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Home · 2016 ESSENCE Festival

2016 ESSENCE Festival Speakers Announced: Tyra, Iyanla and Misty Set to Empower Us!

We're gearing up for ESSENCE Festival 2016 and we can't wait to help you feel empowered! These amazing speakers are set to take the stage during the July 4th weekend event in New Orleans. Take a look at who's set to help you feel enlightened!
By Chuck Arnold · Updated October 27, 2020
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Festival Speakers
2016 ESSENCE Festival Speakers Announced: Tyra, Iyanla and Misty Set to Empower Us!
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Iyanla Vanzant

Iyanla Vanzant will be a life-fixing force at this year’s ESSENCE Festival.

2016 ESSENCE Festival Speakers Announced: Tyra, Iyanla and Misty Set to Empower Us!
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Misty Copeland

Misty Copeland will carry her balletic grace to the ESSENCE Empowerment Experience Stage.

2016 ESSENCE Festival Speakers Announced: Tyra, Iyanla and Misty Set to Empower Us!
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Patina Miller

Actress Patina Miller will bring her Tony-winning magic to New Orleans for the Essence Festival.

2016 ESSENCE Festival Speakers Announced: Tyra, Iyanla and Misty Set to Empower Us!
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Terry McMillan

Best-selling author Terry McMillan will share inspirational words at the ESSENCE Empowerment Experience Stage.

2016 ESSENCE Festival Speakers Announced: Tyra, Iyanla and Misty Set to Empower Us!
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Phaedra Parks

Real Housewives of Atlanta star Phaedra Parks will dispense real talk at this year’s ESSENCE Festival.

2016 ESSENCE Festival Speakers Announced: Tyra, Iyanla and Misty Set to Empower Us!
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Cookie Johnson

Cookie Johnson will be among the speakers at the ESSENCE Empowerment Experience Stage.

2016 ESSENCE Festival Speakers Announced: Tyra, Iyanla and Misty Set to Empower Us!
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Al Sharpton

Rev. Al Sharpton is set to lend some political insight to the ESSENCE Festival scene.

2016 ESSENCE Festival Speakers Announced: Tyra, Iyanla and Misty Set to Empower Us!
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Yolanda Adams
Yolanda-Adams attends the BET Celebration of Gospel 2013,
2016 ESSENCE Festival Speakers Announced: Tyra, Iyanla and Misty Set to Empower Us!
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The Real cast

The Real hosts—Tamera Mowry-Housley, Loni Love, Adrienne Bailon and Jeannie Mai—will hit the ESSENCE Empowerment Experience stage on Fri., July, 1. Their show will broadcast as part of the Live from the ESSENCE Festival digital programming on ESSENCE.com and the episode will air this fall when The Real returns for its third season.

2016 ESSENCE Festival Speakers Announced: Tyra, Iyanla and Misty Set to Empower Us!
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