Say Her Name!
Are You Winning With Black Women, (WWBW) the organization that unleashed the support for Vice President Kamala Harris with a Zoom Call with 44, 000 Black Women on the call? You should be! I was one of 44,000 on the call. Please donate to the organization and tell them that MeMe Kelly sent you!
I hope you’re ready to enjoy the best that Black Women have to give to America and the world. In this season, I believe we’re ready to share it with you. And so, this will be a continuous post where I Say Their Names: Black Women Who are Shining Their Light with their walk, their presence, and their lives. I will also say the names of ancestors whose lives were a North Star, guiding us with light and joy, to this point!
Here, I’ll make my own rules and capitalize and underline things that aren’t required, so be flexible and enjoy this creative space with me.
This list, of course, is not exhaustive, and your name may very well end up here. For now, it’s of those who have touched my heart over the last few weeks with their dedication to moving America forward!
VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS!
My Mama Soror Dr. Georgia Mae, RIP, Say Her Name, y’all.
Jotaka Eaddy, founder of WWBW, my Soror!
Evan Seymour, Founder of Black Women in Entertainment for Kamala, Marketing Extraordinaire, the CHIEF, my Soror!
Donna Brazille, and her Colored Girls Who Have Considered Politics with Yolanda Caraway, Leah Daughtry, and Minyon Moore
Michelle Obama
Oprah
And then I drop down into Hollywood and say a few names there:
Janine Sherman Barrios, who hosted the first postcard writing party for Black Women in Entertainment for Kamala, She’s a Showrunner, Writer, Producer, who is gracious, kind, and talented. She doesn’t know this, but she had me with Claws! And now I’m caught up and hooked on The Big Cigar! She’s brilliant.
Yvette Lee Bowser, Showrunner, Producer, and Writer, who gave a touching, heartfelt talk in a recent WWBW Zoom. (Her show Un-Prisoned had me up for two nights binging it!)
Quan Lateef-Hill - a Sweet, Kind Producer, one of the organizers of the first postcard writing party for Black Women in Entertainment for Kamala. Hold up, she’s a multi-hyphenated Filmmaker, Writer, Director and Emmy nominated Producer developing and producing multi-platform content across: Television, Film, Digital, Podcast/Radio, and Live Event & Experiential Production. Okay, take a breath:)
Kamala Avila Salmon - Another Sweet, Kind Producer, one of the organizers of the first Debate Party for Black Women in Entertainment for Kamala in Los Angeles. A powerful Hollywood player with a kind, gentle spirit. She’s young, beautiful, gifted and Black:)!
Cody Elaine Oliver, a Producer who hosted the First Debate Party for Black Women in Entertainment for Kamala, who produced Black Love on Own Network, which I loved. She’s young, beautiful, gifted and Black:)!
Victoria Gabriella Platt, the amazing actress and star of One Night in LA, my feature film, and all the Sisters who were in Hollywood Prayer and Support, my Diverse Curb Enthusiasm with a spiritual twist web-series, available at www.elevatedstories.me. Thank You, Sisters.
My Sorors of Delta Sigma Theta in Entertainment, all of you. But I want to to name a few:
Madame President Elsie Cooke-Holmes, the head of all of us.
Ashley Dunn, Entertainment reporter + producer + style expert
Kim Ennix-Sandu, Connie Ennix, and Dr. Kelly Ennix-King (is not a soror, yet), board members for the Georgia Mae Project.
Kim Whitley, actress and pod-caster
Danielle Dominique Nelson, one of the creators of Mind Your Business, Bounce Network, writer, and producer.
And all of the other amazing Deltas not named here yet. My Sorors, I love you.
Finally, to Leslie, my prayer partner on Tues and Thurs, whose MaMa’s name is Georgia Mae also and who is the mother of a doggy Blue also, just like me, I SHOUT: WON’T GOD DO IT! Where two or more are gathered, HE shows up. God is on the prayer line with us, y’all!
My Sisters, We are One & I Will Never Let You Go, so I’m ending with Frankie Beverly
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4854yQ1sHc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oNrY_pC_MQ
"Before I Let You Go"
… You made me happy
This you can bet
You stood right beside me, yeah
And I won't forget
… And I really love you
You should know
I wanna make sure I'm right, girl
Before I let go
… Now we've had our good time
That's what they say
…
… You know I think the sun rises and shines on you
You know there's nothin', nothin', nothin' I would not do
… Whoa, no
… Before I let you go...
Ohhh.…..
I would never, never, never, never, never, never, never
Never let you go, before I go
…
WE ARE ONE
We are one no matter what we do
We are one love will see us through
We are one and that's the way it is
Sometimes I feel
That we try and make each other sad
The things we do
How we make each other feel so bad
We've got so much
We could all be having so much fun
We are one from the very start
We are one deep down in your heart
We are one
And that's the way it is
I Can't understand
…
And no matter how it's said or done
We are one no matter what we do
We are one love will see us through
We are one and that's the way it is