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SOPHONIE LAFORTUNE, A RHODE ISLAND NATIVE, RAISED IN THE SOUTH-SIDE WASHINGTON PARK COMMUNITY IN PROVIDENCE, HAS ONE GOAL IN LIFE... EMPOWERING WOMEN AND YOUNG GIRLS OF COLOR ALL AROUND THE WORLD. SOPHONIE'S WORK AND DEDICATION TO THE COMMUNITY HAS HAD A PROFOUND IMPACT ON SO MANY WOMEN FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE. AS A SURVIVOR OF TRAUMA SOPHONIE HAS PREVAILED IN A BATTLE THAT HAS INFLUENCED HER LIFE TRAJECTORY. RATHER THAN REMAIN SILENT ABOUT HER PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, SHE HAS USED HER VOICE TO NOT ONLY HELP OTHERS BUT ALSO EMPOWER YOUNG GIRLS AND WOMEN OF COLOR ALL OVER THE WORLD. IN 2018, SOPHONIE FOUNDED WE ARE SISTERS INSPIRING SISTERS, WHEN SHE SAW THE NEED TO BRING WOMEN OF COLOR TOGETHER, AND CREATE A COMMUNITY OF POWERFUL WOMEN WHO STRENGTHEN, INSPIRE, AND EMPOWER EACH OTHER TO THRIVE PERSONALLY AND PROFESSIONALLY. WHAT STARTED AS A PAJAMA PARTY HAS GROWN INTO A SISTERHOOD EXCHANGING RESOURCES, PRAYING TOGETHER, SUPPORTING ONE ANOTHER, AND TRAVELING THE WORLD. ALTHOUGH SOPHONIE'S JOURNEY HAS NOT BEEN EASY, SHE RECOGNIZES HOW TRAUMA AND HARDSHIPS OF LIFE AFFECTS MANY. HER JOURNEY THAT INCLUDES VARIOUS SUPPORT PILLARS HAS MADE HER WHO SHE IS. HER GOAL IS TO SUPPORT, EMPOWER, AND INSPIRE HER SISTERHOOD SO THAT THEY MAY PREVAIL AND BE WHAT THEY’VE BEEN PURPOSED TO BE. |