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14 Apr

Empowering Women, one Face Beat At A Time (pt2): Marjory Assimwe, Shanana.

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➢ On Girl Power What roles have the friendships you’ve established around you played? My friends push me to be a better person; they support and motivate me to achieve my dreams Do you have female role models or mentors? My sister Mrs. Daisy Mulamuzi Kasujja What is the most important advice you've ever received from a fellow woman? Focus on tomorrow, forget yesterday. Who have you drawn professional inspiration from lately? It could be from a far (stalking them on Instagram) or up-close? Faith Imani, of Serene Beauty. What is one thing you know now about women and…

14 Apr

Empowering Women, One Face Beat At A Time: Marjory Assimwe, Shanana.

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#theConversationsCrushes: Jojorie!!!! I am so excited that we are doing this!!!! I am so proud of you!! (If that seemed awkward, let me explain, I have known Jojo for like 10 years now…. She’s one of my closest friends so put up with my excitement. ) Okay, lets’ dive in! ➢ Getting To Know Marjorie It feels weird calling you by your full name. It reminds me of our hostel warden back in high school. “Assimwe Marjory…. Come here… Why are the girls making noise?” So can I just call you Jojo? Where does that nickname come from btw? Yes…

31 Mar

#theConversationsCrushes: Patsy Mugabi Part2

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Patsy Mugabi ➢ On Life A woman I look up to so much is poet and author Maya Angelou. She once said, “One isn’t necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can’t be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.” So on that note, what’s the most courageous thing you’ve done lately? Oh!!! Me too! Maya Angelou! Can I actually change my answer and go back and say Auntie Maya Angelou the late? I love her, love her! Can I just say I love you! Gurl… Sandrah, you are…

31 Mar

#theConversationCrushes: Patsy Mugabi Part1

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A few weeks ago we launched a series that is intended to highlight women that we think are kicking ass and doing amazing things. This week’s #WomanCrush is Patsy Mugabi. Pasty Mugabi When I found out you are as obsessed with natural hair as I am, I jumped in my seat! We need to have a whole conversation about that but not today sis, today is all about you! ➢ Getting To Know Patsy Mugabi How would you describe Patsy if people didn’t know who Patsy was? Mmhhhh….Getting to know Patsy, how do I describe Patsy? It’s a mystery! Anyway,…

31 Mar

Saying Goodbye To The C256…

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Wait... You dropped everything and ran here right? Okay… Here goes; But hold on... Wait! You thought I was quitting the Conversations 256? Like for real? Psyche!!!!! Lies!! All lies!!! I’m so sorry for any heart attacks I might have caused but today is the one-day I can actually be intentionally dishonest and not feel bad about it so of course, I had to jump on the April Fools bandwagon! Did I fool you? Hahahahahahahaha What fun! Anyway, on a serious note. Last month was Women’s month so theC256 launched a series to take some notes and highlight women that…

07 Mar

#theConversationCrushes: Bethlehem Tilahun Alemu.

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Bethlehem Tilahun Alemu is founder and Managing Director of SoleRebels, one of the world's fastest-growing African footwear brand and the only Fair Trade-certified footwear company in the world. Growing up in a poor suburb of Addis Ababa, Bethlehem decided that there was only one way to defeat poverty – use local craftsmanship to make products that can compete in the global marketplace. She decided on footwear and today 70,000 pairs of shoes leave her factory every year. SoleRebels has been expanding rapidly and has 18 stores around the world, including in Silicon Valley (USA), Japan, Singapore, Austria, Greece, Spain and…

28 Feb

Could Your ‘Ideals’ Be Holding You Back?

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“It's my choice to be beautiful. It's my choice to be ugly. And it's my choice to decide what those words actually mean.” ― Virginia Petrucci A lot of the ideals we believe in were taught to us at an early age. And we carry them with us all the way into our adult lives. But, in some cases, these ideals could be keeping us in chains. An ideal is a level of perfection that exists only in imagination. It’s the idea that something is perfect or conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence. The standards that most…

10 Dec

A Call For Forgiveness…

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One of the most important lessons I learned this year was the liberating power of forgiveness. The year is ending. A new dawn is upon us and yet our hearts still bears the marks left upon it by people closest to us. Marks we can easily erase, if only we make the decision to forgive. We ask the good Lord everyday to forgive us of our sins and wipe our slate clean. We get up from our knees with such light heartedness because we know in that moment that all is forgiven. Every day we fall back onto our knees in…

01 Dec

What We Need To Remember on World AIDS Day.

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World AIDS day is celebrated on December 1 every year since 1988. There are few things I felt like we should collectively remind ourselves today. First, IT IS NOT YOUR FAULT. HIV isn’t some kind of karmic punishment. It is a virus that is communicable and therefore travels between people. Certain types of activities may increase your risks, but these still don’t make you “responsible” for being sick. We wouldn’t blame a diabetic for their diabetes. ITS NOT ALWAYS ABOUT THE SYMPTOMS. Being HIV positive today doesn’t look like the horrible AIDS deaths that have been so heavily imprinted in…

28 Oct

Seasons:Learning To Trust The Process…

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“Like the frost on a rose Winter comes for us all” Roses are an artist’s dream. A mesmerising work of beauty and the representation, in this song, of everything that we perceive as good and beautiful in our lives; even our lives themselves can be roses. A rose covered in frost. Frost covers; it falls when temperatures are below freezing and it covers whatever it lands upon. We have all had moments in our lives when we felt covered and unseen. When the situation around us seeps out all the warmth from our perspective of life. When life takes a…

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