Mary J. Blige enlists Pepsi to celebrate the power and beauty of women

Mary J. Blige enlists Pepsi to celebrate the power and beauty of women
ATLANTA – MAY 8: Mary J. Blige attends Strength of a Woman Festival and Summit Gospel Brunch at City Winery Ponce City Market on May 8, 2022, in Atlanta. (Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images for Strength Of A Woman Festival & Summit)

Mary J. Blige partnered with Pepsi for a female empowered mothers day weekend unlike any other. The Strength of a Woman festival consisted of social networking, educational workshops, information panels and numerous celebrity sightings. The event culminated in an all-star concert that included tear-jerking moments from today’s biggest stars with their mothers. If the five-hour concert wasn’t enough, the next morning participants dressed in their Sunday’s best for an all-star gospel celebration at Atlanta’s City Winery.

Highlights for the weekend included millennial artist Baby Tate bringing her legendary mother Dionne Farris out mid-performance to the ladies of Xscape serenading their moms and Blige giving a powerful performance complete with her signature swag. The iconic singer surprised the audience with a rare live performance of her early 2000s cult hit “All I Need” with rapper Method Man. The weekend focused on celebrating the strength and beauty that defines womanhood as a collective while highlighting mothers.


Powered by superstar energy including Chaka Khan,  Taraji P. Henson, Angela Yee, Usher, Tamron Hall, Summer Walker, Jermaine Dupri, Method Man, Angie Martinez, comedian Ms. Pat, and gospel artists Kierra Sheard and Le’Andria Johnson the Friday to Sunday festival was jam-packed cultural immersion.
Strength of a Woman Festival and Summit is the first of its kind with an all-Black female leadership team consisting of Blige, Ashaunna Ayars (The Ayars Agency) and Nicole Jackson (MJB Inc). Blige announced the festival will return to Atlanta for 2023 and promises it will be bigger and brighter than the inaugural event.
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Dr. Christal D. Jordan Jennings is a journalist and professional entertainment publicist with several years of experience in celebrity marketing and branding. Jordan worked in the corporate PR sector before relocating to Atlanta, GA and founding Enchanted Branding and Public Relations in 2008. The company specializes in public relations strategy, media training/consultation, and crisis communication in service of notable celebrity talent such as TLC’s Chilli, Roy Jones Jr.,Kenan Thompson, and more. Further, Jordan serves as a journalist. She serves as editor-in-chief for Lenox & Parker, Sr. Editor with with Rolling Out and Sr. Features writer with Collider, where she specializes in stories that emphasize the importance of empowering women. Jordan earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Organizational Communications and her Master of Arts in Mass Communications from the University of Oklahoma. Most recently, Jordan started a YouTube channel pulling from her own experiences with celebrity endorsement and strategic relationships. The channel, entitled From Christal with Love XO, boasts over 27k subscribers and works to celebrate love and relationships from a progressive lens. She is also the host of Fox 5 Atlanta’s bi-weekly segment on celebrity relationships. After twenty years of notable stellar contributions in journalism, public relations and literature, Christal received an honorary doctoral degree in Literary Studies from TIUA in June 2024.
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