Adeyela Albury Bennett | Bio

Adeyela Bennett is President and CEO of Women in Training, Inc., a youth empowerment organization that advocates for menstrual equity. She has led the nonprofit into an internationally recognized organization for advocating for legislation to help end period poverty. In 2024, Alabama Media Group named Adeyela among Women Who Shape the State.

Adeyela is the author of Only the Strong Survive: A Womanist Journey. The anthology is a tribute to mythical and ordinary women who survived tremendous obstacles to leave indelible marks on history. She gathered these stories during her childhood in The Bahamas and 2000 pilgrimage to Nigeria, where she was crowned with the traditional chieftaincy title, Iyalaje Obatala. Adeyela studied traditional cultures in Ghana and Mexico. She lived and worked in the United Arab Emirates for five years, from 2010 to 2015.

Adeyela earned a bachelor’s degree in Anthropology from Florida International University in 1985, and is an alumni of the University of Florida and Howard University. Adeyela is married to Bradley Bennett, the editorial director of a civil rights organization. She is the mother of four daughters, Nuola and Moremi Akinde, and twins, Breanna and Brooke Bennett. Her brilliant grandchildren are Akinwale, Eniafe and Iwa.

Only the Strong Survive:
A Womanist Journey
By: Adeyela Albury Bennett

In collaboration with Women In Training, Inc.

Also available on Amazon

Only the Strong Survive is a coffee-table book to enjoy time and time again. Written from a womanist perspective that centers on Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC), the author takes readers on a journey that highlights women leaders and goddesses from each continent. This book is a great conversation piece for book clubs, women’s groups, and anyone interested in getting a glimpse into the power that women have held in the universe since the beginning of time. The first of its kind, Only the Strong Survive introduces readers of all ages to powerful feminine influencers, such as:

◊ Ruth Bader Ginsburg, US Supreme Court Justice

◊ Atabey, the creator goddess of the Taino-Arawak people of the Bahamas and the Caribbean

◊ Kidst Dingel Mariam, the Ethiopian name for the Virgin Mary

◊ Madragana, the Moorish woman who is an ancestor of Queen Elizabeth II

Proceeds from the sale of this book will benefit girls, young women, and transgender and nonbinary people in the Women in Training, Inc., programs to end period poverty and End Poverty. PERIOD!