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Crystal Cavalier Keck: WA Woman to Watch

Women AdvaNCe would like to celebrate Crystal Cavalier Keck as our Woman to Watch for November 2019. Crystal “Red Bear” Cavalier Keck has been a...[Read More]

8 Nov
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Woman to Watch: Satana Deberry, Durham’s District Attorney

When Satana Deberry left her hometown of Hamlet, NC to pursue higher education at Princeton University, her purposeful plan didn’t include the words District Attorney...[Read More]

11 Sep
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Woman to Watch: Christina Spears

I remember sitting in an undergrad classroom and listening to a lecture about the educational philosophy of students being referred to as “blank slates”. Twenty...[Read More]

3 Dec
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Woman to Watch: Ginger Huebner

Frida Kahlo said “I paint my own reality,” and that is what Asheville-based Ginger Huebner has been doing for almost 10 years. With a Masters...[Read More]

29 Oct
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Woman to Watch: Zweli Moyo-Williams

Opening a restaurant is quite a feat in itself, but opening a restaurant as a minority female who immigrates to the United States of America...[Read More]

16 Jul
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Woman to Watch: Mandy Carter

Talking to Mandy Carter is like curling up with a good book that you don’t want to end. To say that she has lived history...[Read More]

20 Jun
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Woman to Watch: Tonya McDaniel

In the summer of 2011, Tonya McDaniel lost her 22-year-old son Trayvon McDaniel to gun violence. “It was unbelievable and heartbreaking,” she said. “He was...[Read More]

18 Apr
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Woman to Watch: Jane Smith Patterson

On the Information Superhighway Jane Smith Patterson is the cement truck paving the way. While many of us assume that Internet and access to communication...[Read More]