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		<title>5 Reasons We Love Sadé</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 23:31:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA["You know a Sadé song when you hear it, but you don't just hear Sadé, you feel Sadé," the Rock &#038; Roll Hall of Fame said in announcing new inductees.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Spring Cleaning for Your Mental Health</title>
		<link>https://fierceforblackwomen.com/2025/03/15/spring-cleaning-for-your-mental-health/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sydney Davenport]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2025 00:23:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Now that spring is upon us, it’s time to spring clean. And I’m not just talking about your living room or your kitchen. It’s also time for a mental health check-up. Studies show that warm weather is just the thing to give you a well-deserved mental boost. However, warm weather alone isn’t going to relieve [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Celebrating and Sharing Our FIERCE History</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Yanick Rice Lamb]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Feb 2025 14:42:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Let&#8217;s celebrate our brilliance and our invaluable contributions to this country and our communities throughout the diaspora. As efforts emerge to erase our history, we celebrate the women who have inspired us and will continue to bring us through this challenging time. Enjoy this extraordinary, musical tribute to Black women from Ledisi (below), and check back [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Simone Biles’ Winning Message Is as Good as Gold</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Aug 2024 20:16:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Simone Biles became the most decorated Olympic gymnast in U.S. history by taking time for herself and maintaining therapy sessions while competing in Paris.  “I’m in a good spot mentally and physically, and you can’t take it from me,” Biles said in an NBC Olympics interview. “So when I go out there, it’s pure joy.” [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Celebrating Life, Health and Friendship in Cannes</title>
		<link>https://fierceforblackwomen.com/2024/06/21/celebrating-life-health-and-friendship-in-cannes/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Anneliese Bruner]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Jun 2024 18:06:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Over nearly 50 years, our friendship has been peppered with “les vagues de la vie” — the blessing of motherhood, the heartbreak of failed marriages, the grief of parents passing away, and the celebration of creative success.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Women Collect Outfits and Shoes So Others Are Well Cloth’d</title>
		<link>https://fierceforblackwomen.com/2024/05/30/women-collect-outfits-and-shoes-so-others-are-well-clothd/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 May 2024 05:10:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Well Cloth'd, a Brooklyn-based non-profit, finds new homes for clothing, shoes and other belongings that often go unused or forgotten in closets.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>&#8216;A Different World&#8217; Tour Highlights the Difference of Positive Images</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2024 10:08:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA["A Different World" offered diverse and nuanced representations of race and identity, and it was the first American network television show to address HIV/AIDS.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Strength in Unity: The Transformative Power of Black Sisterhood and Sister Circles</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Feb 2024 23:03:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Black sisterhood and sister circles are breathing life back into genuine, face-to-face connections.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Coco Gauff’s Competitive Spirit Drives Her Success</title>
		<link>https://fierceforblackwomen.com/2023/09/10/coco-gauffs-competitive-spirit-drives-her-success/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Fierce Contributor]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Sep 2023 23:26:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Coco Gauff has something that transcends forehands and backhands. She has the heart of a champion. And she is the fifth Black American to win the U.S. Open, joining Althea Gibson, Serena and Venus Williams and Sloane Stephens.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>‘We Made It. All of Us,’ Jackson Says in Celebratory Speech</title>
		<link>https://fierceforblackwomen.com/2022/04/09/we-made-it-all-of-us-jackson-says-in-celebratory-speech/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Fierce Contributor]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Apr 2022 12:24:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[By Nyah Marshall It was truly a day of celebration as Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson made her first speech on Friday since her historic Senate confirmation, making her the first Black woman to hold a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court. She spoke of hope and the promise of America, two sentiments that were also [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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