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I'm really glad
you enjoyed it.
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Thank you.
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Hi.
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Thank you for coming.
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I should have been happy.
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Here I was,
a best-selling author,
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signing copies of my
latest book,
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but I couldn't help feeling
that something was missing.
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That means a lot to me.
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So, how's the celebrity
author?
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She feels like a fraud.
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What, why?
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I've only been writing
for a couple years.
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Mm-hmm, and what
does that tell you?
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- That I don't belong here.
- Mm-mm.
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That you are just as talented
as any of these other authors.
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And I'm not just saying that
'cause you're my sister.
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Why don't we get outta here?
Go get something to eat,
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get a drink. Celebrate.
You deserve it.
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Okay, look, we have
a few minutes left.
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Why don't you stay here,
hold down the fort,
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and I'll go find our host
and say thank you.
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Okay, I'll start packing up.
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All right.
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All right. Hey...
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Your readers love you, Nicki.
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You are a queen.
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Mmm!
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Oh, I'm sorry,
I didn't mean to scare you.
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I wasn't scared.
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Hmm.
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You come here with your mama?
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Your daddy? Your grandma?
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I come here by myself.
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Every day after school,
and on weekends.
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To do what?
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To read.
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Do you have books at home?
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Or at your school library?
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I read everything
in there, long ago.
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Besides, they don't get
anything new.
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The books are always old
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and usually missing
a bunch of pages.
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Hmm.
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Where are your kids?
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- My kids?
- Mm-hmm.
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My kids are older.
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Then how come you're here?
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I came here
for a book signing.
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That is when um,
you meet the author
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of a book you like,
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and she signs her name
in it for you.
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Did you meet her?
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- Who?
- The author!
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Oh...
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I'm actually the author.
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You're an author?!
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Oh...
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Unless this is someone
impersonating me.
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I've never met
an author before.
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We're not so special.
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I bet I was a lot like you
when I was your age.
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- You're messin' with me.
- No.
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No, I promise.
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I grew up in Kingston, Jamaica,
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and I spent a lot of time alone.
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Reading was my escape,
just like you.
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You see, I was taught by nuns,
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who were the final word on,
well... everything.
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And the meanest of the bunch
was Sister Barbara.
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Hmm, I was ordered to write,
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which I was happy to do.
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After all, it was
my favorite subject.
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She'd always warn me about
writing with my left hand.
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In those days,
there was a saying,
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"The right hand
is the right hand."
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She told me that
if I kept this up,
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I would never become a writer.
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But you became
an author anyway.
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I learned early on,
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if I wait for somebody else
to believe in me,
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I might be waiting forever.
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- Hey, Nicki!
- Oh!
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I've been looking for you.
You ready to go now?
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Yeah. Yeah, um...
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Would you just give me a minute?
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Mm-hmm, sure.
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- Can I see?
- Mm-hmm.
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Hmm.
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Is it good?
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It's great.
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Then you should have it.
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I don't have any money.
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Come on. It'll be my treat.
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You think I can be
a writer one day?
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I mean, you know,
if I work real hard?
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No.
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I know you can.
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Thank you.
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Whew! I am so tired!
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You're tired?
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- Yeah!
- You slept the whole way home!
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That's the good thing about
you driving, I can get my rest!
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Well, you are the celebrity.
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- Celebrity.
- Mm-hmm.
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I can't get her
out of my mind.
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- Who?
- Keisha...
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the little girl
I was talking to.
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Oh, she was a cutie.
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She was so...
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so inspiring.
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If you say so.
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I have so much on my plate,
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I didn't even wanna go
to that signing thing.
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I know, I remember.
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I had to practically
drag you there.
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And then, to meet
this little girl?
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The way she looked at me.
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Come on.
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Let's get some sleep
in a real bed...
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This is the start
of something, Nene.
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I-I can feel it.
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I haven't felt this
energized in a long time.
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Another book?
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No. Something new.
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Something different.
I-I don't know what yet.
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I appreciate you comin'
with me. You know that?
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Are you kidding?
It's an honor.
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I am so proud of you.
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Your daughters
are so proud of you.
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Mama would've been
proud of you, too.
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Hmm.
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She would've.
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Lord knows she had her problems,
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but deep down, she always knew.
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Knew what?
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That you would be
a great writer.
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I couldn't stop thinking
about Keisha.
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We always talk about
saving girls like her,
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but the truth is,
she's the one that saved me.
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Two weeks later, I reached out
to Phyllis Grantham,
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the director of a community
center in Charleston.
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Hi, Miss Phyllis!
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Thank you for taking
the time to speak with me.
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It's my pleasure.
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When I got your email
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about what you were
thinking about,
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I knew I wanted to get involved.
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Well, um, like I said
in that email,
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I haven't been able to stop
thinking about that little girl
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I met at the book signing,
Keisha.
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I actually spoke
with the principal
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at her elementary school.
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Apparently, she's quite
a special student.
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I could tell.
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It's a shame, though.
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She's got it tough at home.
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Mother's out of work,
father's long gone.
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That's why this
is so important.
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We can't lose that baby girl.
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She has to know
that she matters.
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So, why don't you tell me
what you're thinking about.
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Well... to be honest,
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I'm not exactly sure.
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What I do know is that
I wanted to create an event
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to reach other young girls,
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um... at-risk girls,
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to make them feel special.
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So, like a book club
for young girls.
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Uh, that could be part of it.
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Maybe.
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But I was thinking
something bigger.
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Much bigger.
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Well, whatever it is,
we wanna be a part of it.
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We don't get very many people
excited about these girls.
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And you can use this space,
of course.
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And I know the high school
wants to get involved.
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I spoke with the principal
over there, Mr. Flynn,
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he's really excited.
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Thank you so much,
Miss Phyllis.
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Just to be clear,
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you have done something
like this before, right?
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Not even close.
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Nene!
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You taking a break
from all of this?
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But I have good news.
They liked it.
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- Who?
- The people from Charleston.
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They liked the idea.
Oh.
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I've been thinking
about this nonstop.
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- Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.
- Obviously.
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We know what we want to do,
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reach at-risk girls
and inspire them.
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But how to do it,
that's the question.
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Okay.
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Okay.
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So, it-it occurred to me...
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why reinvent the wheel?
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Why don't we do what
we already know works?
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Sure. What is that?
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What do you always
say I'm best at?
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- Writing.
- Well...
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there are a lot
of wonderful writers.
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What do you always say I do
better than anybody else?
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Book launches.
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Promoting it
and promoting the authors.
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Exactly. A book launch.
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We use the format
of our launches,
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but instead of a single book,
we do an entire event.
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What kind of event?
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Instead of authors,
we'll bring in speakers
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to talk about the issues
that our girls care about,
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um... education, self-esteem,
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issues at home,
drug abuse, nutrition.
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Okay, no offense, Nicki,
but you can't lecture
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at these girls.
You're gonna bore them to death.
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- Yep. Lame-o.
- Oh.
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- Hey, Sleepyhead.
- Morning.
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Morning Tete.
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Oh, morning, Diamond. Mm!
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Diamond, don't you have
guest speakers at school?
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Mm, yeah. So?
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Um, don't you find anything
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that they have
to say interesting?
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Hmm. I dunno.
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I listen to music
while they're talking,
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Diamond, seriously?
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Well... what could
they talk about
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that would be
of interest to you?
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- Clothes!
- Mm-mm.
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The purpose of this is to make
these girls feel seen.
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It's not a fashion show.
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But why couldn't
they dress up?
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Mm-hmm!
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I mean, why couldn't we help
them with their makeup?
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There's nothing frivolous
about that.
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Yeah, when you look good,
you feel good.
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Exactly. Our girls deserve
to love on themselves.
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For one day, they'll know
they're something special.
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But just for one day.
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Then they go back
to their lives.
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What impact can we really have?
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You're right.
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But if they know
we believe in them,
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they'll believe in themselves.
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And there's nothing more
powerful than that.
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Junior high school in Las Vegas
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was a lot different
than Jamaica.
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But some things never change.
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There's always people
trying to keep you down.
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Hey, weirdo!
Where're you goin'?
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- Home.
- Home?
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Oh, you mean...
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Back to Jamaica?
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This kind of bullying
was happening every day.
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Hey, I'm talking to you.
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Please just leave me alone.
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P-p-please just leave me...
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How come you talk so funny?
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That how everyone in Jamaica
talks, or are you just dumb?
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And if you're so dumb,
how come you're already
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00:14:18,248 --> 00:14:19,684
the teacher's pet?
262
00:14:19,815 --> 00:14:22,339
- I just wanna go 'ome.
- And I just want an answer!
263
00:14:22,470 --> 00:14:24,646
I had finally had enough.
264
00:14:24,776 --> 00:14:27,605
Touch me again and you'll be
going home in an ambulance.
265
00:14:27,736 --> 00:14:29,061
Hey, calm down,
I was just jokin' around.
266
00:14:29,085 --> 00:14:31,218
You even look at me,
267
00:14:31,348 --> 00:14:33,176
I'll show you how
we do things in Jamaica.
