HelloBeautiful Honors Community Game Changers
HelloBeautiful, an online community for women of color released their 5th annual “Women to Know” feature.
The 2016 list highlights Black women from all walks of life who use their platforms to enact social change within their communities. Featuring politicians, lawyers, activist, entrepreneurs and more the “Women to Know” feature not only celebrates each woman’s achievement but provides an opportunity for their stories to be told and shared.
“Each year we are more impressed with the women we get to know through this list, and it is our pleasure to celebrate them as the heroines they are,” says Allison McGevna, Managing Editor, HelloBeautiful.com. “Each profile will leave you feeling as if you just received an empowering message from your sister, their experiences are all of ours.”
Included on the list is Marilyn Mosby, State Attorney for Baltimore, April Reign creator of #OscarsSoWhite, and Kamala Harris the first female Attorney General of California.
The feature includes editorial and video and an engage tab that encourages users to upload their own pics and stories–becoming “Women To Know”.
“Every day when I come to work, I am reminded that each of us has a story to tell. Indeed, we are all women to know. So I encourage you to participate in sharing both their stories and your own. Using our “Engage” feature, you can upload a photo of yourself and use the hashtag #hbwomentoknow to share with the world your own testimony.”
See the full 2016 “Women to Know” list below:
Charlene Carruthers – Director of The Black Youth Project
DeShaunya Ware – Mizzou Student Activist
NyKidra Robinson – Creator, Black Girls Vote
Marilyn Mosby – Baltimore City State’s Attorney
Kimberlé Williams-Crenshaw – Activist, Creator of African-American Policy Forum
Sharon Cooper – Advocate, Sister Of Sandra Bland
Abigail Hollis – Mizzou Student Activist
April Reign – Creator, #OscarsSoWhite
Bree Newsome – Activist, Filmmaker
Angelica Sweeting – CEO, Naturally Perfect Dolls
Patrisse Cullors – Co-Creator, Black Lives Matter
Wanda Johnson – Civil Activist, Community Organizer, Mother Of Oscar Grant
Muriel Bowser – Mayor Of Washington, D.C.
Erica Garner – Activist, Daughter Of Eric Garner
Alicia Garza – Co-Creator, Black Lives Matter
Opal Tometi – Co-Creator, Black Lives Matter
Kimberly Bryant – Founder, Black Girls Code
Tracy Clayton – Co-Creator, Buzzfeed’s “Another Round” Podcast
Heben Nigatu – Co-Creator, Buzzfeed’s “Another Round” Podcast
Crissle West – Co-Creator, “The Read” Podcast
Sybrina Fulton – Activist, Mother Of Trayvon Martin
Brittany Packnett – Activist, Educator, Co-Founder Of Campaign Zero
Symone D. Sanders – Press Secretary For Bernie Sanders
Kamala Harris – Attorney General, California
Laurie Cumbo – Councilwoman, 35th District, NYC
Valeisha Butterfield Jones – Head Of Black Engagement, Google
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