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The Centers  for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Office of Minority Health and Health Equity (OMHHE) kicked off Minority Health Month by recogizing one of…

EDDA COLLINS COLEMAN When Edda Collins Coleman was a little girl, she didn’t realize that all the organizing, lobbying and campaigning that her parents and grandparents did would set the foundation for her adulthood career, but she is appreciative. Growing up, the Springfield, Illinois native tagged along with her family for various causes from lobbying […]

Amara Enyia, also known as “The Municipal Maven,” is known for her community work in some of Chicago’s most dangerous neighborhoods. Through her company, Ace Municipal Partners, she works with mayors of surrounding counties and cities to work toward rectifying issues like unemployment, and lack of education and resources, which contribute to high crime rates […]

MAJORA CARTER  Growing up in the South Bronx is what drove Majora Carter away from her neighborhood when she was able to leave, but it’s also what brought her back. Carter made education her first priority so that she could move away however she got a financial reality check after enrolling in grad school, which […]

  ATIMA OMARA-AWALA  Altima Omara-Awala is a political strategist, activist and self-proclaimed feminist who was inspired to become a change agent by her own experience with politics in college, as an officer in Student Government. “I became very optimistic after seeing people come to an agreement on what is better for people just in the […]

CAMIELLA WILLIAMS  These days, Camiella Williams spends her time as a gun reform activist but her road to activism wasn’t easy. The 26-year-old Chicago-native grew up in a violent neighborhood where she bought her first gun in the sixth grade, for $25. From there she got involved with gang activity and entangled in a morbid […]

MAYA RUPERT Maya Rupert is a federal policy director at the National Center for Lesbian Rights. Prior to joining NCLR, she was an associate with Sidley Austin LLP’s Los Angeles office but eagerly sought after the chance to work with NCLR when the position came her way in 2010. “My work for the LGBT community […]

MUADI MUKENGE  Muadi Mukenge, originally from the Democratic Republic of Congo, is a leader in the movement of defending women’s rights in Sub-Saharan Africa. Her background in women’s health, African politics and economic development in Africa plays a major role in her current work with enhancing women’s rights and ending sexual violence in Sub-Saharan Africa. […]

Amani Terrell, a LA girl who weighs 260 pounds, just showed the world what self love really looks like! The 20-year-old beauty showed off her…

There is an app for virtually everything imaginable these days! We may utilize them for playing games, booking travel, losing weight, keeping up with account…

As young girls we were taught about social and behavioral norms and traditional gender roles right along with our ABCs. According to many of those…