Posted by Anne Caroline Drake on October 22, 2011 · 1 Comment
Use your smile to change the world, don’t let the world change your smile! – Robin Simone Givens “Amazing Grace” is the theme of Robin Given’s compelling memoir, Grace Will Lead Me Home. Her maternal grandmother, Grace Turner Newby Scott, was amazing grace personified and a true phenomenal woman. She had deep faith and strength of … Read more
Category Life Rafts · Tagged with abuse recovery, activist, Book Review, books, child abuse, dating abuse, Depression, domestic violence, Eddie Murphy, emotional abuse, emPOWERment, faith-based response to DV, Grace Will Lead Me Home, Mike Tyson, National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Oprah, pit bull abusers, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Rihanna, Robin Givens, self-care, sexual abuse, survivor stories
Posted by Anne Caroline Drake on October 20, 2011 · 2 Comments
I have to stick around. I can’t go until she does because I have to stay here for her and she would say the same thing. – Gordon Yeager On the day she graduated from high school, Norma Stark accepted Gordon Yeager’s marriage proposal. Ten hours later, they were married on May 26, 1939, in State … Read more
Being a single mom at age 15 and also a high school dropout, it teaches you things about life that no other experience can. I could have easily gone down the wrong path. – Chief Cathy L. Lanier Washington, DC Police Chief Cathy L. Lanier was 39 years old when she was named … Read more
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Posted by Anne Caroline Drake on October 18, 2011 · 1 Comment
When L’Oreal wanted to tell women “I’m worth it,” they selected Erin Gray to deliver the message. She was also the face of Virginia Slim’s “we’ve come a long way, baby” campaign. She’s still delivering these messages for many domestic violence organizations including Haven House and the National Coalition to End Domestic Violence. My passion … Read more
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The late Katharine Meyer Graham was one of the most powerful women in America. She ran the Washington Post media empire. After it exposed Watergate, President Richard Nixon resigned, and the paper won a Pulitzer Prize. She won another Pulitzer for her autobiography, Personal History. Her mentor was Warren E. Buffett, who was one of the first to invest … Read more
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John M. Fedders didn’t just shatter his wife’s dreams. He shattered the dreams of the middle class. He made it possible for the 1% on Wall Street to steal the money that the other 99% ~ the folks who live on Main Street ~ worked hard all their lives to earn. The protests against Wall Street greed … Read more
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Joe Torre is famous for his baseball career ~ especially his years as the coach of the New York Yankees. In my heart, I think of him as a St. Louis Cardinal, my hometown team. He played at Busch Stadium, my favorite ballpark, from 1969 until 1974. He was the Cards’ manager from 1990-1995. He was … Read more
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Posted by Anne Caroline Drake on October 13, 2011 · 1 Comment
Life is a challenge. There’s struggle and conflict. It’s what you do with that struggle and conflict that matters. – Dewey Bozella Dewey Bozella spent over half his life in prison for a crime he didn’t commit. When he was nine years old, he witnessed his father beat his pregnant mother to death. In 1983, … Read more
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This moment is so much bigger than me. . .this moment is for. . . every nameless, faceless woman of color that now has a chance because this door tonight has been opened. – Halle Berry Halle Berry was the first Black actress to receive a Best Actress Oscar (Monster’s Ball, produced by Lee Daniels). … Read more
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Posted by Anne Caroline Drake on October 11, 2011 · 2 Comments
It will work out in the end if you believe in yourself. . . education is a great equalizer ~ but also, hope and belief in yourself. And then you can get through just about anything. – Jeannette Walls Jeannette Walls had a pretty cool career as a gossip columnist for New York Magazine, USA … Read more
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