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Arnita DeShields is currently enjoying her role
as an Educator for youth. She is the CEO of
Arnita DeShields Consulting Firm; her services
have been contracted out to a variety of
agencies since 1999. Arnita is the Founder of
Butterfly Empowerment Services Transform (B.E.S.T.)
– supportive services for abused women, men and
children. She also has a health and wellness
business called It Works which consist of
diverse products that are changing people's
lives for the better. Arnita is the Founder and
CEO of Go 2 Prayer which encourages people to
pray without ceasing. Over the past 3 years,
Arnita has served as a board member (Director of
Public Relations) for Broken Wings Literacy
Center; a non-profit organization that focuses
on supporting people of all ages, in every area
of their life. On April 6, 2019 she was awarded
Women of the Year by CHOICES, Incorporated for
her achievements and community service.
She was also selected by the Creative Arts
Lounge and Media Center as a successful woman
entrepreneur, in their 2020 Women Preneurship
Calendar.
Arnita has a passion for helping victims of domestic
violence, community development, outreach and empowering
individuals in all areas of their life. Arnita has been
practicing social work and counseling since 1987. She
has served her community as a leader and member of the
Camden County Commission for Women, a member of the
Senior Advisory Council for the Aging, Church Health
Liaison for Virtua Health System and a member of Delta
Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. She has faithfully
volunteered helping victims of domestic violence and is
the Founder of I’m Free Ministries, where she
implemented a ministry that provides housing and
supportive services for victims of domestic violence and
their children, located in Lindenwold, New Jersey. She
was awarded the Dr. Martin Luther King Freedom Medal for
her dedication to community service.
Arnita has been active in a variety of Christian
ministries since she was a child, and continues to
preach and teach under Arnita DeShields Ministries. She is a member
of Victory in Christ Christian Center, in Westville, New
Jersey, under the awesome leadership of Bishop John &
Pastor Isha Edmondson. She is also grateful for other
great leaders that have covered and mentored her in
ministry.
In
2006 she started New Beginnings Radio Ministry on WTMR
800AM in Camden NJ and re-emerged in 2009 on Radio One’s
Praise 103.9, Philadelphia's inspiration station. In
2007, Arnita became Co-Host of Battle for Life, a prayer
outreach TV ministry that aired on the Virgin Island,
New Jersey and Pennsylvania. In 2011 she became the host
of New Beginnings Prayer Outreach TV Ministry that
streamed and was on air, in Philadelphia, Upstate South
Carolina, North Carolina and Northern GA. It is a
ministry designed to encourage believers and
non-believers alike through exhortation and intercessory
prayer "on the air" and with lessons from God's Word on
how to let go of the "old" and embrace the "new", and
how to avoid getting trapped in "what is", instead of
positioning oneself toward "what can be" . . . Theme is
“Remember Every Day Is A New Beginning” - 2nd
Corinthians 5:17.
She is a 1999 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania
School of Social Policy and Practice, where she received
a Masters of Social Work, and a 1990 graduate of
Villanova University, where she received her Bachelor of
Arts & Sciences; her major was Communications. She is
presently attending International Miracle Institute in
Pensacola, Florida for a Doctorate in Christian
Theology.
She was born and raised in
Philadelphia, PA, where she resides with her son, Joseph
Emmanuel. She is also referred to as Lady, which is a
nickname that was given to her from birth in honor of
her late Grandmother, Lady Lee Oden. Arnita is so
grateful for her loving parents, Mary Elizabeth
DeShields and the late Ranzo DeShields. She is blessed
to be the youngest of ten siblings, and loves both her
family and friends dearly. She enjoys writing poetry,
sharing her gift of spoken word, sacred dancing, reading
and more. Arnita is an international Author and
Columnist for SCOOP USA. Her life scriptures are
Philippians 4:13 - I can do all things through Christ
which strengtheneth me and Luke 1:37 - For with God
nothing shall be impossible!
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