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• The Defender Highlights 4 Amazing Women for Mother’s Day

  14-05-2023 23:09
  
  This Mother’s Day weekend, the Chicago Defender shared stories by or about four dynamic women. We call them Boss Moms!
  We profiled comedian Correy Bell, entrepreneur and millennial “Boss Mom” Genesis A. Emery-Foley and Kenwood Academy Principal Karen Calloway. We also featured the emotional and heartfelt work of an award-winning artist, Debra L. Hand.
  As you wind down this Mother’s Day with us, please get to know these four incredible women who happen to be killing it pro
  
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• Correy Bell is Chaos and Comedic Genius

  14-05-2023 16:00
  
  For Mother’s Day weekend, the Chicago Defender shares stories of dynamic Black women thriving in their careers and providing loving guidance for their families.
  Correy Bell is organized chaos. 
  It’s the sum and substance of who she is. It’s the energy she comes with when she ascends upon a stage. It may also represent the Chicago comedy landscape, where the rooms differ racially, depending on what side of town you’re on, but it’s a scene she has mastered, by th
  
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• Fight for Your Mother’s Dreams!

  14-05-2023 15:00
  
  For Mother’s Day weekend, the Chicago Defender shares stories of dynamic Black women thriving in their careers and providing loving guidance for their families.
  by Debra L. Hand 
  As Mothers, we have so many dreams for our children. The main one is for our children to be happy in their lives. So, imagine how any mother would feel if they saw that, at the end of their Earthly journey, all they left their children is eternal heartbreak and grief upon their transition?
  As mothers, that is
  
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