Contents BEAUTY + HAIR
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GET THE GLAM LOOK!
MakeUp Artist Jessica Lynch shows us how to look fabulous on a budget!
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FASHION Renee Bishop of Deity New York shares life in the fashion industry!
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BLACK LOVE FEATURE Charles & La Tanya Austin show us how to make marriage work and keep the love alive!
SEX TRAFFICKING
10 Chong Kim speaks on surviving sex trafficking.
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BLACK HISTORY
Anna Nyakana is motivation for educating yourself & knowing who you are!
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SURVIVING COVID 19 2020 was a tough year, Dr. Sylette DeBois details how we can recover!
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Black Business Highlight
16 Smonique Smith-Person shares
Pastor Kenneth B. Austin of The Mercy House Montgomery, Alabama
34 Dionne Coleman speaks on
LIFE + CULTURE
on discovering her true identity after being kidnapped.
the sex trafficking of black women and the truth behind it!
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BLACK LIVES MATTER Pamela Smith speaks on healing the black community!
COVER STORY
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Christina Johnson is unapologetically free!
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Oli Prime on life in sports and fitness!
28 Rodney Toomer on outreach in the black community!
40 Actor/Comedian Brandon T.
Jackson shares about new business ventures and his spiritual journey!
43 Chadwick Boseman Tribute -Poem
TANISHA D. DAVIS Publisher EDITORIAL Victoria Moulterie Content Editor PUBLIC RELATIONS Shauna Lamore CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Adezza DuBose Amanda Miller Dominique Williams Candace Green Kiwanna Harshaw Chaundra Scott Valerie Jones Sylvia Onyeiwu Camille Ali ART/ DESIGN Harold Knight Graphic Designer CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS Calvin Howard MGimages Studios Gregory Bettis
FOUNDER Tanisha D. Davis EMAIL Submissions.FEMIMagazine@gmail.com
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ublisher’s Note
TANISHA DAVIS To stand on something you believe in is such a powerful thing! When you are faced with adversity, doubters, and those who do not have faith in your dreams, you must remember to stand anyway! In standing you will discover your true power and learn that you can live a life that is not based on the opinions and decisions of others. We are living in such a time where your voice matters and you no longer have to sit down and be quiet. You can rise up and speak your truth and be unapologetic about it. It is such a joy to be able to feature so many amazing individuals within the black community and share their stories! Our Cover Queen is Christina Johnson and she opens up her world to us to show why living a life unapologetically can be brave and beautiful. 2020 was a rough year and we found ourselves fighting a daily battle with the rising rates of Covid 19, and the shameless killings happening in our black communities behind police brutality. We faced isolation and we took some losses as many loved ones departed us. It was in 2020 that I lost my mother, Chyrell Myers so it became a year where I had to find my strength in God and stand like never before on what I believed in. Remember as you step into this new chapter and year of your life to be bold about what you believe in. Stand for something and dare to live unapologetically in front of all who dare to doubt the greatness inside of you! FEMI stands with you!
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