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Life changers

Charlotte- love, community, family, and love

Audre Lorde - endurance





Yolanda Askew - sisterhood and Godliness
Rashida Walker - sisterhood


Anna Wintour - decisiveness



 

Angela Davis - power

Prince - independence



Karen Simms - community
Professor Sally Hanley - insight



Kevin Powell -community and evolution

Sydney Bayless - love and honesty
Mark Owens - endurance 


Bell Hooks - feminism






Erykah Badu - honesty

Marguerite Owens - family




Life Changers.....people I've never met, close friends, and family who have changed my life on some level. Some will never know, some won't understand why they are there but they've had some effect on my life, how I think, and how I live.

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