LaVerne Baker Hotep

LaVerne Baker Hotep is a human potential expert, inspirational speaker and founder of LaVerne Darnell International, a consultancy specializing in assisting individuals worldwide to align with their personal and universal soul purpose and reclaim their natural gifts.    

As a family development specialist for Allegheny County Family Support Center at the Kingsley Association, LaVerne works to bolster young families and specializes in historical/intergenerational trauma training, which she has also facilitated in Liberia and South Sudan.

LaVerne is founder and director of Me2 Sister Circle™, a self-care and enrichment program for mothers. She is a founding member of PA Women in Agriculture Network advisory council (PA WAgn), creator of the EVE Project: Enlightened Voices for the Environment and creative director and host of the podcast project: Black Girl Back Talk™: Stories of Racial Bias from Girlhood to Womanhood. 

Speakers Series with Dr. Jalonne White-Newsome, the White House's Chief Environmental Justice Officer

Our program focuses on the crucial issue of environmental justice, particularly in the face of climate change. The event will take place on Wednesday, May 1st, 2024, 6:00 – 8:30 pm, at the Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens in Pittsburgh.

During her talk, Dr. White-Newsome will shed light on the disproportionate impact of environmental pollution and climate change on low-income neighborhoods and communities of color.

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