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onsider who makes the most impact in your life. Take stock of the people you spend time with on a daily basis. It’s likely many are women. And these women often juggle work with family obligations and still manage to listen – I mean really listen – and affirm your own strength and capability. They are the ones who believe in you and what you can do. This is the sixth annual issue where we highlight women in our communities who rise like the tide to lift up everyone else. The 10 women we’ve featured this year, whose stories begin on page 34, includes Stephanie Basima Terry and her work to close the racial wealth gap with the help of local economic leaders. You’ll also read about Kerri Snipes, a first-year head basketball coach at Northwood High School who in 2022 guided the varsity girls team to their first state championship in the school’s 50-year history. We received many nominations this year with too few pages to feature them all, but we’ll continue to share their stories in our pages this year, next year and beyond. We’re honored to have the opportunity to celebrate these women who achieve so much in the face of adversity and disadvantage. Their efforts inspire us all to strive to be our best. Elsewhere in this issue, we talk to retired Army platoon sergeant Michael Daniels, a veterans services officer in Chatham County; Jeff Baldwin, who’s grown the orchid business he started 30 years ago with his artist mother, Rita Baldwin; and Debbi Barrett of Goldston, who teaches container gardening classes at For Garden’s Sake. For now, I leave you with this thought. Maya Angelou once said, “Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.” It’s my hope that, after reading through this issue, you’ll discover the inspiration to do better, too. CM
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