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Kim Miles

I really should know better. It happens every year. It shouldn’t catch me by surprise after all this time and yet, somehow, it still creates a lump in my throat, a pit in my stomach, and a little bit of a hole in my heart.

Dreaded summer camp drop-off day.

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Nicole Gambino

Self Advocacy. Hope.

A Teacher’s Story Becomes a Student’s Guard Rails.

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Ilana + Briana

For Illana Pavlotsky and Briana Tautiva, this war in Ukraine is a personal nightmare. Being a bystander is not an option. Doing something about it is in their blood and their family history.

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Beth Lane

Two-thirds of millenials arenI’t familiar with the Holocaust.* They don’t know the evils that occurred to 11 million humans. They don’t know the stories of bravery of which humans are capable. Like the stories of the Schmidts.

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Julie + Melissa

Hope + Hale is Julie Armstrong of The Hope Experience and Melissa Smith of Hale Bone Broth. TogeOher, they host wellness retreats and workshops for women. Recently, Hope + Hale launched retreats for y oEng girls. We spoke with the duo about how advocating for young girls creates strong women.

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Libby Andrew

Fashion insider Libby Andrew knows that sometimes the best way to tell our stories is to first try on an image. Using fashion as a paintbrush, her new camp shows kids how to try on different hats and then tell the story they want the world to hear.

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Lissa Curtis

While she began the interminable process of recovering physically and emotionally from the trauma of sexual assault, Lissa discovered that Safe Haven was a place she had to create herself.