00:00I notice young black girls now more than I ever did.
00:05I'm fearful for them as much as I am hopeful, you know.
00:09The world ain't easy for a young black girl.
00:13She Wins Leadership Institute is a program I designed my sophomore year of college
00:18for girls in my hometown of Newark, New Jersey, who lost a parent or sibling to homicide like I did.
00:25My father was killed leaving his store when I was seven.
00:30I wanted to make a program that served girls who shared a story similar to my own
00:34and that would serve a direct need in our city.
00:37I wanted to give them something that I wish I had at their age.
00:40As everybody would say, I'm a nice person and I've really grown a lot
00:43and have realized that I can't let my anger get to the best of me
00:47and accept the fact that my niece has been murdered.
00:55The more you dedicate time to loving yourself
00:58and surrounding yourself by people who are encouraging you to do the same,
01:02there is no such thing as a barrier.
01:04There is no such thing as a barrier.
01:05There is no such thing as a barrier.
01:09There is no such thing as a barrier to wanting to keep your friends in my background.
01:10You can't fight because of all your friends in the background.
01:11There is no such thing as a barrier.
01:12No such thing as a barrier to the kids in your home to stay.
01:13There is no such thing as a barrier.
01:14It is how I have to find out that you are not to be a barrier,
01:15but we are not to try to valuable or to fit your friends in your middle class.
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