EBONY Power 100 2018 sizzle

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00:00This is a great night for great people.

00:07I want to officially welcome you to the 7th annual Ebony Power 100 presented by Nationwide.

00:20Tonight is about celebrating our community.

00:23Ebony is all about telling our stories, and not just the tragedies or the defeats, but

00:29the victories, the innovations, and the successes.

00:34This concept is as relevant today as it was more than 70 years ago when Ebony was founded.

00:41Ebony for me growing up has been such a beacon of the community, it's such a representation

00:47and reflection of us doing great things.

00:49It was in my household growing up, every barbershop I ever went to.

00:53As a kid it was like, yo, I want to be in Ebony magazine when I get older, that's amazing.

00:57If Soul Train taught me how to dance, and Motown taught me how to love music, Ebony

01:05taught me how to dream.

01:09It is pure black excellence.

01:11It's about love, it's about family.

01:12Women of color, people of color, diversity, inclusion.

01:15It feels fantastic.

01:17We're limitless.

01:19Give it up for everybody who's getting honored tonight.

01:21Our honorees have truly galvanized and empowered our communities.

01:25They have each used their national platforms to bring light to social justice issues.

01:32We're honoring 100 amazing people who are doing amazing things.

01:36This is very significant to me, because you just never know if your work is being recognized

01:41on this level.

01:42It's so difficult doing the work, but when you receive validation, it makes you say I'll

01:45rise up to keep going.

01:47There are many, many dimensions to the black experience.

01:51The fact that Ebony has made it an intentional part of their work to show the rich array

01:57of black experience is hugely important to the next generation, to see the growth and

02:03development over the arc of time in our communities.

02:07I think you can be rich, you can be famous, you can be well-connected, but you're not

02:09powerful if you're not leaving the world better than we inherited it.

02:16I want to take this opportunity to thank Ebony for allowing me to be a part of this beautiful

02:22occasion.

02:23Just being here and being a part of a great tradition.

02:26It's overwhelming.

02:27I feel powerful.

02:28You can say power is in our DNA.

02:31Because we're going to continue to change the game.