268
00:14:36,049 --> 00:14:38,181
The funny thing is,
he was right.
269
00:14:38,312 --> 00:14:40,009
Miss Davis did like me.
270
00:14:40,140 --> 00:14:43,360
She believed in me,
and that gave me strength.
271
00:14:47,277 --> 00:14:49,105
Great story, Mama.
272
00:14:49,236 --> 00:14:52,500
It lets you know you need
to stick up for yourself.
273
00:14:52,630 --> 00:14:54,284
No, it lets me know
274
00:14:54,415 --> 00:14:56,896
that you were a little
weirdo growing up.
275
00:14:57,026 --> 00:14:58,114
Hey!
276
00:15:00,987 --> 00:15:03,337
Now we have to come up
with the most important part.
277
00:15:04,468 --> 00:15:06,253
- How to pay for all of this.
- Yes.
278
00:15:06,383 --> 00:15:09,343
- Where to find time to do it.
- No!
279
00:15:10,474 --> 00:15:11,954
A name.
280
00:15:12,085 --> 00:15:13,564
A name?
281
00:15:13,695 --> 00:15:15,131
Has to be something catchy,
282
00:15:15,262 --> 00:15:17,133
something people remember,
283
00:15:17,264 --> 00:15:19,135
something our girls even
want to be a part of.
284
00:15:19,266 --> 00:15:20,354
Nicki's girls.
285
00:15:24,358 --> 00:15:26,099
The light that guides?
286
00:15:26,838 --> 00:15:28,449
That sounds creepy.
287
00:15:28,579 --> 00:15:29,624
Uh-huh.
288
00:15:31,321 --> 00:15:32,888
How about
289
00:15:33,019 --> 00:15:36,239
"Helping Girls Reach
Their Full Potential"?
290
00:15:36,370 --> 00:15:38,198
Uh...'kay.
291
00:15:40,635 --> 00:15:42,475
I'm sorry, I don't know
where that came from.
292
00:15:45,118 --> 00:15:46,162
Diamond!
293
00:15:47,642 --> 00:15:49,837
What about that program that
you were a part of years ago?
294
00:15:49,861 --> 00:15:51,428
Upward Bound.
295
00:15:51,559 --> 00:15:53,909
Ah... now that is a good name.
296
00:15:54,040 --> 00:15:55,693
Too bad that one's
already taken.
297
00:15:55,824 --> 00:15:57,652
- Yeah.
- Can we take a break?
298
00:15:57,782 --> 00:15:58,827
I'm hungry.
299
00:15:58,958 --> 00:16:00,278
Yeah, you want
some lunch, baby?
300
00:16:00,350 --> 00:16:01,656
Lunch? I just woke up!
301
00:16:02,744 --> 00:16:05,181
- Brunch, then.
- Brunch!
302
00:16:11,318 --> 00:16:12,797
That's it.
303
00:16:13,973 --> 00:16:14,973
What's it?
304
00:16:17,324 --> 00:16:18,499
Brunch.
305
00:16:23,417 --> 00:16:25,419
"Girls Who Brunch".
306
00:16:25,549 --> 00:16:27,464
Now, that's not bad.
307
00:16:27,595 --> 00:16:29,292
Yeah, I've heard worse.
308
00:16:30,206 --> 00:16:32,252
Girls Who Brunch.
309
00:16:32,382 --> 00:16:33,949
Girls Who Brunch.
310
00:16:34,080 --> 00:16:36,082
Girls Who Brunch. I like it.
311
00:16:36,212 --> 00:16:37,692
Girls Who Brunch.
312
00:16:39,259 --> 00:16:40,259
Yeah.
313
00:16:42,479 --> 00:16:44,568
What you want? Eggs? Okay.
314
00:16:44,699 --> 00:16:46,788
Pancakes. Mmm!
315
00:16:46,918 --> 00:16:48,529
Lemme see what I got.
316
00:16:48,659 --> 00:16:50,357
No, seriously, pancakes.
317
00:16:57,451 --> 00:16:59,322
I had the idea,
318
00:16:59,453 --> 00:17:02,325
and now I had the name.
319
00:17:02,456 --> 00:17:04,762
That left one big problem:
320
00:17:04,893 --> 00:17:06,895
how to get the word out.
321
00:17:07,026 --> 00:17:09,506
Luckily, thanks to my
background in publishing,
322
00:17:09,637 --> 00:17:12,509
I knew exactly what I had to do.
323
00:17:12,640 --> 00:17:15,991
I bought royalty-free photos
of African American girls
324
00:17:16,122 --> 00:17:18,950
doing all sorts of fun things.
325
00:17:19,080 --> 00:17:22,214
Then, I plastered them
all over social media,
326
00:17:22,345 --> 00:17:24,955
and I marketed
the hell out of it.
327
00:17:25,087 --> 00:17:27,742
I started reaching out
to inspiring women
328
00:17:27,872 --> 00:17:30,484
and local leaders
to mentor girls
329
00:17:30,614 --> 00:17:34,096
and encourage them to dream
bigger than their circumstances.
330
00:17:35,402 --> 00:17:37,621
I kept calling this
a red carpet event,
331
00:17:37,752 --> 00:17:40,015
because I wanted the girls
to feel special.
332
00:17:41,843 --> 00:17:44,585
So, we put together some swag,
333
00:17:44,715 --> 00:17:47,979
and we did our best to give them
some things they might want...
334
00:17:48,110 --> 00:17:50,721
and need,
because they deserved it.
335
00:17:54,943 --> 00:17:58,860
Before I knew it,
I was back in Charleston.
336
00:17:59,730 --> 00:18:01,776
The moment of truth was upon us.
337
00:18:05,693 --> 00:18:09,566
- What's wrong, Mama?
- Nothing. Really!
338
00:18:09,697 --> 00:18:10,915
Hey, tell me.
339
00:18:14,571 --> 00:18:18,836
Phyllis spoke
to all those people,
340
00:18:18,967 --> 00:18:22,057
the doctors, the lawyers,
businessmen.
341
00:18:22,188 --> 00:18:23,580
I remember you telling me.
342
00:18:23,711 --> 00:18:26,235
Yeah, uh, they each pledged
343
00:18:26,366 --> 00:18:28,368
to give money for this event.
344
00:18:28,498 --> 00:18:31,066
Mm-hmm. That's great.
345
00:18:31,197 --> 00:18:32,241
It is.
346
00:18:33,373 --> 00:18:35,897
The problem is...
347
00:18:36,027 --> 00:18:38,378
I fronted the money
for all of this.
348
00:18:40,597 --> 00:18:42,121
They didn't donate
ahead of time.
349
00:18:44,340 --> 00:18:46,168
And it was a lot more
than I thought.
350
00:18:50,129 --> 00:18:51,565
Hey,
351
00:18:51,695 --> 00:18:53,871
we will be okay, Mama.
352
00:18:54,002 --> 00:18:55,438
Once this takes off...
353
00:18:57,658 --> 00:18:59,007
we'll be okay.
354
00:19:06,319 --> 00:19:07,319
Here.
355
00:19:07,363 --> 00:19:09,496
Everyone was asleep,
356
00:19:09,626 --> 00:19:11,498
but I still had work to do.
357
00:19:12,542 --> 00:19:15,066
If we were calling this
a red carpet event,
358
00:19:15,197 --> 00:19:18,244
the gift bags had to be
something special.
359
00:19:18,374 --> 00:19:20,681
So, there was some
last-minute shopping.
360
00:19:20,811 --> 00:19:22,639
I hate you!
361
00:19:22,770 --> 00:19:24,380
I hate you!
362
00:19:26,643 --> 00:19:28,863
Excuse me, are you okay?
363
00:19:37,872 --> 00:19:39,308
Who was that?
364
00:19:39,439 --> 00:19:41,049
No one.
365
00:19:42,485 --> 00:19:43,878
My boyfriend.
366
00:19:44,008 --> 00:19:45,706
Ex-boyfriend.
367
00:19:48,404 --> 00:19:49,710
Did he hurt you?
368
00:19:50,537 --> 00:19:52,191
Nah.
369
00:19:52,321 --> 00:19:54,062
Just yelled at me.
370
00:19:54,193 --> 00:19:55,890
That's what he does.
371
00:19:57,065 --> 00:19:58,545
I'm sorry.
372
00:20:04,290 --> 00:20:06,205
Left me stranded here.
373
00:20:09,469 --> 00:20:10,905
You wanna call your mother?
374
00:20:15,344 --> 00:20:17,912
Uh, your brother or your sister?
375
00:20:20,828 --> 00:20:22,003
You wanna call a cab?
376
00:20:22,133 --> 00:20:23,831
I don't got no money.
377
00:20:26,050 --> 00:20:27,226
Come.
378
00:20:27,965 --> 00:20:29,402
Where?
379
00:20:30,664 --> 00:20:32,100
I'll take you home.
380
00:20:33,580 --> 00:20:36,583
- Yeah, what's the catch?
