This month the word is Self-Assured. This is being confident in one’s own abilities or character. Sometimes you have to trust in yourself.
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Working on two continents, McKinney was a triple threat who could act, dance and sing. She did not always get to play the types of characters she wanted, but she worked. She was tenacious.
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McKinney knew she wanted to perform. In 1928 she joined the chorus of a Broadway show. In October of that year she landed a role in a Hollywood movie.
Knowing what you want to do and not letting others deter you from it is tenacious. When McKinney saw her career stalling out in the United States, she moved to a place where she thought would be better. She was right. If you know what your calling is, move toward it. Don’t let anything deter you.
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Nina Mae McKinney was tenacious about her career. She was a performer who could dance, sing and act. Even though she encountered harsh racism, she spent her life performing even though at times it was impossible.
McKinney was so good at what she did, she was given a five-year contract by MGM which was unheard of for an African American actress.
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This month the word is Tenacious. This is tending to keep a firm hold of something, clinging or adhering to it. It is being persistent and not being easily dispelled. We are more than halfway through 2024 and some of the things you plan might seem like a long shot. Be tenacious.
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Just as taking three small pieces of cord and twisting them together makes a strong rope, having collaborations with others will help create strong projects. Many of the people who have worked in different roles have spent time collaborating with others. It is a great way to learn.
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Collaboration happens sometimes when you don’t agree with the person you are working with. In those moments there is an opportunity to learn about yourself and how you work with others who disagree with you.
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Collaborating with others who have different skillsets or points of view can help grow you. I love the story of how Ida B Wells was having a meal with Frederick Douglass. She had said she would like to eat at the restaurant across from their meeting place, but it did not allow our people in.
Douglass walked in, she followed. After not being welcome and told to leave, Douglass told them who he was. Once they learned who he was, they not only allowed them to eat, but shared stories with them. This situation gave Wells the opportunity is there even when you don’t think it is. Collaborating allowed her to see things from a different perspective.
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Ida B Wells understood what working with others could do. She collaborated with others throughout her life to form some life changing organizations like the NAACP. She also did work that put a spotlight on lynchings through her journalistic work.
Wells did not focus on one thing with her life, but spread out to collaborate with others throughout her
life over many things.
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This month the word is Collaboration. This is the action of working with someone to produce or create something. Some of the most amazing things in the world were created when people worked together on it.
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