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For the fourth year in a row HelloBeautiful presents our “25 Women To Know” list, and this time we’ve rounded up a group of dynamic women who are working to improve the lives of marginalized people in society, and helping to make all of our lives better. They are powerful women with major causes from healthcare, to immigration, […]
Congrats are in order for 21-year-old Ameena Ruffin and 18-year-od Korey Johnson. These two lovely young Black women have been named the first Black women to win a national debate championship tournament! It’s being reported that the Towson University students beat 170 other teams during the Cross Examination Debate Association national championship held this week in […]
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. […]
Just in case you didn’t think we were living in a time where we share way too many of the most intimate details of our lives, check this new trend out. #AfterSexSelfies surfaced on Instagram recently and it proves one thing–intimacy is a thing of the past. Right after you and your lover climax, the […]
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 balances and/or communicating with friends and family, and sometimes all at the same time. With so much time spent on our smart phones and tablets, it may behoove many of […]