- Catch?
381
00:20:36,713 --> 00:20:38,237
Yeah, what do you
want from me?
382
00:20:39,412 --> 00:20:41,327
Nothin'.
383
00:20:41,457 --> 00:20:42,676
Nothin' at all.
384
00:20:45,113 --> 00:20:47,376
I just wanna make sure
you get home safe.
385
00:20:52,076 --> 00:20:53,121
Actually...
386
00:20:57,517 --> 00:20:59,258
What are you doing tomorrow?
387
00:21:04,437 --> 00:21:06,656
I didn't get much sleep
that night.
388
00:21:06,787 --> 00:21:09,224
Or I should say,
I got less than usual.
389
00:21:20,801 --> 00:21:21,976
This was it.
390
00:21:22,106 --> 00:21:24,065
Both the culmination of my plans
391
00:21:24,195 --> 00:21:26,328
and the very beginning.
392
00:21:26,459 --> 00:21:29,288
I didn't know if I would
succeed or fail.
393
00:21:29,418 --> 00:21:31,594
But I knew, from this point on,
394
00:21:31,725 --> 00:21:33,030
there was no turning back.
395
00:22:03,496 --> 00:22:06,499
Come on! Keep giving Aisha
a big hand!
396
00:22:09,893 --> 00:22:12,331
All right, ladies,
if I could get your attention,
397
00:22:12,461 --> 00:22:15,029
just for a moment, please.
398
00:22:15,899 --> 00:22:18,467
I want to thank you all
399
00:22:18,598 --> 00:22:22,428
for coming to the very first
400
00:22:22,558 --> 00:22:24,952
Girls Who Brunch event!
401
00:22:31,698 --> 00:22:35,441
Now, we are going to have
a lot of fun today.
402
00:22:35,571 --> 00:22:36,877
Do you know why?
403
00:22:37,007 --> 00:22:38,007
Why?
404
00:22:39,183 --> 00:22:41,011
Because...
405
00:22:41,142 --> 00:22:45,451
you, you, you, all of you,
406
00:22:45,581 --> 00:22:47,148
you deserve it.
407
00:22:47,278 --> 00:22:49,498
That's right!
408
00:22:49,629 --> 00:22:51,239
You hear me?
409
00:22:54,851 --> 00:22:57,550
So, continue to have fun.
410
00:22:57,680 --> 00:23:00,553
I want you all to make
new friends.
411
00:23:00,683 --> 00:23:02,903
And I want y'all to take
some time
412
00:23:03,033 --> 00:23:05,122
to talk to our special guests,
413
00:23:05,253 --> 00:23:09,039
inspiring women,
who started out just like you.
414
00:23:09,170 --> 00:23:13,304
Now, when you came in,
you were given a bag.
415
00:23:13,435 --> 00:23:15,611
It's got plenty of goodies
in it.
416
00:23:15,742 --> 00:23:18,832
But guess what?
You will have more opportunities
417
00:23:18,962 --> 00:23:20,660
to win more prizes!
418
00:23:20,790 --> 00:23:22,183
Oh!
419
00:23:22,313 --> 00:23:23,619
That's right!
420
00:23:25,491 --> 00:23:26,840
If...
421
00:23:26,970 --> 00:23:29,799
you're willing to dance!
422
00:23:35,892 --> 00:23:37,677
DJ!
423
00:23:39,287 --> 00:23:41,202
♪ How many of you believe
your dreams are real ♪
424
00:23:41,332 --> 00:23:43,639
♪ How many times have you been
misled the way you feel ♪
425
00:23:43,770 --> 00:23:46,250
♪ I'm speaking from a place
I'm amazed from a stand point ♪
426
00:23:46,381 --> 00:23:48,992
♪ How do you feel knowing
my place is in plan, boy ♪
427
00:23:49,123 --> 00:23:51,212
♪ Stand with me, I don't
plan to be decieved... ♪
428
00:23:51,342 --> 00:23:52,779
It was clear that the girls
429
00:23:52,909 --> 00:23:55,999
all had a ton of fun.
430
00:23:56,130 --> 00:23:58,741
But it was also the start
of something bigger.
431
00:23:58,872 --> 00:24:02,919
We were empowering these girls
to believe in themselves.
432
00:24:03,050 --> 00:24:04,834
To believe that they
could do anything.
433
00:24:04,965 --> 00:24:06,245
♪ I make dreams
turn to moments ♪
434
00:24:06,357 --> 00:24:08,185
♪ And we turn to leaders
435
00:24:08,316 --> 00:24:10,636
♪ To free us from opponents
I hold us to a higher measure ♪
436
00:24:10,666 --> 00:24:12,755
♪ Defy pressure
The five single format's alive ♪
437
00:24:12,886 --> 00:24:14,627
♪ It's my pleasure, yes
438
00:24:14,757 --> 00:24:16,977
♪ It takes real talent
to say this ♪
439
00:24:17,107 --> 00:24:19,370
♪ So make room
on your playlist ♪
440
00:24:19,501 --> 00:24:22,330
♪ We get it in that
we're positively dope ♪
441
00:24:22,461 --> 00:24:24,201
♪ But we still have far to go
442
00:24:24,332 --> 00:24:27,030
♪ Remember when we were lost
and often broke ♪
443
00:24:27,161 --> 00:24:28,771
♪ But we still have far to go
444
00:24:28,902 --> 00:24:30,120
I'll be right back.
445
00:24:31,948 --> 00:24:33,472
You came!
446
00:24:35,735 --> 00:24:37,258
Come on!
447
00:24:39,956 --> 00:24:42,437
Uh... I don't think
I should be here.
448
00:24:43,482 --> 00:24:44,482
Why not?
449
00:24:49,400 --> 00:24:51,011
I want you to meet someone.
450
00:24:51,141 --> 00:24:52,447
Diamond!
451
00:24:52,578 --> 00:24:54,493
I'll talk to you later.
452
00:24:55,494 --> 00:24:57,234
This is my daughter, Diamond.
453
00:24:57,365 --> 00:24:58,975
- Oh, hey!
- Hi.
454
00:24:59,106 --> 00:25:00,760
It's nice to meet you.
455
00:25:02,413 --> 00:25:03,806
Diamond, this is Shana.
456
00:25:03,937 --> 00:25:06,330
We met last night at the store.
457
00:25:08,028 --> 00:25:11,335
Why don't you get her a bag
and something to eat?
458
00:25:11,466 --> 00:25:13,163
- Okay.
- Oh, uh...
459
00:25:13,294 --> 00:25:14,687
I don't have any money.
460
00:25:14,817 --> 00:25:15,857
Do you have an appetite?
461
00:25:17,167 --> 00:25:18,207
Well, that's all you need!
462
00:25:19,996 --> 00:25:20,996
Come on!
463
00:25:26,394 --> 00:25:28,178
So, what do you think?
464
00:25:28,309 --> 00:25:30,267
I think it's a start!
465
00:25:30,398 --> 00:25:32,008
Well, for you, maybe,
466
00:25:32,139 --> 00:25:34,707
but for these girls,
it's everything.
467
00:25:34,837 --> 00:25:37,187
These girls may lack
a lot of things,
468
00:25:37,318 --> 00:25:39,189
but the most tragic is hope,
469
00:25:39,320 --> 00:25:41,670
and you gave that to them today.
470
00:25:41,801 --> 00:25:43,759
You made them feel special.
471
00:25:43,890 --> 00:25:45,065
Good.
472
00:25:46,283 --> 00:25:47,850
I want you to know,
473
00:25:47,981 --> 00:25:51,637
if these girls or their mothers
474
00:25:51,767 --> 00:25:53,334
need to talk to me,
475
00:25:53,464 --> 00:25:56,424
need my support,
I'm here for them.
476
00:25:56,555 --> 00:25:59,470
Ni'Cola, that's a very
generous offer,
477
00:25:59,601 --> 00:26:02,082
but there's a lot
of girls in here today.
478
00:26:02,212 --> 00:26:04,693
And I'm sure all of them
479
00:26:04,824 --> 00:26:06,260
would like to talk to you.
480
00:26:06,390 --> 00:26:07,870
Well then,
I'll talk to all of them.
481
00:26:08,871 --> 00:26:10,177
It's just not practical.
482
00:26:12,440 --> 00:26:13,920
You said I gave
them hope, right?
483
00:26:14,050 --> 00:26:15,356
More than they ever had.
484
00:26:16,139 --> 00:26:17,750
I won't desert them.
485
00:26:18,664 --> 00:26:20,317
I'm not gonna give them hope
486
00:26:20,448 --> 00:26:22,102
and then just walk away.
487
00:26:23,494 --> 00:26:26,236
If they need me,
they can reach me.
488
00:26:28,412 --> 00:26:30,023
God bless you.
489
00:26:31,851 --> 00:26:34,767
But there's one more thing
I need from you.
490
00:26:36,377 --> 00:26:38,640
For this to work,
491
00:26:38,771 --> 00:26:41,991
Girls Who Brunch
can't be a single event.
