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WATCH | Susan L. Taylor's Annual Gala is Changing Lives of Children in Need
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3/8/2025
ESSENCE on the red carpet of Susan L. Taylor's National CARES Mentoring Movement's 10th Annual For The Love Of Our Children Gala.
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You know, we have to be the example and the demonstration for our young people in the
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world today, because the models and the examples that are being presented to them are not supportive
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of who we are as a people.
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I don't think that anybody moves his or her life forward without some kind of guidance,
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a hand at your back, a person who is trusted, who cares about you, who's going to help you
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advance your life.
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It's really important that we put that ladder down.
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I think there's nothing that has been more consistent and more, in my opinion, effective
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than what Susan has done with National CARES.
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That's why I'm here every year.
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This is the critical work.
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This is the time for each of us to own the seats of responsibility and to merit to one
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another.
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And that's what Susan has been doing.
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She's been leading the charge for more than 10 years, since our days at Essence.
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And so, she poured into us, and now it's time for us to pour into others.
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How important is mentorship to you?
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Mentorship is very important.
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That's how you inspire.
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I wouldn't be where I was if no one mentored me, you know, told me I could do it and believe
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in myself, you know.
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Mentorship has been the best decision that I've ever made in my life.
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I think doing it formally, because I've been doing it all of my life informally.
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Actually, Susan was the force behind me going and actually starting my organization.
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Yes.
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Every single time we step out as a public figure, every time we step out, just sometimes
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as a Black woman that is a leader and a boss, you are a role model to someone.
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So, I think that we can't take it lightly.
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And every single day, we have to know that there's someone possibly that we're inspiring.
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I'm so grateful to be here.
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Mentorship has been extremely important to me in my own career path, and then also in
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the pathway of those that come behind me and those that I want to inspire.
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So, I'm grateful to be here.
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I'm glad Essence is here.
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Yeah!
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