Michelle Renee's Page

What motivated you (or your organization) to become involved in peace and conflict resolution?

After being kidnapped, held hostage for 14 hours, taped with explosives along with my 7 year old daughter and forced to rob the bank I managed to save our lives, I have been filled with passion and purpose in this area of awarness ever since. My abusive childhood and years living as a teen runaway due to that abuse is also a factor in my desire to educate, empower and inspire millions of people globally on the issues related to violence, abuse and trauma.

Please feel free to provide a short bio about yourself or the work of your organization (no more than 3 paragraphs)

Michelle Renee owns M. Enterprises and is an award-winning author, international speaker, marketing/media specialist and breakthrough expert. Michelle is the founder/creator of Women Who dreamBIG® and Rock To Stop Violence. Her debut book, Held Hostage, is now a world premiere movie on Lifetime Movie Network; a project she served as Creative Consultant and Associate Producer on. Michelle is an honoree shown on the Chicago Survivor Wall alongside Oprah Winfrey, Maya Angelou, Joe Torre and Shelby Lynn, to name a few. She is a Family Advocate for the National Child Traumatic Stress Network and Children's Hospital Chadwick Center in San Diego. Michelle is currently working on her sophomore book, Hostage No More, is a contributing writer for GLOW Project Magazine and Coast News and a featured expert in an upcoming issue of Real Simple Magazine and conducting continuing education courses for PESI. She resides in Southern California with her daughter and dog Gypsy.

Please list the countries and/or regions in which you (or your organization) have direct and significant expertise

USA and some interviews and articles in Canada, Japan, UK

What is your current country of residence (or location of your organization)?

USA

What is your current job (and organization) and/or where and what field are you studying?

M. Enterprises Writer, Speaker, Breakthrough Expert, Advocate

What is your personal or organizational website?

http://www.michelle-renee.com

What is one of your favorite websites in the field? (please provide one answer per box)

http://nctsn.org

What is one of your favorite websites in the field? (please provide one answer per box)

http://www.chadwickcenter.org

Which are your primary sectoral areas of expertise (or the primary sectoral areas of your organization) ?

Education, Media, Social Entreprenuership

Which are your primary skills areas(or the primary skill areas of your organization)?

Advocacy, Communication, Fundraising, Research, Training

What are some of your current areas of research (if any)?

Family drien system of care and healing through youth and family invovlement

Restorative Justice

If appropriate feel free to list several of your (or your organization's) publications

Listed on my website