492
00:26:42,122 --> 00:26:45,168
The spirit of the event
has to live on.
493
00:26:45,299 --> 00:26:47,562
Well, how do we do that,
without you, I mean?
494
00:26:47,693 --> 00:26:48,998
In every city,
495
00:26:49,129 --> 00:26:51,305
following a Girls
Who Brunch event,
496
00:26:51,435 --> 00:26:53,263
we need volunteers, right?
497
00:26:53,394 --> 00:26:55,091
Teachers, coaches,
498
00:26:55,222 --> 00:26:57,441
community leaders like yourself,
499
00:26:57,572 --> 00:26:59,487
to hold smaller events.
500
00:26:59,618 --> 00:27:02,490
I mean, I'd do it,
absolutely, but...
501
00:27:02,621 --> 00:27:04,101
I don't know
if we have the resources.
502
00:27:04,231 --> 00:27:05,580
We don't need much!
503
00:27:05,711 --> 00:27:09,105
Remember, these are just
the smaller events.
504
00:27:09,236 --> 00:27:11,542
Speakers could talk about...
505
00:27:11,673 --> 00:27:13,414
bullying, right?
506
00:27:13,544 --> 00:27:16,025
Financial literacy,
507
00:27:16,156 --> 00:27:17,505
self-esteem.
508
00:27:17,636 --> 00:27:20,639
The key is to keep
these girls engaged.
509
00:27:21,640 --> 00:27:23,816
We need to make them feel safe.
510
00:27:23,946 --> 00:27:26,296
We need to make them
feel special.
511
00:27:26,427 --> 00:27:29,212
Well, at least for Charleston,
512
00:27:29,343 --> 00:27:30,561
you can count on me.
513
00:27:30,692 --> 00:27:32,825
Oh, Phyllis!
514
00:28:01,549 --> 00:28:04,421
So, you glad you came?
515
00:28:04,552 --> 00:28:06,554
I am. Thank you.
516
00:28:12,386 --> 00:28:15,215
Shana, what is it?
517
00:28:20,699 --> 00:28:22,222
You can tell me.
518
00:28:25,138 --> 00:28:27,227
Today was great.
519
00:28:27,357 --> 00:28:31,405
And I do appreciate it.
But uh...
520
00:28:32,885 --> 00:28:33,885
But?
521
00:28:36,192 --> 00:28:39,413
But... after this,
I still go home.
522
00:28:40,501 --> 00:28:42,068
And you know what that means?
523
00:28:45,636 --> 00:28:47,266
Means I have to make sure
my mom isn't too hungover
524
00:28:47,290 --> 00:28:48,596
to go to work.
525
00:28:50,032 --> 00:28:51,817
Means I have to make sure
I'm quiet,
526
00:28:51,947 --> 00:28:53,907
so I don't wake her up boyfriend
and get the belt.
527
00:29:02,479 --> 00:29:04,220
I'm sorry.
528
00:29:05,439 --> 00:29:07,441
I didn't know.
529
00:29:07,571 --> 00:29:08,747
How could you?
530
00:29:10,009 --> 00:29:11,924
You're a famous writer.
531
00:29:13,055 --> 00:29:16,450
Hmm. Shana, trust me...
532
00:29:18,974 --> 00:29:21,281
I'm a lot more like you
than you think.
533
00:29:23,109 --> 00:29:24,240
How do you mean?
534
00:29:34,555 --> 00:29:36,426
When I was your age,
535
00:29:36,557 --> 00:29:38,907
Saving Grace Methodist Church
536
00:29:39,038 --> 00:29:42,128
was right down the street
from my house.
537
00:29:42,258 --> 00:29:44,173
It became my refuge
538
00:29:44,304 --> 00:29:46,915
when I needed to escape
things at home.
539
00:29:47,046 --> 00:29:49,352
I was in the choir. Mmm...
540
00:29:49,483 --> 00:29:51,224
I loved it.
541
00:29:51,354 --> 00:29:54,183
Singing, performing,
542
00:29:54,314 --> 00:29:56,795
it was right up my alley.
543
00:29:56,925 --> 00:30:01,538
And then, we got
a new choir director, Marc.
544
00:30:17,293 --> 00:30:18,817
Ni'Cola.
545
00:30:20,166 --> 00:30:21,384
You're a very pretty girl.
546
00:30:21,515 --> 00:30:23,169
Oh, I am...
547
00:30:23,299 --> 00:30:24,692
I just came to church.
548
00:30:25,780 --> 00:30:28,000
I can see that.
549
00:30:31,264 --> 00:30:32,743
Come on in.
550
00:30:35,529 --> 00:30:38,837
Come on. Let's go.
551
00:30:49,848 --> 00:30:50,979
You know that, don't you?
552
00:30:52,459 --> 00:30:54,287
I think you do.
553
00:30:54,417 --> 00:30:55,854
But you're a good girl.
554
00:30:57,290 --> 00:31:00,032
So, you know the Lord
considers pride a sin.
555
00:31:01,555 --> 00:31:04,819
I... really
have to g-go.
556
00:31:04,950 --> 00:31:07,735
Don't worry.
It's our little secret.
557
00:31:08,779 --> 00:31:10,738
Please, don't!
558
00:31:31,890 --> 00:31:35,371
Sometimes when
the people we trust hurt us,
559
00:31:35,502 --> 00:31:37,678
we repeat the pattern,
560
00:31:37,808 --> 00:31:39,419
choosing people
who are wrong for us
561
00:31:39,549 --> 00:31:41,725
and treat us badly.
562
00:31:41,856 --> 00:31:44,380
We think it's what we deserve.
563
00:31:44,511 --> 00:31:46,078
But we deserve better.
564
00:31:48,819 --> 00:31:50,473
Huh.
565
00:31:50,604 --> 00:31:53,259
I'm... I'm so sorry.
566
00:31:55,304 --> 00:31:56,610
Don't be sorry.
567
00:31:57,741 --> 00:31:59,091
Come here.
568
00:32:01,397 --> 00:32:03,269
No matter what happens,
569
00:32:05,053 --> 00:32:10,102
never let anybody make you
feel bad about yourself.
570
00:32:11,320 --> 00:32:12,408
Ever.
571
00:32:14,062 --> 00:32:16,630
Baby girl, you are so special.
572
00:32:18,632 --> 00:32:19,981
You understand?
573
00:32:24,768 --> 00:32:26,553
There was no doubt about it,
574
00:32:26,683 --> 00:32:29,295
the event was a success.
575
00:32:29,425 --> 00:32:32,211
And although I knew we had
plenty of hard work ahead,
576
00:32:32,341 --> 00:32:35,823
tonight, mm-hmm!
Tonight was for celebrating.
577
00:32:37,259 --> 00:32:38,739
Oh!
578
00:32:38,869 --> 00:32:40,349
Here you go.
579
00:32:40,480 --> 00:32:43,222
- What's this?
- Champagne.
580
00:32:43,352 --> 00:32:44,353
For me?
581
00:32:44,484 --> 00:32:46,094
Mm... sparkling apple juice.
582
00:32:47,139 --> 00:32:48,139
Wait.
583
00:32:50,229 --> 00:32:51,317
To you, Mama.
584
00:32:53,536 --> 00:32:54,842
To us.
585
00:32:55,930 --> 00:32:57,932
To Girls Who Brunch!
586
00:32:58,063 --> 00:33:00,674
Ah!
587
00:33:01,849 --> 00:33:03,155
Hmm.
588
00:33:05,766 --> 00:33:07,115
Okay.
589
00:33:07,246 --> 00:33:08,551
Give it to me straight.
590
00:33:08,682 --> 00:33:10,989
What could we have done better?
591
00:33:11,728 --> 00:33:13,252
Are you playin', Mama?
592
00:33:13,382 --> 00:33:16,472
It was amazing!
Everybody says so!
593
00:33:16,603 --> 00:33:20,955
If we rest on our laurels,
Diamond, we will never grow.
594
00:33:21,086 --> 00:33:23,958
How about we rest on our
bottoms just for tonight?
595
00:33:26,482 --> 00:33:27,744
They loved the linen napkins.
596
00:33:27,875 --> 00:33:30,095
- Hmm!
- It made it all so bougie.
597
00:33:30,225 --> 00:33:32,880
And everyone kept going on
about the food.
598
00:33:34,621 --> 00:33:36,033
I was spending so much time
talking to the girls, you know,
599
00:33:36,057 --> 00:33:37,232
I didn't eat anything.
600
00:33:37,363 --> 00:33:38,842
Your loss. I'm telling you,
601
00:33:38,973 --> 00:33:41,019
that fried chicken they had...
602
00:33:41,149 --> 00:33:42,585
gives yours a run for its money.
603
00:33:42,716 --> 00:33:45,110
Watch your mouth.
604
00:33:45,240 --> 00:33:48,504
And everyone was dancing.
605
00:33:48,635 --> 00:33:50,941
- The music, right?
- Mm-hmm!
