Celia Bailey
Celia is a lawyer in the U.S. Attorney's office in East Baton Rouge Parish. She is a member of the Poverty Forum Planning Team, and was a board member of the Interfaith Federation of Greater Baton Rouge in 2011.
Lisa Delpit, Ph.D.
Lisa is the Felton G. Clark Distinguished Professor of Education at Southern University-Baton Rouge. She received the MacArthur "Genius" Fellowship for her research on school-community relations and cross-cultural communication.
Tracie Garrett
Tracie is a lifelong spiritual seeker who is passionate about children, peace, and justice issues. She volunteers at a local elementary school teaching art.
Roberta Guillory, Founder
Roberta is a Spiritual Director whose spiritual seeking has led her all over the world. She founded The Red Shoes so that women in Baton Rouge could have a place to seek their own spiritual paths.
Lydia LaFleur
Lydia works as a senior instructor in the LSU Department of Accounting and serves as the Assistant Director of the LSU Center for Internal Auditing. She enjoys learning and expanding her perspectives as she journeys through life.
Monique Moliere-Piper
Monique is a speaker and book publisher with twelve years of experience in mentoring women entrepreneurs. She holds a BS in Business Administration/Marketing from Xavier University of Louisiana and a MA in Psychology with a concentration in Strategic Leadership from Letourneau University. Monique is a past board member for Women’s Council of Greater Baton Rouge and a past president of Downtown Toastmasters.
Charity Moran Parsons, Ed.S.
Charity serves on the National Faculty for the Buck Institute for Education and is Lead Consultant for IDoSchool.org, training educators to meet school programming and development needs. A Gates Millennium Scholar, Charity has earned her BS in Biology from Southern University, MA in Secondary Mathematics Education from Centenary College, and EdS certification in Educational Leadership from LSU.
Sandy Patrick
Sandy is a nurse with her BSN from LSU. She volunteers with VIPS (Volunteers in Public Schools), the Girl Scouts, and the Council on Child Abuse.
Celia Strickler
Celia is originally from New Orleans, and is an LCSW. She recently completed the priestess training program at the Kohenet Hebrew Priestess Institute. Celia is a longtime yoga practitioner, and an active member of Congregation B'nai Israel and Beth Shalom Synagogue.