisis counselling, mental health, family violence, and individual and family well-being. With a strong value of collaboration, she has been involved in many partnerships & system collaborations, and is a believer that the power of collective works results in meaningful impact when addressing complex issues.

Chelsea is a Registered Professional Counsellor and one of the counsellors for the Adult Counselling Program here at the Elizabeth Fry Society. Her perspective on counselling is that change for clients comes from a place of trust and safety, often-times something our clients lack in their lives. She pays special attention to create warm, safe, non-judgemental relationships with her clients first, so that they can work together to achieve the change they wish to see in their lives. Every person carries stories about their life experiences and what those mean to their sense of self, so her work with clients really focusses on the narratives they tell themselves that ultimately shape their behaviours and beliefs.

Teigen Gayse is a popular Metis singer-songwriter whose music is fresh, yet familiar, hitting on deep and relatable topics, like her love life, in a fun, bubbly way. Growing up in “Little Prairie”, Chetwynd BC, she hopes her music will help make the town of 3000 known for more than forestry, oil, gas, mining, and ranching. Music was her escape growing up, and this singer/songwriters’ melodies and lyrics are catchy, and even Gayse’s sweet, raspy voice gets you hook, line and sinker. She writes about real-life experiences, telling stories of heartbreak, and fun exploits that echo our own experiences and make us feel like we’re on a long road trip with her to the ultimate destination…one of pure joy and happiness.  You can follow Teigen at IG at @teigsxo, or on Facebook at @teiggayse.

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