606
00:33:51,072 --> 00:33:53,857
- It gave it a vibe!
- Definitely.
607
00:33:53,988 --> 00:33:57,078
I bet we could get
musicians to volunteer.
608
00:33:57,209 --> 00:33:58,645
Professionals?
609
00:33:58,775 --> 00:34:02,518
No, no, just girls
who perform their own music,
610
00:34:02,649 --> 00:34:04,564
in the spirit of the event.
611
00:34:04,694 --> 00:34:06,609
We can give them exposure,
you know,
612
00:34:06,740 --> 00:34:09,221
girls who never would've
thought they had a chance.
613
00:34:09,351 --> 00:34:11,484
You know, I bet I could
find these girls online.
614
00:34:12,398 --> 00:34:14,052
They definitely
post their music.
615
00:34:14,965 --> 00:34:15,965
Good idea.
616
00:34:18,317 --> 00:34:20,101
- Hey, Mama?
- Hmm?
617
00:34:20,232 --> 00:34:22,277
What was the deal
with that um,
618
00:34:22,408 --> 00:34:24,409
girl you introduced me to,
Shana?
619
00:34:25,324 --> 00:34:26,368
Shana.
620
00:34:29,110 --> 00:34:30,806
She's just a girl
who needed my help.
621
00:34:30,938 --> 00:34:32,244
Okay...
622
00:34:36,248 --> 00:34:39,380
I gotta keep their
confidentiality, Diamond.
623
00:34:39,512 --> 00:34:40,774
These girls...
624
00:34:42,993 --> 00:34:45,431
they need to know
that they can trust me.
625
00:34:49,870 --> 00:34:51,784
Is she gonna be all right?
626
00:34:52,960 --> 00:34:54,570
I hope so!
627
00:34:58,313 --> 00:34:59,880
You know what?
628
00:35:00,010 --> 00:35:01,858
I really do think it's time
for us to hit the sack.
629
00:35:01,882 --> 00:35:04,493
It has been a long day.
630
00:35:04,624 --> 00:35:06,626
M'kay. I get the side
with the AC.
631
00:35:06,756 --> 00:35:08,149
Oh!
632
00:35:09,150 --> 00:35:10,760
All right, I'm gonna
take a shower.
633
00:35:19,465 --> 00:35:20,335
Diamond.
634
00:35:20,466 --> 00:35:21,989
Hmm?
635
00:35:22,120 --> 00:35:23,425
Thank you.
636
00:35:23,556 --> 00:35:24,818
For what?
637
00:35:26,385 --> 00:35:27,734
For being you.
638
00:35:34,958 --> 00:35:37,222
Uh, yes, you know, I'm so sorry.
639
00:35:37,352 --> 00:35:41,095
Charleston, it was really
crazy after that. Uh-huh.
640
00:35:41,226 --> 00:35:44,316
After Charleston,
the word spread like wildfire.
641
00:35:44,446 --> 00:35:46,840
Yeah, I... I promise.
642
00:35:46,970 --> 00:35:49,582
And I truly appreciate
your interest.
643
00:35:49,712 --> 00:35:51,801
Okay, bye-bye.
644
00:35:51,932 --> 00:35:54,413
People all across the country
began to reach out to us.
645
00:35:54,543 --> 00:35:56,023
Whew, okay.
646
00:35:56,154 --> 00:35:57,590
But what I learned
very quickly
647
00:35:57,720 --> 00:36:00,201
was that without the support
of my Charleston team,
648
00:36:00,332 --> 00:36:02,160
Phyllis, Principal Flynn,
649
00:36:02,290 --> 00:36:04,640
other volunteers
from the community center,
650
00:36:04,771 --> 00:36:07,556
it was nearly impossible
to plan other events.
651
00:36:07,687 --> 00:36:09,297
The emails?
652
00:36:09,428 --> 00:36:11,232
They are coming in faster
than I can get to them,
653
00:36:11,256 --> 00:36:12,648
from all over the country.
654
00:36:12,779 --> 00:36:14,389
- What?
- Mm-hmm.
655
00:36:14,520 --> 00:36:17,087
- Just do your best.
- I am, Nicki,
656
00:36:17,218 --> 00:36:18,524
but you need help!
657
00:36:19,699 --> 00:36:21,483
I have help.
658
00:36:21,614 --> 00:36:23,181
Real help.
659
00:36:23,311 --> 00:36:25,792
This thing is blowin' up.
660
00:36:25,922 --> 00:36:27,141
Hey, Mama!
661
00:36:27,272 --> 00:36:28,664
Hi, Tete Nene!
662
00:36:28,795 --> 00:36:30,884
Hey!
663
00:36:31,014 --> 00:36:32,929
Um, baby,
what're you doin' home?
664
00:36:33,060 --> 00:36:36,063
- Mm-hmm?
- It's 3:30. School's over.
665
00:36:40,067 --> 00:36:42,330
- It is 3:30.
- I lost track of time.
666
00:36:42,461 --> 00:36:44,332
So...
667
00:36:44,463 --> 00:36:46,813
anyone else call about
hosting Girls Who Brunch?
668
00:36:53,820 --> 00:36:55,691
That is all we've been doing.
669
00:36:55,822 --> 00:36:58,346
Fielding calls from people
who are interested.
670
00:36:58,477 --> 00:36:59,913
That's great!
671
00:37:03,351 --> 00:37:05,092
Okay...
672
00:37:05,223 --> 00:37:06,746
What's wrong, Mama?
Hmm.
673
00:37:08,051 --> 00:37:09,879
Charleston was hard enough
674
00:37:10,010 --> 00:37:12,491
with Phyllis' help, and everyone
at the community center.
675
00:37:12,621 --> 00:37:13,709
Oh, I'll help again.
676
00:37:14,797 --> 00:37:16,451
You don't understand.
677
00:37:16,582 --> 00:37:19,715
Just collecting the money
that was promised us
678
00:37:19,846 --> 00:37:21,456
was a full-time job.
679
00:37:21,587 --> 00:37:23,371
And even when we did get it,
680
00:37:23,502 --> 00:37:25,199
it still wasn't enough.
681
00:37:26,374 --> 00:37:28,115
I just can't afford
to do that again.
682
00:37:28,942 --> 00:37:29,943
Okay.
683
00:37:31,423 --> 00:37:33,425
Then...
684
00:37:33,555 --> 00:37:35,253
we'll just have
to raise some more.
685
00:37:41,476 --> 00:37:43,391
Okay.
686
00:37:46,655 --> 00:37:49,267
Hmm. She's just like you.
687
00:37:53,967 --> 00:37:57,710
Oh, thank goodness, I've been
on hold for about half an hour.
688
00:37:57,840 --> 00:37:59,557
You've reached
the sponsorship department.
689
00:37:59,581 --> 00:38:01,061
No one is here
to take your call.
690
00:38:07,720 --> 00:38:11,027
No, I have not submitted
a request form.
691
00:38:11,158 --> 00:38:13,247
No, I-I'm sitting with it
here in front of me,
692
00:38:13,378 --> 00:38:15,423
I just have a-a question
that I...
693
00:38:19,601 --> 00:38:21,401
That's right, that's right,
ma'am, it's called
694
00:38:21,429 --> 00:38:24,824
Girls Who Brunch.
Not lunch, brunch.
695
00:38:24,954 --> 00:38:27,000
Girl-Girls Who Brunch.
696
00:38:28,958 --> 00:38:30,878
Right, but we don't have
a national headquarters.
697
00:38:32,527 --> 00:38:33,847
We don't even have
a headquarters.
698
00:38:51,938 --> 00:38:53,287
- Mama?
- What?
699
00:38:53,418 --> 00:38:56,638
What, um... what time is it?
700
00:38:56,769 --> 00:38:58,336
No, you're not
working too hard.
701
00:39:04,080 --> 00:39:05,473
I just fell asleep.
702
00:39:10,870 --> 00:39:12,350
Thank you.
703
00:39:14,395 --> 00:39:17,267
- What were you doing?
- Fundraising calls.
704
00:39:17,398 --> 00:39:20,053
And I just put my head
down for a minute.
705
00:39:20,183 --> 00:39:21,359
Any luck?
706
00:39:24,840 --> 00:39:26,059
Know what you need?
707
00:39:27,669 --> 00:39:29,628
About half a dozen
wealthy donors
708
00:39:29,758 --> 00:39:32,718
who have a burning desire
to support young women?
709
00:39:32,848 --> 00:39:33,848
No.
710
00:39:37,897 --> 00:39:40,073
Mm-mm. Diamond, I'm tired.
711
00:39:40,203 --> 00:39:42,815
Come on! Dancing makes
everything better.
712
00:39:42,945 --> 00:39:44,425
I got work to do.
713
00:39:44,556 --> 00:39:46,384
Isn't that what you always
tell me?
714
00:39:46,514 --> 00:39:48,100
How when I was little
and wouldn't stop crying,
715
00:39:48,124 --> 00:39:49,996
it was the only thing
that worked.
