National Day of Prayer Breakfast at American Village

America marks the National Day of Prayer on Thursday, May 1. The American Village holds an annual Prayer Breakfast on the National Day of Prayer. This year’s keynote speaker is Edie Hand.

Edie is the founder and international author of Women of True Grit, a sisterhood and community stemmed from The Edie Hand Foundation that takes stories and turns them into empowerment for women to succeed in business and in life. The Edie Hand Foundation started over fifteen years ago in honor of her three young Blackburn brothers she lost too soon. Having gone through irritations such as loss, grief, illness, and setbacks Edie exemplifies “True Grit” and has built a movement transforming challenges into Pearls of Hope. GRIT stands for “Great Resilience Is Transformative” and Edie is passionate and devoted to supporting women and providing them the tools to do hard things and turn them into beautiful situations. The message she shares is not heart warming, its heart moving and aims to build strength in whichever audience is listening and encourage them to know they are not alone in facing their hardships with “Pearls On, Swords Up!”

Edie has starred in national commercials and daytime television soaps, hosted national TV programs, and developed several radio shows and vignettes across the country. She was the CEO of a full-service ad company, Hand ‘N Hand Advertising, for over thirty years. She also comes from a wonderful family heritage of songwriting, acting, and music from the Hood-Hacker-Presley Family. Her legendary cousin was Elvis Presley.