The Ladies of Hope Ministries

Today is the day. 🎬🦋

Join us for Processing: Film Screening + Talkback at Pathways to Power — a powerful afternoon of film, conversation, and truth-telling around justice, healing, creativity, and what it means to process our stories in real time.

Moderated by Starling Thomas with panelists Antwan Williams, Alexys Feaster, and Carmela Zumbado.

📍 The Dwyer
309 West 123rd St, New York, NY
🗓 Saturday, June 6
🕓 4:30 PM
🎟 RSVP encouraged: thelohm.org/p2p

Come for the screening. Stay for the conversation. Leave with something shifted.

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📍 The Dwyer
309 W 123rd St, Harlem, NY
🗓 Today, June 6

MEET THE SPEAKER: Carmela Zumbado ✨

is a first-generation American actress of Cuban and Colombian descent, known for her breakout roles in Netflix’s You, NBC’s Chicago PD, and most recently as Mireya Garcia on 50 Cent’s Force.

Beyond the screen, Carmela is passionate about storytelling as a tool for social wellbeing, prison reform, and change within the criminal justice system.

At Pathways to Power, Carmela joins us for Justice-Impacted Voices in Hollywood, a featured conversation on representation, media, healing, and why the stories closest to the system deserve to be seen, heard, and honored.

📍 Day 2 | Saturday, June 6
🎬 Justice-Impacted Voices in Hollywood
📍 Harlem, NY

Register today: thelohm.org/p2p

MEET OUR FOUNDER & CEO: Dr. Topeka K. Sam ✨

Pathways to Power is rooted in a vision Dr. Topeka K. Sam has carried for years: that women and girls impacted by incarceration deserve freedom, opportunity, healing, leadership, and the power to rewrite their futures.

As Founder and CEO of The LOHM, Dr. Sam has built a national movement centering justice-impacted women, reentry, housing, economic mobility, storytelling, and systemic change.

At Pathways to Power, she will help open the main summit with a call to community, leadership, and collective transformation.

Because when the people closest to the problem lead the work, real change becomes possible.

📍 Day 2 | Saturday, June 6
✨ Opening Ceremony
📍 Harlem, NY

Register today: thelohm.org/p2p

MEET THE SPEAKER: Trish Lewis ✨

Trish Lewis brings a powerful blend of lived experience, leadership, service, and healing-centered work. As Program Director for FOWI & Healing Hub at The LOHM, Trish is dedicated to reducing recidivism, advancing community healing, and making sure justice-impacted women have the support they need to rebuild with dignity and power.

Her journey from military service to law enforcement, politics, and community-centered advocacy gives her a deep understanding of transition, resilience, and what it takes to create real system change.

At Pathways to Power, Trish will help guide the weekend with purpose, grounding us in storytelling, healing, leadership, and the power of community.

📍 Day 2 | Saturday, June 6
✨ Opening Ceremony + Keynote Introductions
📍 Harlem, NY

Register today: thelohm.org/p2p

MEET THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Aisha Babilonia-Campbell ✨

From surviving to leading, Aisha Babilonia-Campbell carries a story rooted in faith, restoration, healing, and community power.

As the Founder and Executive Director of Habakkuk’s Vision Charitable Ministries, Aisha has dedicated her life to supporting justice-impacted individuals and families navigating incarceration, homelessness, mental health, domestic violence, and reentry.

At Pathways to Power, Aisha will share a powerful keynote on reentry, healing, leadership, and what it means to build pathways of hope for our communities.

Because leadership is not just about what you overcome, it’s about how you reach back, restore, and help others rise.

📍 Day 2 | Saturday, June 6
🎤 Morning Keynote: From Surviving to Leading
📍 Harlem, NY

Register today: thelohm.org/p2p

MEET THE SPEAKER: Starling Thomas 🎬✨

Storytelling is how we reclaim what was taken, reshape what people think they know, and turn lived experience into power.

At Pathways to Power, Starling will lead The Art of Storytelling, a workshop on using writing, film, and public speaking as tools for advocacy, self-expression, and transformation.

Because our stories are not just survival stories — they are testimony, blueprints, and power.

📍 Day 2 | Saturday, June 6
🎤 The Art of Storytelling
📍 Harlem, NY

Register today: thelohm.org/p2p

MEET THE SPEAKER: Crystal Scott 💻✨

AI is not just the future — it’s a tool we can use right now to build, organize, create, and grow.

Crystal Scott, CPWA, is a Website Engineer, Web Accessibility Consultant, Founder & CEO of , and a Pathways 4 Equity alumna from the first-ever cohort in 2021. She brings technical excellence, lived experience, and a deep commitment to digital equity into every space she enters.

At Pathways to Power, Crystal will lead AI Tools, a hands-on workshop focused on AI for entrepreneurship, productivity, workflow automation, small business organization, planning, and growth.

Because access to technology should not be reserved for a few — it should be a pathway to power for our communities.

📍 Day 2 | Saturday, June 6
💻 AI Tools
📍 Harlem, NY

Register today: thelohm.org/p2p

MEET THE SPEAKER: LaToya M.V.A. Desprez 💸✨

Money matters, especially when you’re rebuilding, resetting, and creating a fresh start.

LaToya is the Director of Program Operations & Administrative Services at The LOHM, bringing over 12 years of leadership experience in strategic operations, organizational growth, and mission-centered impact.

At Pathways to Power, she will lead Money Matters: Fresh Start Financial Wellness, a workshop focused on budgeting, credit, debt, bank accounts, and long-term financial planning.

Because financial wellness is about more than numbers. It’s about access, stability, and building forward.

📍 Day 2 | Saturday, June 6
💸 Money Matters: Fresh Start Financial Wellness
📍 Harlem, NY

Register today: thelohm.org/p2p