716
00:39:50,126 --> 00:39:51,737
Diamond, you had colic.
717
00:39:51,867 --> 00:39:53,695
Same principle.
718
00:39:54,696 --> 00:39:56,524
What?
719
00:39:56,655 --> 00:39:59,005
Who is this?
Remember Aisha?
720
00:39:59,135 --> 00:40:01,573
Her older sister moved
to New York and recorded this.
721
00:40:01,703 --> 00:40:04,358
She got a manager
and everything!
722
00:40:04,489 --> 00:40:06,316
It's all over social media.
I'm obsessed.
723
00:40:06,447 --> 00:40:09,102
- Mm-hmm.
- Come on!
724
00:40:09,232 --> 00:40:11,800
- I mean, it sounds good.
- I know!
725
00:40:11,931 --> 00:40:14,150
♪ Hit the roof,
don't need to light candles ♪
726
00:40:14,281 --> 00:40:16,675
Okay, show me how it's done!
727
00:40:16,805 --> 00:40:20,026
♪ Who wrote the book of love
for the people ♪
728
00:40:20,156 --> 00:40:22,637
♪ Who writes out the themes
of the steeple ♪
729
00:40:22,768 --> 00:40:24,639
♪ In attempts to get closer
730
00:40:24,770 --> 00:40:27,642
♪ All we have is a happy
gold rosary ♪♪
731
00:40:28,556 --> 00:40:30,471
I thought this was
gonna be a lot easier.
732
00:40:30,602 --> 00:40:33,822
I thought I would
call up these companies,
733
00:40:33,953 --> 00:40:36,477
tell them about
Girls Who Brunch,
734
00:40:36,608 --> 00:40:38,348
and they would wanna contribute.
735
00:40:39,567 --> 00:40:41,874
I don't understand.
Who is getting all this money
736
00:40:42,004 --> 00:40:43,789
that they're bragging
about donating?
737
00:40:43,919 --> 00:40:46,400
Organizations that have staff,
738
00:40:46,531 --> 00:40:48,881
that know how to do this.
739
00:40:49,011 --> 00:40:50,731
I'm telling you,
you need a Ph.D. to be able
740
00:40:50,796 --> 00:40:52,624
to fill out these applications.
741
00:40:52,754 --> 00:40:54,514
I wish I could help,
Nicki, but I have to...
742
00:40:54,539 --> 00:40:56,192
No. No, no, no.
743
00:40:56,323 --> 00:40:57,455
I know.
744
00:40:58,804 --> 00:41:00,893
You've been so wonderful, Nene.
Hmm.
745
00:41:01,023 --> 00:41:03,243
And these volunteers,
they're doing such a great job
746
00:41:03,373 --> 00:41:05,288
on all of the smaller events.
747
00:41:05,419 --> 00:41:08,248
Ignite Master Classes.
748
00:41:08,378 --> 00:41:09,989
That's what we're calling them.
Hmm.
749
00:41:11,381 --> 00:41:15,037
No. I need a team
of full-time people
750
00:41:15,168 --> 00:41:16,996
on the Girls Who Brunch tour.
751
00:41:21,653 --> 00:41:23,829
You workin' on any new books?
752
00:41:26,440 --> 00:41:29,748
Honestly, this has been
taking up most of my time.
753
00:41:31,140 --> 00:41:35,928
Nicki, I know how much
this idea means to you,
754
00:41:36,058 --> 00:41:39,366
and I know why.
Believe me, I was there.
755
00:41:39,497 --> 00:41:43,022
But at the end of the day,
you're a writer.
756
00:41:43,936 --> 00:41:45,503
Don't ever forget that.
757
00:41:48,680 --> 00:41:52,422
Oh, to what do we
owe this honor?
758
00:41:52,553 --> 00:41:53,859
- What?
- Mm!
759
00:41:53,989 --> 00:41:55,861
A-a woman can't prepare
a nice meal
760
00:41:55,991 --> 00:41:58,037
for her sister and her daughter?
761
00:41:58,167 --> 00:42:00,909
- Okay!
- Well, this is nice.
762
00:42:01,040 --> 00:42:05,697
Feel like I'm at a restaurant.
763
00:42:05,827 --> 00:42:07,437
But seriously,
what is this all about?
764
00:42:07,568 --> 00:42:09,657
I-I just wanted
to say thank you.
765
00:42:09,788 --> 00:42:11,920
- Oh!
- That's all.
766
00:42:12,051 --> 00:42:15,315
I wouldn't have been able
to do any of this without you.
767
00:42:15,445 --> 00:42:18,057
Yeah, well, I mean, it's not
like I had much of a choice.
768
00:42:18,187 --> 00:42:19,493
Girl!
769
00:42:21,451 --> 00:42:25,064
Yes, you did.
And I appreciate you.
770
00:42:29,938 --> 00:42:31,568
Well, I do think
you're working too hard.
771
00:42:31,592 --> 00:42:32,592
Mm-hmm.
772
00:42:33,681 --> 00:42:35,204
Hard work never killed anyone.
773
00:42:35,335 --> 00:42:36,415
Besides, I like most of it.
774
00:42:38,468 --> 00:42:42,124
Oh, but I do love getting
those emails and texts
775
00:42:42,255 --> 00:42:44,257
from the girls saying
how much fun they had.
776
00:42:44,387 --> 00:42:46,694
Mm, you're like
a mama to them.
777
00:42:46,825 --> 00:42:48,348
They're my babies.
778
00:42:48,478 --> 00:42:49,784
You know what I think?
779
00:42:49,915 --> 00:42:51,090
Mm-mm.
780
00:42:51,220 --> 00:42:53,658
I think you suddenly
started cooking
781
00:42:53,788 --> 00:42:55,660
because you're afraid the food
at the events
782
00:42:55,790 --> 00:42:57,662
is putting you to shame!
783
00:42:57,792 --> 00:43:00,839
Ooh, that delicious
spread they made for us!
784
00:43:00,969 --> 00:43:03,232
- At the last event?
- Mm-hmm, mm-hmm.
785
00:43:03,363 --> 00:43:05,365
- Every bite.
- Every bite.
786
00:43:05,495 --> 00:43:07,802
I was licking my fingers.
They were so good!
787
00:43:07,933 --> 00:43:09,717
- Oh, okay, okay!
- That was really good.
788
00:43:09,848 --> 00:43:12,198
All right, both of you, calm.
789
00:43:12,328 --> 00:43:15,549
Okay, okay, okay.
790
00:43:15,680 --> 00:43:17,595
Both of you go ahead and eat.
791
00:43:21,686 --> 00:43:23,905
How's the dressing? It's good?
Mmm!
792
00:43:24,036 --> 00:43:26,908
- Delicious!
- Mm-hmm.
793
00:43:27,039 --> 00:43:28,364
Oh, just promise me
you're not gonna start catering
794
00:43:28,388 --> 00:43:29,737
the events yourself.
795
00:43:29,868 --> 00:43:31,434
I know how to delegate.
796
00:43:34,263 --> 00:43:35,482
A little.
797
00:43:57,330 --> 00:43:59,854
Hey, baby. How ya doin'?
798
00:43:59,985 --> 00:44:01,726
Hey, Tete Nene.
799
00:44:01,856 --> 00:44:04,163
Where's Mama?
She fell asleep upstairs.
800
00:44:05,468 --> 00:44:07,122
What're you doing?
801
00:44:07,253 --> 00:44:08,254
What do you think?
802
00:44:13,825 --> 00:44:16,741
I hope you're not
taking on too much.
803
00:44:16,871 --> 00:44:18,327
Your mom wouldn't like it
if you were falling behind
804
00:44:18,351 --> 00:44:19,700
in school.
805
00:44:19,831 --> 00:44:21,511
Well, I figure
it's the least I could do,
806
00:44:21,571 --> 00:44:23,201
considering how much
she's helping everyone else.
807
00:44:23,225 --> 00:44:24,618
Hmm.
808
00:44:24,749 --> 00:44:27,403
And I don't wanna hear
about everything you two did
809
00:44:27,534 --> 00:44:28,927
when you were my age.
810
00:44:29,057 --> 00:44:30,711
How you did the dishes.
Oh, we did.
811
00:44:30,842 --> 00:44:32,017
- Cleaned the house.
- Yes.
812
00:44:32,147 --> 00:44:33,540
- Walked to school.
- That's true.
813
00:44:33,671 --> 00:44:35,890
- Walked to school barefoot.
- Yep.
814
00:44:36,021 --> 00:44:37,805
If there was snow in Jamaica,
815
00:44:37,936 --> 00:44:40,416
I'm sure you would've walked
barefoot in the snow.
816
00:44:43,158 --> 00:44:44,682
Okay, I'm taking over.
817
00:44:44,812 --> 00:44:46,074
Go and do your homework.
818
00:44:46,205 --> 00:44:48,163
And just so you know...
819
00:44:49,425 --> 00:44:51,036
we did have it tough.
820
00:44:52,602 --> 00:44:54,343
Tougher than you, at least.
