Keeping People Passionate...Lisa Price

I want people to feel passionate, the way that I do, and feel like they are coming to a family and coming to a place that builds them up, and not a place that tears them down. So that’s my leadership style — keeping people passionate, keeping them inspired. 

 --Lisa Price, Entrepreneur, Founder and President of Carol's Daughter

http://www.carolsdaughter.com/

Twice a month on Tuesdays, WOMEN AT LIBERTY provides a platform for a variety of voices and resources to develop, encourage, and strengthen women leaders. In celebration of Black History Month and its 2012 theme: Black Women in American Culture and History, this week we take a look at the incredible story of Lisa Price who founded Carol's Daughter in her home in the early 1990's. 

Ms. Price talks about her challenges and transitions as she grew her home-based business to a multi-million dollar enterprise. To view her story, click here. For more information on LeadershipTuesdays, see here.

Overcome Barriers and Exceed Expectations...Vivian W. Pinn

Mentorship is important to me, and my two points to young people are: overcome barriers and exceed expectations of those who may not expect much of you; and have a mentor and be a mentor. 

--Dr. Vivian W. Pinn, Director of the Office Of Research On Women's Health (ORWH) at the National Institutes of Health (1991-2011)

For more information on Dr. Pinn, see Celebrating African American Women Making History in Medicine. 

What Makes You Come Alive? Howard Thurman

"Don't ask yourself what the world needs; ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go and do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive."

--Howard Thurman (1899-1981), Author, Philosopher, Theologian, Educator and Civil Rights Leader

Erase Unnecessary Drama...Thema Bryant-Davis

"Erase the unnecessary drama and write a new chapter to your life story."
--Thema Bryant-Davis PhD,  @drthema on Twitter

http://www.drthema.com/

Achievement...George Washington Carver

"There is no shortcut to achievement." --George Washington Carver, Educator and Inventor

Give People Hope...Dr. LaSalle LeFall

"When you give people hope... you grant them one of the greatest of all human joys: the joy of anticipation."

 --Dr. LaSalle LeFall, Jr., Prominent Physician, Surgeon and Cancer Researcher; Chairman of the Board, Susan G. Komen For The Cure and Charles R. Drew professor of Surgery at Howard University College of Medicine in Washington, DC

Author, "No Boundaries: A Cancer Surgeon's Odyssey"

To learn more about Dr. LeFall, listen to a past interview on the Diane Rehm's Show (WAMU 88.5 FM in Washington, D.C.)    http://thedianerehmshow.org/audio-player?nid=5176. 
A complete biography can be found here. 

Friendship and Love...Viola Davis

"...friendship and love can help us find our way."  

--Viola Davis, Award-Winning Actress

The speech you need to hear during Women’s History Month! #TBT✨ Viola Davis’s powerful “Best Actress” acceptance speech at the 2012 #CriticsChoiceAwards. @violadavis won for her performance as “Aibileen Clark” in “The Help.” #WomensHistoryMonth #CCMoments #ViolaDavis… pic.twitter.com/2igY8KdOwI

— Critics Choice Awards (@CriticsChoice) March 7, 2024