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The 2009 Essence Music Festival will be the fifteenth anniversary of Essence Fest, and Beyonce is already set to headline! The rest of the weekend is bound to fill up with other amazing artists, performances and speakers. Mark your calendars now to be in the Crescent City for Fourth of July weekend, and book those hotels sooner rather than later to get one close to the Dome. 
Friday, July 3, 2009
Charles, DJ Jubilee, DJ Dynamite Dave Soul and DJ EF Cuttin.The Essence Music Festival hosts three full days of dynamic speakers at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center. No tickets needed. Just come and enjoy! Here are highlights of the many choices. The schedule is as follows:
Friday, July 3, 2009
LIVING AN AUTHENTIC LIFE
Opening Remarks: Angela Burt-Murray, ESSENCE Editor-in-Chief
ESSENCE Music Festival Welcome: Michelle Ebanks, ESSENCE Communications Inc. President
Host Remarks: Mikki Taylor, ESSENCE Beauty Editor & Cover Director
City Of New Orleans Welcome: Mayor C. Ray Nagin
Part I - Getting the Love You Deserve
Living An Authentic Life: Carla Harris
HIV/AIDS: Sheryl Lee Ralph
Friday, July 3
Juanita Bynum has dedicated herself to reaching others with a message from God, a message that offers healing and encouragement through suggesting celibacy for singles. Treading on territory where few women have ventured, Bynum has allowed herself to be God's vessel, telling her colorful story to the masses, in hopes of saving souls from following the same dark paths she once walked.
Marvelyn Brown, a 24-year-old native Tennessean, was diagnosed with HIV at age 19. Since then she has moved both live and television audiences around the United States with her compelling personal story. Brown has spoken at over 50 colleges and universities nationwide and currently has an HIV-focused blog on poz.com and a lifestyle blog on staying-alive.org. She is currently the CEO and an Independent HIV Consultant for, Marvelous Connections. Her humanitarian work earned her a 2007 Emmy Award for Outstanding National Public Service Announcement. Brown’s autobiography, The Naked Truth: Young, Beautiful and (HIV) Positive, was published by Amistad/HarperCollins in 2008.