821
00:44:54,474 --> 00:44:56,781
But your mom,
822
00:44:56,911 --> 00:44:58,565
she was different.
823
00:44:58,696 --> 00:45:00,872
- How do you mean?
- Well...
824
00:45:01,002 --> 00:45:02,525
anything that she did,
825
00:45:02,656 --> 00:45:05,093
she needed to be the best at it.
826
00:45:05,224 --> 00:45:06,834
Is that why she's spending
every second
827
00:45:06,965 --> 00:45:08,314
on Girls Who Brunch?
828
00:45:08,444 --> 00:45:10,142
Don't get me wrong,
829
00:45:10,272 --> 00:45:13,362
she cares about those girls,
she cares about them a lot,
830
00:45:13,493 --> 00:45:17,279
but she could have joined
another organization,
831
00:45:17,410 --> 00:45:20,065
given them her money, her time.
832
00:45:20,195 --> 00:45:21,283
So, why didn't she?
833
00:45:22,415 --> 00:45:25,548
Because she saw something
that could be different.
834
00:45:27,115 --> 00:45:29,074
Something better.
835
00:45:31,076 --> 00:45:35,384
If you want your mom
to succeed at something,
836
00:45:35,515 --> 00:45:38,126
just tell her it can't be done.
837
00:45:40,781 --> 00:45:42,304
Good night, Tete Nene.
838
00:45:42,435 --> 00:45:44,567
Mmm.
839
00:45:46,613 --> 00:45:49,921
Good night.
I love you, Diamond.
840
00:45:50,660 --> 00:45:52,010
I love you, too.
841
00:45:52,140 --> 00:45:53,576
Okay.
842
00:45:58,407 --> 00:46:00,714
With a lot of
hard work and perseverance,
843
00:46:00,845 --> 00:46:03,412
we finally raised enough money
for our next event
844
00:46:03,543 --> 00:46:04,979
in Birmingham, Alabama.
845
00:46:05,110 --> 00:46:06,415
Thank you.
846
00:46:09,549 --> 00:46:11,464
I hope they have a pool.
847
00:46:11,594 --> 00:46:13,248
Maybe a sauna.
848
00:46:13,379 --> 00:46:14,859
I could use a nap.
849
00:46:14,989 --> 00:46:16,251
So, take one.
850
00:46:17,383 --> 00:46:19,559
Why not?
We're all set for tomorrow.
851
00:46:19,689 --> 00:46:21,409
Space is reserved,
the volunteers are ready.
852
00:46:21,517 --> 00:46:23,084
The goody bags.
853
00:46:23,215 --> 00:46:25,608
I'm gonna go to the stores,
pick up all the items,
854
00:46:25,739 --> 00:46:26,958
and I'll make them tonight.
855
00:46:29,612 --> 00:46:32,180
But you have
a few hundred to make.
856
00:46:32,311 --> 00:46:34,182
Double what we made last time.
857
00:46:34,313 --> 00:46:35,618
Exactly!
858
00:46:51,156 --> 00:46:54,028
I'd fly into town
the day before the event.
859
00:46:54,159 --> 00:46:56,770
Spend that night going
from store to store.
860
00:46:56,901 --> 00:46:59,860
Then stay up,
sometimes 'til dawn,
861
00:46:59,991 --> 00:47:01,775
putting the gift bags together.
862
00:47:01,906 --> 00:47:03,690
It wasn't easy,
863
00:47:03,821 --> 00:47:06,258
but the girls had to have them.
864
00:47:06,388 --> 00:47:07,650
They deserved it.
865
00:47:11,829 --> 00:47:15,136
I remember when my girls
were born.
866
00:47:15,267 --> 00:47:18,009
I didn't know you
could love anyone that much.
867
00:47:19,619 --> 00:47:21,621
I had made some bad choices
about men
868
00:47:21,751 --> 00:47:23,449
who didn't treat me right,
869
00:47:23,579 --> 00:47:25,016
and before I knew it,
870
00:47:25,146 --> 00:47:26,887
I was about to become
a single mother
871
00:47:27,018 --> 00:47:29,194
when I was about Diamond's age.
872
00:47:34,373 --> 00:47:35,678
It's not too late, you know.
873
00:47:35,809 --> 00:47:38,768
Oh, don't start!
874
00:47:38,899 --> 00:47:40,335
Mama, please!
875
00:47:40,466 --> 00:47:42,294
I'm just sayin'!
876
00:47:42,424 --> 00:47:44,141
It's not even like you need
to give her to a stranger!
877
00:47:44,165 --> 00:47:45,688
Your sister will take her.
878
00:47:46,776 --> 00:47:48,735
This is my child.
879
00:47:49,475 --> 00:47:51,216
My responsibility.
880
00:47:56,264 --> 00:47:59,180
I'm not gonna give
her up for adoption.
881
00:47:59,311 --> 00:48:01,574
What kind of life do you
think you can give her?
882
00:48:02,488 --> 00:48:03,750
The best I can!
883
00:48:04,664 --> 00:48:06,231
And that's good enough?
884
00:48:09,060 --> 00:48:10,191
It will be.
885
00:48:11,758 --> 00:48:13,891
I hope you know
what you're doin'.
886
00:48:25,206 --> 00:48:28,993
After enduring
a 23-hour labor,
887
00:48:29,123 --> 00:48:33,084
my daughter, Destani,
mercifully arrived.
888
00:48:36,348 --> 00:48:37,871
I knew...
889
00:48:38,002 --> 00:48:40,091
I knew I was her mama.
890
00:48:50,971 --> 00:48:53,887
Hey, Miss Popular!
891
00:48:54,018 --> 00:48:55,106
Where're your friends at?
892
00:48:55,236 --> 00:48:56,324
Mama!
893
00:48:58,979 --> 00:49:00,850
- Hi!
- What're you doing here?
894
00:49:00,981 --> 00:49:04,028
Oh! Well, you're always
telling me to come visit,
895
00:49:04,158 --> 00:49:05,507
so I'm visiting!
896
00:49:05,638 --> 00:49:07,398
Well, why didn't you
tell me you were coming?
897
00:49:07,422 --> 00:49:09,685
What, and ruin the surprise?
898
00:49:10,382 --> 00:49:11,818
Here, sit down, sit down.
899
00:49:16,997 --> 00:49:18,433
You look tired.
900
00:49:22,872 --> 00:49:24,570
You've been talking
to Diamond.
901
00:49:24,700 --> 00:49:26,702
Well, you've been
working too hard.
902
00:49:26,833 --> 00:49:28,791
Diamond's just worried
about you, that's all.
903
00:49:29,879 --> 00:49:31,316
The truth is,
904
00:49:31,446 --> 00:49:33,666
as exhausted as I am,
905
00:49:33,796 --> 00:49:36,147
I have never felt more alive.
906
00:49:36,277 --> 00:49:37,277
Tell me about it.
907
00:49:39,280 --> 00:49:41,282
Tell you?
No, I wanna show you!
908
00:49:41,413 --> 00:49:43,371
We have an event
here in Houston.
909
00:49:43,502 --> 00:49:45,069
Oh, so that's why
you're really here.
910
00:49:45,199 --> 00:49:47,332
No! No, no, no, no.
911
00:49:48,420 --> 00:49:49,943
I'm an entrepreneur now.
912
00:49:50,074 --> 00:49:52,685
There's no reason I can't
combine business and pleasure.
913
00:49:54,861 --> 00:49:57,081
Ugh, I'd love to, Mama,
I really would,
914
00:49:57,211 --> 00:49:59,126
but I have tests coming up
in two classes
915
00:49:59,257 --> 00:50:00,562
and a paper due tomorrow.
916
00:50:00,693 --> 00:50:02,303
Good!
917
00:50:02,434 --> 00:50:03,522
That's what college is for.
918
00:50:04,958 --> 00:50:06,264
I'm proud of you, Mama.
919
00:50:06,394 --> 00:50:07,893
Diamond sends me links
to all the articles
920
00:50:07,917 --> 00:50:09,615
about Girls Who Brunch.
921
00:50:09,745 --> 00:50:11,530
I'm proud of you.
922
00:50:13,097 --> 00:50:15,925
Well, you don't have time
to go to the event,
923
00:50:16,056 --> 00:50:17,927
but you still have time to eat,
don't you?
924
00:50:18,058 --> 00:50:19,625
In the mood for anything?
925
00:50:19,755 --> 00:50:21,975
Well, we are in Texas.
926
00:50:22,106 --> 00:50:24,543
Anything other than barbeque
would be sacrilegious.
927
00:50:24,673 --> 00:50:26,153
Good thing I know
928
00:50:26,284 --> 00:50:27,154
the best place in town.
929
00:50:27,285 --> 00:50:28,721
Ooh! Okay!
930
00:50:30,288 --> 00:50:32,768
So, after Houston,
where are you off to?
931
00:50:34,074 --> 00:50:36,685
Baby, if I told you,
932
00:50:36,816 --> 00:50:38,035
you would never believe me.
