Amma Gyamfowa is a Ghanaian-Canadian mental health therapist, registered social worker, writer and international speaker. Engaged in the field of social work for ten years, her expertise is rooted in supporting and counselling Black youth, communities and survivors of gender-based violence. Addressing Black mental health through powerful culturally affirming analogies and resources, she creates accessible wellness tools for diverse African, Caribbean and Black communities in Canada and across diasporas. She has been featured on media platforms such as CBC's Metro Morning, Ontario Morning, She Leads Africa, Fresh Air Radio and the Toronto Star. Founder and Lead Clinical Therapist of Womanist Healing, Co-Founder of Ghana’s Ohemaa Fest and The Healing Retreat, Amma is determined to create empowering holistic resources that strengthen communities’ ability to heal, thrive and connect.

Audrey Thompson is a passionate advocate who believes that individuals can be a vehicle for empowerment and change, especially among those who have faced adversity in their lives. She has held numerous positions during her career, including individual and systemic advocate, program and clinical manager, mental health therapist, facilitator, and program coordinator. She has designed and conducted workshops in Canada, Japan, Argentina and Denmark on various areas, including relationships, sexual health, rights, life skills, facilitation, knowledge exchange, and employment. In addition, she founded ANYANGO, an organization dedicated to creating engagement platforms.

Simone Donaldson is the CEO, founder, registered social worker/psychotherapist, and principal consultant of the group practice Agapé Lens Consulting & Therapy. She has devoted over 15 years to racialized communities and mental health. Simone has been featured in multiple media outlets as a mental health and anti-Black racist expert, including Elle Magazine, Yahoo Mail, and a documentary selected for the 2022 Toronto Black Film Festival. Simone is also an author in the groundbreaking Canadian text, “Africentric Social Work.” She is in high demand as a corporate consultant, and has worked with many organizations to bridge the gap between equity and wellness concerns. Her consultations consist of anti-racism training, executive/leadership coaching, workplace wellness, team consultations, and Black healing circles. Simone’s purpose is to support all her clients to see sustainable change, while guiding them patiently and safely towards authenticity, so they may heal, thrive, and live out their purpose.

Nicole Perryman is a psychotherapist and social worker, whom has the privilege of working in child welfare, children’s mental health, women’s rights organizations, and youth criminal justice organizations over the past twenty-four years. She owns a private practice and is the executive director of an organization specializing in supporting community members through family and social services. Nicole Perryman is a settler in the Mississauga’s of Scugog Island First Nation territory, and has intergenerational roots within the Southern Caribbean and West Africa.

Candies Kotchapaw is a tenacious advocate for intentional changemaking, where people are the catalysts for sustainable equity, inclusion and representation. Her pioneering work to achieve Human Rights for People of African Descent in spaces of influence such as multilateral diplomacy has garnered recognition in Canada and internationally. She has been recognized as one of the 2020 Top 25 Women of Influence by Women of Influence Global, a 2022 recipient of the Queen Elizabeth ll Platinum Jubilee Award, Paget Warner Founders award 2022 presented by TD bank and recognized as a Top 100 Under 40 Most Influential People of African Descent 2022. A domestic and international speaker and thought leader, having shared her guidance on policy issues at the United Nations in New York, U.S.A. and Geneva, Switzerland. Candies represents Canada as an Inclusion track Policy Taskforce lead for the G20 Young Entrepreneurs Alliance and is a two-time alumna of the U.S. State Departments International Visitor’s Leadership Program. She has spoken in front of government, academic and corporate decision-makers in Mexico, Latvia, South Korea and the United Kingdom. Candies is a dedicated structural social worker by profession and a resolute community builder and changemaker who uses policy instruments to achieve economic and legislative justice for her constituents.