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Black women are reshaping philanthropy
As a young girl, Bithiah Carter would shell buckets and buckets of pigeon peas on the porch of her grandmother’s house in Mississippi. Her grandmother did this because she wanted to use her resources to give back to her community because the peas could feed someone through the winter.
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Black women set to break barriers on election day
There has been great excitement and renewed voter engagement since Vice President Kamala Harris rose to the top of the Democratic presidential ticket on July 21. And with good reason: Her candidacy not only injected a much-needed dose of optimism into the race; it also revived the possibility that voters will choose a new leader who is forward-looking, capable, and driven by the needs of working-class Americans.
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