presidency for 21 years, since the Clinton administration. She’s also the principal and CEO of political advocacy firm IMPACT Strategies, though she’s probably best known to audiences at home for her frequent appearances as a political commentator and now as host of her own BET special, State of the Union.Ī veteran journalist, the White House correspondent for American Urban Radio Networks and a political analyst for CNN has been covering the U.S. She’s built a career of putting her law degree to work for social change through legislative advocacy, having handled legislative affairs for HBCU umbrella organization NAFEO and the Congressional Black Caucus. As executive director, she oversees the program-which had three fellows in its pilot year and four in its current cohort-which puts high school graduates through a gap year filled with tutoring, confidence building, and paid service to prepare them academically and socially for higher education. Recognizing the power of education to lift families out of poverty, she founded Leap Year, an Atlanta-based nonprofit with the mission of helping low-income and first-generation college students succeed. They leave no doubt that there’s room for all of us, or that as change is happening there will be no sister left behind.Ģ5 Black Women Changing the World AMBER SCOTT Undivided is not just the theme of our Women of Power Summit this year it’s the everyday mode of operation for these women-many of whom are multiplying their impact in friendship or in partnership with one another. “Women, we have certain abilities to really connect with each other in a very powerful way.” “When girls come into our space, it’s often that they’re not just coming to learn how to build an app, they’re coming for the power of the sisterhood,” Bryant continues. And even though she’ll technically be a duchess after she marries into the British royal family, Meghan Markle is real-life princess goals for little black girls across the country (and, across the pond, is quietly continuing her life of philanthropy). There’s DJ Beverly Bond, who’s gathered up the sprinkles of Black Girl Magic to show the world how much black girls do indeed rock. Our forever FLOTUS, Michelle Obama, is still using her influence to promote other black women, as she did recently with the selection of artist Amy Sherald to capture her likeness for the National Portrait Gallery. You cannot speak of black women who are change-makers in this country without Oprah Winfrey, whose contributions are too numerous to count but whose recent Times Up speech at the Golden Globes got the whole country talking and launched a million wishes for a presidential run. There are, of course, some big names who are without a doubt changing the world. In this issue, we’re celebrating just a few of the many women making a difference. And preparing the next generation to take on the mantle with their own kind of activism. Standing on the shoulders of a long line of resourceful and resilient black women. What we are is truth tellers, change agents, and troublemakers-in the best way.
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