Toorel Institute for Social Change Inc.

03/14/2026

Join us for this powerful gathering!

Secure your virtual seat today!!

www.toorelinstitute.org/events

03/13/2026

✨ Registration is now live!

We are excited to invite you to a powerful virtual gathering:

Dear Black Women… A Love Letter for Women’s History Month.

A truth-telling space.
A space for celebration.
A space for healing.

This sacred gathering has been intentionally curated to honor, celebrate, and center Black women across generations.

While this space has been curated by and for Black women, aspiring allies are welcome to join simply to listen, witness, and learn.

We are honored to be joined by an extraordinary group of Black women whose lives, leadership, advocacy, and creativity continue to shape communities, movements, and futures.

Our Amazing Speakers

✨Umi Hankins, Founder & CEO, Black Sage Collective, Community Organizer, Advocate, & Healer

✨ Charlene Vassell-Wright, Behavioral Performance Strategist & Self-Leadership Architect, CVW Coaching & Consulting

✨ Dr. Ghia Kelly, CEO, Ghia Kelly Coaching & Consulting LLC

✨ Morgan Moore, M.Div., M.A., Preventionist, Pleasure Advocate, Doula

✨ Joyce Kyles, MCPC, Speaker, Coach, Author, Thriver, Joyce Kyles Consulting

✨ Latoria White, Mother, Chief Project Officer, Associate Director, Community Advocate & Birth Justice Doula

✨ Tonjie Reese, Preventionist, Advocate, Founder & Executive Director, eleven24

✨ Christina M. Jones, Esq., Attorney, Million-Dollar Fundraiser, Storytelling Strategist & Founder of Command Joy Co.

✨ Shari Hines Warner, JD, LMFT, Women's Executive Leadership & Wellness Advisor

✨ Shameika Parks, Clinical Research Site Operations Manager & Events Coordinator for TooREL Institute for Social Change

✨ Jacqueline A Noliwe (aka Dr. J tha' Visionary Poet), Multi-hyphenate Navigator, Creative Architect & Frameworks Engineer

Hosted by Arlene Vassell, Founding Director, Toorel Institute for Social Change

Reserve your virtual seat today!

This is a space where you can breathe, be poured into, and leave feeling seen, whole, and celebrated. ❤

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03/08/2026

Happy International Women's Day!!!❤️

Because They Gave, We Gained - International Women's Da...

Because They Gave... On this International Women’s Day, we pause to honor the women whose courage made our lives possible. Women who dared.Women who resisted.Women who endured.Wome

03/02/2026

HAPPY WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH!

SAVE THE DATE
📅 March 18
⏰ 3:00–4:30pm (ET)
💻 Virtual Gathering

During Women’s History Month we will be hosting a virtual gathering as a love letter to us — Black women.

This sacred space has been intentionally curated to center the celebration, healing, and honoring of Black women — across generations.

Phenomenal Women.

Our amazing speakers will speak directly to Black women about what we must remember, release, reclaim, and carry forward in this season (and beyond).

There will also be space for aspiring allies to join us simply to listen, witness, and learn.

We hope you will join us!

More details and registration coming soon!

02/27/2026

✨ 3-Day Sale Starts Today ✨

For the next 3 days only, People First, Purpose Always is available for $20.00 (Regular price: $24.99)

If you lead a team and care about building a healthy, thriving culture without burning people out — this guide was written for you.

Inside you’ll find reflection prompts, practical tools, and team-building exercises you can use right away.

✨ The sale price is exclusively available at:
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If you’ve been thinking about adding the guide to your leadership toolkit — now’s the time.

02/17/2026

Black History Month & Beyond

Let us never forget...

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02/14/2026

02/14/2026

02/12/2026

What would shift if your entire team was speaking the same language about culture, accountability, and care?

If you are "doing" leadership alone...stop! This guide is for you!

Strategically bring your whole team into the conversation.

This exclusive offer only available at: www.toorelinstitute.org/the-toorel-shop

People First, Purpose Always.

02/03/2026

Join our Founding Director, Arlene Vassell, alongside Elizabeth Vermilyea, Ph.D. on Wednesday, February 25, 2026 from 2:00pm - 3:30pm ET for an upcoming webinar hosted by the Office for Victims of Crime Training and Technical Assistance Center.

If you are leading, supervising, or supporting victim advocates and victim services programs, this conversation is for you!

Victim Service Organizations and Allied Professionals

See the attached overview for additional details.

Learn more and register here: https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Vital-Subjects--Building-a-Framework-for-Healthy-Victim-Services-Organizations.html?soid=1132418723253&aid=2Q1DRSSnOtw

We hope you will join us!💜

02/03/2026

02/02/2026

From Word In Black:
Black Joy Is Our Weapon. Use It.

In a season where the headlines feel heavy and the work feels overwhelming, this article is an invitation to pause, inhale, and exhale.

Read the full piece here: https://wordinblack.com/2025/09/black-joy-is-our-secret-weapon-use-it/

We hope this offering nourishes you the way it nourished us.