Charles “Chuck” Hicks is the founder and director of the DC Black History (https://dcblackhistory.com/) Celebration Committee which celebrates black history year-round.  He is a community activist focusing on issues that directly affect the community. Hicks serves on several Martin Luther King Jr. committees providing guidance, leadership and support.  His work includes serving on the executive committee of the Martin Luther King Jr. DC Support Group, Inc.and the Martin Luther King, Jr. Scholarship Award Committee. Hicks co-chaired the DC Host Committee for the dedication of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial.  He was co-chair of the DC Host Committee for the opening of the new National Museum of African American History and Culture. Hicks is also a member of the Southern Poverty Law Center.

Hicks is also a member of the DC Commission on Aging and the newly appointed DC Commission on African American Affairs.  He also serves on the Commission on Black Men and Boys under the purview of the Honorable Eleanor Holmes Norton. He is also a devout member and trustee at Greater New Hope Baptist Church in Ward 1. Hick co-hosts with Joni Eisenberg the “Heal DC” radio broadcast on WPFW 89.3 FM. His service to the community also included work as the coordinator of labor for the District of Columbia for the Million Man March in 1995. Hicks was also a member of the 50^th Anniversary of the March on Washington Committee. He is the president of the Robert “Bob” Hicks Foundation which advocates for human and civil rights. 

Hicks is also a proud member of the NAACP.  He is also well known for providing 35 years of service to the DCPublic Library’s Black Studies Center. Hicks is a supporter and advocate of the African American Civil War Memorial &Museum. He is also founder of Bread-for-the-Soul Toy & Book Party – an HIV and AIDS organization which provides toys and books for Christmas to children whose parents have HIV/AIDS and to children who are diagnosed with HIV.

He is the former president of the AFSME District Council 20 and is a current member of the retirement chapter.Hicks continues his work as a member of the DC Democratic State Committee and is a dedicated member of two organizations that advocate for statehood for the District of Columbia – Stand Up! for Democracy in DC (Free DC) and DC for Democracy. Hicks is a member of the Waterside Tenants Association where he advocates for tenants’ rights and information transparency.  He is widely recognized for his support for the arts and community programming. Hicks is also an active member of several study groups.



Chuck recently received the 2017 Community Cornerstone Award from DC Councilmember Anita Bonds.

Ran D. Anbar, MD, FAAP, is board certified in both pediatric pulmonology and general pediatrics, offering hypnosis and counseling services at Center Point Medicine in La Jolla, California, and Syracuse, New York. Dr. Anbar is also past president, a fellow and approved consultant of the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis.

Dr. Anbar is a leader in clinical hypnosis, and his 26 years of experience have allowed him to successfully treat over 8,000 children. He also served as a professor of pediatrics and medicine and the director of pediatric pulmonology at SUNY Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, New York, for 21 years.

Dr. Anbar also worked as a guest editor and advisory editor for the American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis.

In addition to his teaching and lecturing experiences, Dr. Anbar has been the principal investigator in 10 published case studies of pediatric hypnosis and involved in research trials of children with cystic fibrosis and other pulmonary disorders. He is a published author of more than 60 articles, abstracts, books, and book chapters on pediatric functional disorders and pediatric hypnosis. He has published more than 190 blogs on PsychologyToday.com regarding hypnosis and counseling for children, adolescents, and young adults.

Graduating from the University of California-San Diego with undergraduate degrees in biology and psychology, Dr. Anbar earned his medical degree from the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine. He completed his pediatric residency and pediatric pulmonary fellowship training at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston. Dr. Anbar received training in hypnosis from the Society of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics and the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis.

The partners in COHealth founded the company based on a shared experience of caring for aging family members at home. To dramatically improve the health and quality of life for all concerned in this phase of our lives, we have introduced the Carebidet.

John Larson has spent the last few decades in technology and media between the east coast, west coast and Dubai, UAE. Marketing and Sales success dominated the early portion of his career, reaching C-level management with a focus on startups, launches and turnarounds. This led to branching into consultancy and the partnership that formed COHealth and the launch of the Carebidet.

The Carebidet complete intelligent (and automated) toileting care system, which can be worn in bed,  includes 5 distinct functions: detection, removal of waste and odor, washing, drying, and ongoing moisture management. Once caregivers are quickly trained on the Carebidet, neither they nor your client/user will ever want to go back to providing toileting care the old-fashioned way.

Producer/Composer/Artist/Multi-Instrumentalist David Vito Gregoli

“I’m a sound painter…”

Vito’s musical journey has been nothing if not diverse. His earliest musical explorations were rooted in Pop, Rock, Jazz and Blues, and shades of The Beatles, Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck can be spotted in his work to this day. Vito was born in Los Angeles on October 20, 1959. By the time he was in his teens, he was already hailed as a guitar virtuoso and working regularly in the L.A. club scene. “I was lucky I could grow a beard, so I passed for legal age,” quips Vito. Surrounded by older and more experienced musicians, Vito soaked up technique and style, but took a right turn in college towards Classical Music.

