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Dr. Michael Beckwith, New Thought Spiritual Leader, to Make Keynote Speech at 1st Annual Ascent Expo, Biggest Entertainment and Philanthropy Event of 2015
Dr. Michael Beckwith, New Thought Spiritual Leader, to Make Keynote Speech at 1st Annual Ascent Expo, Biggest Entertainment and Philanthropy Event of 2015.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nLOS ANGELES, Jan. 13, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Dr. Michael Bernard Beckwith, an American New Thought spiritual leader, author, and founder of the Agape International Spiritual Center in Culver City, California, with a local following estimated in excess of 9,000 members, will make a keynote speech at the Ascent Expo, taking place February 27-March 1, 2015, at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Henning Morales, CEO of the Expo, noted that The Expo is targeted to be the largest gathering of its kind in the New Year. Combining cultural creativity, conscious capitalism, philanthropy, entertainment and commerce, Ascent Expo's primary goal is to help bring business people together to collectively affect future trends in areas such as environmentalism, health and self-actualization. Ascent Expo expects to attract between 20,000 and 30,000 guests interested in innovation, personal empowerment, Health & Wellness, fashion, music, and more.\n\n\tMorales lauded Dr. Beckwith as one of the original cultural creatives of our time, author of four books, co-founder of the Association for Global New Thought, and co-chair of the Season for Nonviolence, along with Arun Gandhi. Agape's outreach programs feed the homeless, serve incarcerated individuals and their families, advocate the preservation of the planet's environmental resources, and globally build and support orphanages whose children have survived the ravages of war and AIDS. Beckwith was one of the featured teachers in The Secret (2006) movie and the bestselling book by Rhonda Byrne, which followed The Secret movie.\n\n\tA major sponsor of the Ascent Expo is Flaunt magazine, a high-end monthly American fashion culture magazine distributed in over 32 countries. Flaunt magazine, under the direction of Luis Barajas, editor, and Ingrid Barajas, CEO and Director, will produce a Latin-themed, runway fashion show, Saturday, February 28 at the Expo. Many fashion designers and models from all over the world will participate in the glamorous event. The publication was recently named one of three finalists for a prestigious FOLIO: Eddie & Ozzie Awards in the categories of Best Full Issue of a General Interest Magazine and Best Single Article in a Consumer Entertainment Magazine. The magazine also received three awards from PRINT for Excellence in Design, as well as a medal for editorial de...