Juliet Draper and Pam Jones
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Talk Topics:
Escape from Addiction - With over 25 years of recovery
from cigaretes, alcohol, drugs, food and relationship addictions, Juliet
and/or Pam discuss the keys to their success in turning their lives around..
Living Your Rights, Taking Your Chances -
What are your rights as Americans and how do you live them
when you are gay, black and female in Colorado Springs, CO,
ground zero of Amendment 2.
The Path of the Beloved - Together in
harmony for 15 years, Pam and Juliet explore their keys
to forming a win-win partnership.
Body Image - The courage to be pursue physical
strength in a culture that celebrates weak images of the
feminine.
Fee: $$$$
Availability: For 2007 our cities are limited to Denver,
Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Phoenix, Las Vegas
Bio Synopsis Juliet Draper, 39 and
a firefighter for 16 years was a high school dropout, homeless and addicted
on the streets of Cleveland as a teenager. In 1990 she joined the US
Army and began the battle to turn her life around. Replacing the destructive
lifestyle with physical activity, Draper began her winning
ways while a firefighter in the US Army. Draper is dedicated
to her vocation as a firefighter, giving back to troubled youth and continuing
her pursuit of competition excellence.
Pam Jones,
53 brings has B.A. in philosophy from Stephens
College and 25 years experience as an entrepreneur. Jones
started her fabric store and clothing design business when
she was only 22 years old. In 1979, she was the first black
business owner in Old Colorado City, unable to get a standard
loan she borrowed $200 from six friends. Over the next 28
years shes owned a body care product retail store, a personal
management for an entertainer, produced music and theatre
productions and is currently working on her first independent
film, which she wrote and directed.
Our Personal Mission Statement
Our purpose is to live
our best life possible turning obstacles into gifts. Though
others may perceive being black, gay and female as three
strikes against us, we perceive it as the triple challenge,
the triple whammy and the triple blessing.
Our power is that we’ve both overcome drug
and alcohol addiction and to do so we had to consciously choose life and make
decisions about how we were going to live it. Through recovery we've learned
to honor ourselves in the moment and to understand the connection between living
a false life and addictive behaviors. We've identified destructive behaviors,
changed those behaviors and then dealt with the feelings. We've taking
control of all aspects of our lives and let go of the ones we cannot control.
Our blend is that we have complementary gifts
and talents and we don’t compete with each other. One us of us is
the brain and the other the brawn, one is a starter and the other a finisher,
one of us is management the other labor, one is the doing and the other the
thinker.
We are clear about our belonging and we don’t
allow others to shake our understanding. This sense of belonging gives
us the energy to share our gifts and talents with our community, focusing more
on what we give than what we get.