“I’ve loved history since I was a kid, and Classical Music was the soundtrack to every era. At university, my emphasis was in Renaissance music, composition, and later, Spanish guitar.” This Latin influence would later flower into his spanish flavored album “Organic Nylon”. Vito’s Classical studies naturally led him to scoring. “I grew up in a theatrical family, and my sister was always calling on me to create music for her shows,” says Vito. His keen dramatic instincts have been tapped for music in film, TV and theatre projects.

As a songwriter working in the Pop, Rock and Country fields, he’s collaborated with noteworthy artists producing as well as playing on all the songs. Vito’s tasty guitar has been a spotlight in many of L.A.’s most popular bands as well as in studio sessions. His extensive musical IQ also made him a sought-after musical director for many singer/songwriters.

But it was Vito’s spiritual quest that led him to the New Age and World Music scenes. He was introduced to Transcendental Meditation at the age of 13, and later he turned to Buddhist meditation practices and Yoga. This in turn exposed him to Global Music and World instruments, from sitar to charango. His interests in the healing power of music and his Classical background seamlessly blended in with his expansive experiments in New Age music, expressed in his first release as an artist, “Yoga Heart Healing”.
Over the years, he’s had the privilege of working with such New Age and World Music artists as Constance Demby, Jai Uttal (featured on the Grammy Nominated “Mondo Rama” as guitarist and co-Producer),  Deepak Chopra, Steven Halpern and produced and co wrote with for the acclaimed albums “Songs of Kuan Yin” with Donna De Lory for Sounds True Records.

Vito’s talents were recently featured on the title track for the tour de force album by Al Jewer and Andy Mitran, “Transformation” (co written by Gregoli), as well as jazz singer Kathy Sanborn, New Age artist Grayhawk Gibney, Kirtan artists Porter Singer and Neil Martin, and Jazz Hip-Hop artists Copus Multimedia…as well as tracks for flautist Mark Seelig’s new album on the Projekt label produced by Byron Metcalf.

Recent producing projects include New Age Pop singer/songwriter Kimberly Haynes’ award winning debut album “Awaken Me”, as well as the following up album “In Dreams”;  singer/songwriters Julia Fordham, Quincy Coleman, Mitzi Swarz, Eric Harrington, Stacy Robin – and award nominated Mary Gospe and award nominated kirtan artist Prem Vidu.

Meanwhile, Vito has embarked on the massive task of bringing the centuries old sacred text the “Bhagavad Gita” to the world as an album and rock opera,
“Song Divine“. Renown writer Lissa Coffey has translated the book:  
“There hasn’t been a translation that is easily accessible, and easy to relate to without massive explanation. Song Divine is written in verse and rhyme, the way the Bhagavad Gita (translated to “The Song of God” from Sanskrit) was originally intended.”
The album was released to great acclaim in the fall of 2021.
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Also on June 28, 2022 saw the release of the long awaited "Wild Monsoon" with 2x Grammy winner Ricky Kej in a unique collaboration. East meets West, New Age meets World Beat.
"That is one incredible album David, wow! Get ready for a Grammy!"
- Keith Hanneleck, New Age music Reviews
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Whether laying down killer guitar tracks, composing original music or adding depth and polish to artists he produces, Vito brings integrity and unique artistry to music that defies pigeon-holes. “I have the ability to hear something in everything — I can see ‘round the bend when someone plays me an idea. That inspires me in the job of Producer.”

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Laura Wooster is an Intuitive Medium, Teacher, and host of The Intuitive Life on MindBodySpirit.fm.

Laura is a Spiritualist minister ordained by The Journey Within Spiritualist Church, Pompton Lakes, NJ. She is also a Certified Medium with the Forever Family Foundation.

With a calm and supportive presence, Laura offers private Intuitive sessions to help you become the person you are meant to be while honoring where you are today. In addition, she offers private Mediumship sessions that offer peace in the awareness that your departed loved ones are still present.

Laura facilitates intuitive / psychic development classes and ongoing monthly development circles in Massachusetts and New Jersey.

"It’s an honor to be present in a room when a loved one in Spirit reaches out to those who are missing them. I’m only an interpreter for the process - because the language of spirit isn’t necessarily like ours. They communicate through energy. And I’ve learned over time to interpret the message they are trying to get across. Which ultimately is that they are still very much present in our lives...

Also my goal isn’t necessarily to convince anyone of what I believe to be true - that we continue to exist after we’ve left this world. But at the very least, it opens the door for people to consider something more. It can be life changing for some."  - Laura Wooster | Intuitive Medium & Teacher