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FemCity® Founder Violette de Ayala is Today’s Honoree

Posted on May 14, 2020 by Today's Honoree

Violette de Ayala is a Cuban-American serial and social Entrepreneur, Founder of FemCity®, and virtual mentor to over 20,000 women. Violette has been quoted in Success, Entrepreneur, CNBC, Yahoo Small Business, Business Insider News as a small business expert. Violette … Continue reading →

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Black Couple Getaways Founder Jerome Davis is Today’s Honoree

Posted on March 19, 2019 by Today's Honoree

About JD: Jerome “JayDee” Davis – is originally from Springfield, Ohio and attended the University of Cincinnati. He’s one of the original founders of JazzNet (Jazz and Networking), First Fridays (Nashville), First Fridays United, The Urban Professionals Ski Getaway, Black … Continue reading →

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Author Heidi Radkiewicz is Today’s Honoree

Posted on October 16, 2018 by Today's Honoree

About The Book: Debut author, Army veteran, wife and mother Heidi Radkiewicz was never meant to be your average blushing bride. While she did spend her honeymoon amidst palm trees, they were not set in the backdrop of any tropical paradise, as … Continue reading →

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Author Laura Fahrenthold is Today’s Honoree

Posted on May 30, 2018 by Today's Honoree

The Pink Steering Wheel Chronicles presents a moving portrait of life told with unflinching honesty about marriage, motherhood and mourning. New York Times bestselling author Valerie Frankel calls it “a brave, put-your-heart-back-together-again book.” Suddenly widowed and with two young daughters, … Continue reading →

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Navy Lieutenant Ismael Tounkara is Today’s Honoree

Posted on February 25, 2018 by Today's Honoree

MECHANICSBURG, Pa. – A Navy lieutenant assigned to Naval Supply Systems Command Weapon Systems Support (NAVSUP WSS) in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, was recently recognized in an award ceremony, but this Guinea native’s life example is what garnered greater praise. Lt. Ismael … Continue reading →

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Author April Kirkwood is Today’s Honoree

Posted on September 15, 2016 by Today's Honoree

April Kirkwood first fell in love with Frankie Valli as a young farm girl in Ohio when she attended her first Four Seasons concert. For nearly a decade after, she and her family attended shows whenever the group came to … Continue reading →

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Author Pam Friedman is Today’s Honoree for Thursday February 18th, 2016

Posted on February 17, 2016 by Today's Honoree

About The Book: The truths are: divorce rates hover around 50%, and marriage rates are declining. In other words, less people are entering into a binding relationship and, for those who already have, approximately half want to end it. The … Continue reading →

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Author and Advocate Kemba Smith is Today’s Honoree for Thursday December 24th, 2015

Posted on December 23, 2015 by Today's Honoree

Growing up as an only child in Richmond, Virginia, Kemba Smith Pradia graduated high school and continued her education at prestigious Hampton University. What happened to Kemba in her new campus environment was a nightmare. In an attempt to “fit … Continue reading →

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Abstract Painter Eileen Hickey-Hulme is Today’s Honoree

Posted on February 17, 2015 by Today's Honoree

Armed with nail polish, lipstick, eye shadow and various other unconventional material, Eileen Hickey-Hulme creates her pearlescent, abstract images often juxtaposing images of power with those of fragility. Eileen Hickey-Hulme is a native of Buffalo, New York, but fell in … Continue reading →

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Military Fly Mom Linda Maloney is Today’s Honoree

Posted on November 11, 2013 by Today's Honoree

A few months before my first son was born in 2003, I packed away my flight gear in the basement, wondering about the legacy I’d pass down to him. I imagined him one day proudly telling his friends, “My mom … Continue reading →

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