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Denise Hewitt By Kimberly Wilson ·Updated October 13, 2025 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…
There’s a particular kind of excellence that happens when Black women stop waiting for permission and just build. And there’s something equally as excellent about refusing to wait for validation from the outside, and instead choosing to celebrate these exact same women ourselves. “For us, by us,” if you will.
On Thursday, October 9, that’s exactly
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