933
00:50:46,695 --> 00:50:49,698
That first year, we went
to so many different cities
934
00:50:49,829 --> 00:50:51,744
that it's almost a blur.
935
00:51:16,508 --> 00:51:17,813
Hey, Mama!
936
00:51:17,944 --> 00:51:19,554
Hey!
937
00:51:20,903 --> 00:51:23,254
- Are you okay?
- Of course, I'm okay!
938
00:51:24,559 --> 00:51:26,605
- You sure?
- Yeah, I just um...
939
00:51:27,910 --> 00:51:30,348
I need some water.
Just go get me some water.
940
00:51:30,478 --> 00:51:31,653
Okay, stay right here.
941
00:51:54,372 --> 00:51:56,461
Thank you.
942
00:51:56,983 --> 00:51:58,003
- Ugh!
- Okay, Mom, we need
943
00:51:58,027 --> 00:51:59,290
to get you to a doctor.
944
00:52:00,769 --> 00:52:02,293
Okay, okay.
945
00:52:15,088 --> 00:52:16,307
Ni'Cola Mitchell?
946
00:52:18,222 --> 00:52:21,138
I'm Dr. Freeman.
How are you feeling?
947
00:52:22,617 --> 00:52:24,053
I would feel a lot better
948
00:52:24,184 --> 00:52:25,664
if I knew what
was wrong with me.
949
00:52:25,794 --> 00:52:27,492
I'm sure.
950
00:52:27,622 --> 00:52:29,842
And we're gonna get to
the bottom of it, I promise you.
951
00:52:29,972 --> 00:52:31,974
Has this ever happened
to you before?
952
00:52:32,105 --> 00:52:33,193
- The bleeding?
- Mm-hmm.
953
00:52:33,324 --> 00:52:34,324
No.
954
00:52:35,543 --> 00:52:37,284
What could cause it?
955
00:52:37,415 --> 00:52:39,025
Could be a lot of things.
956
00:52:39,156 --> 00:52:40,853
Menorrhagia,
957
00:52:40,983 --> 00:52:43,856
an infection, ovarian cysts...
Cancer?
958
00:52:50,036 --> 00:52:52,821
Let's not get ahead
of ourselves, okay?
959
00:52:52,952 --> 00:52:54,780
Vaginal bleeding
is not uncommon,
960
00:52:54,910 --> 00:52:56,651
and as I said before,
there could be a lot
961
00:52:56,782 --> 00:53:00,177
of reasons for it.
Most of them perfectly harmless.
962
00:53:02,831 --> 00:53:04,833
Have you been under
a lot of stress recently?
963
00:53:07,009 --> 00:53:09,055
I'm always under
a lot of stress.
964
00:53:09,186 --> 00:53:11,536
More than usual?
965
00:53:13,973 --> 00:53:16,018
Could be it, of course.
966
00:53:16,149 --> 00:53:18,083
A thousand years of medicine
and we're just learning
967
00:53:18,107 --> 00:53:20,849
about the effect that stress
has on the human body.
968
00:53:22,851 --> 00:53:24,375
So, we're gonna do
some blood work,
969
00:53:24,505 --> 00:53:25,985
gonna run some tests.
970
00:53:26,115 --> 00:53:28,683
Don't worry, we're gonna
find out what's going on.
971
00:53:28,814 --> 00:53:32,861
But until then,
I want you to take it easy.
972
00:53:32,992 --> 00:53:34,341
Can you do that for me?
973
00:53:36,038 --> 00:53:37,823
I'll try.
974
00:53:38,737 --> 00:53:42,262
Good. And as much
as possible,
975
00:53:42,393 --> 00:53:44,569
try to eliminate
the stress around you.
976
00:53:47,224 --> 00:53:48,747
Okay.
977
00:54:16,557 --> 00:54:20,169
Yes, we've done plenty
of events in Alabama.
978
00:54:20,300 --> 00:54:21,660
Mm-hmm, all over
the South, really.
979
00:54:21,780 --> 00:54:23,180
Mm-hmm, anything helps,
of course.
980
00:54:23,303 --> 00:54:25,218
School supplies
are greatly needed.
981
00:54:25,349 --> 00:54:26,567
Yeah, we can do that.
982
00:54:26,698 --> 00:54:28,700
Anywhere from a few dozen
to a few hundred.
983
00:54:28,830 --> 00:54:30,721
It all just really depends
on how long we have and...
984
00:54:30,745 --> 00:54:32,027
Okay, that sounds good,
thank you.
985
00:54:32,051 --> 00:54:33,531
Bye, bye. I'll call back.
986
00:54:37,186 --> 00:54:39,058
Hello, Girls Who Brunch.
987
00:54:39,188 --> 00:54:40,973
- Ni'Cola Mitchell?
- Yes.
988
00:54:43,889 --> 00:54:45,804
I'm sorry.
Hi!
989
00:54:45,934 --> 00:54:48,720
Thank you for taking my call.
Uh, this is Girls Who Brunch...
990
00:54:48,850 --> 00:54:50,374
This is she.
991
00:54:50,504 --> 00:54:51,810
Ni'Cola...
992
00:54:54,247 --> 00:54:56,467
I'm afraid I have some bad news.
993
00:54:58,077 --> 00:54:59,470
It's cancer, isn't it?
994
00:55:01,559 --> 00:55:02,908
Yes, it is.
995
00:55:07,913 --> 00:55:10,263
Okay, tell me everything.
996
00:55:11,656 --> 00:55:13,373
The cancer's in the uterus
and in the cervix,
997
00:55:13,397 --> 00:55:16,008
but thankfully,
we caught it early.
998
00:55:18,358 --> 00:55:19,751
Am I gonna die?
999
00:55:21,274 --> 00:55:23,363
Ni'Cola, in medicine,
there are several variables
1000
00:55:23,494 --> 00:55:25,278
that go into consideration
when we're...
1001
00:55:25,409 --> 00:55:28,368
Am I... going to die?
1002
00:55:28,499 --> 00:55:30,327
The cancer's treatable.
1003
00:55:30,457 --> 00:55:33,721
There's no reason not
to expect a full recovery.
1004
00:55:33,852 --> 00:55:36,245
The procedure is called EBT,
1005
00:55:36,376 --> 00:55:38,509
External Beam Therapy.
1006
00:55:38,639 --> 00:55:42,556
A machine delivers electron
beams directly into the tumor.
1007
00:55:42,687 --> 00:55:44,428
They destroy the cancer cells
1008
00:55:44,558 --> 00:55:46,343
while sparing
the surrounding tissue.
1009
00:55:49,302 --> 00:55:50,869
Is it gonna hurt?
1010
00:55:50,999 --> 00:55:52,412
While you're receiving
the treatment,
1011
00:55:52,436 --> 00:55:54,133
you won't feel a thing,
but afterward,
1012
00:55:54,263 --> 00:55:55,787
you're going to be tired.
1013
00:55:55,917 --> 00:55:58,267
Very tired.
1014
00:55:58,398 --> 00:56:00,139
Fatigue is the most
common side effect.
1015
00:56:01,053 --> 00:56:02,837
Okay.
1016
00:56:02,968 --> 00:56:05,666
So, you must get your rest.
1017
00:56:05,797 --> 00:56:07,538
I mean it.
1018
00:56:23,467 --> 00:56:24,946
In that moment,
1019
00:56:25,077 --> 00:56:27,384
all I knew was that
we had less than a month
1020
00:56:27,514 --> 00:56:28,907
until the next event.
1021
00:56:30,212 --> 00:56:32,911
And nothing was gonna
keep me away.
1022
00:56:35,348 --> 00:56:37,089
Hey, baby.
Hey.
1023
00:56:43,791 --> 00:56:47,055
There's never a good time
to receive this kind of news.
1024
00:56:47,186 --> 00:56:49,406
It felt like some cosmic joke.
1025
00:56:50,494 --> 00:56:52,539
Everything I had been through,
1026
00:56:52,670 --> 00:56:55,324
from my childhood until today,
1027
00:56:55,455 --> 00:56:59,154
every challenge,
every roadblock,
1028
00:56:59,285 --> 00:57:01,722
things were finally
starting to look up.
1029
00:57:02,984 --> 00:57:05,813
And now, cancer.
1030
00:57:05,944 --> 00:57:06,945
Mama?
1031
00:57:08,250 --> 00:57:09,426
Hey.
1032
00:57:20,437 --> 00:57:21,786
Mama?
1033
00:57:23,788 --> 00:57:25,137
Yeah, baby?
1034
00:57:29,315 --> 00:57:30,795
How bad is it?
1035
00:57:35,539 --> 00:57:36,975
I have cancer.
1036
00:57:38,846 --> 00:57:41,327
I start radiation treatment
right away,
1037
00:57:41,458 --> 00:57:44,809
and then surgery,
and I'm gonna be fine.
1038
00:57:44,939 --> 00:57:46,898
I promise.
1039
00:57:47,028 --> 00:57:49,466
No, come here. Shh, shh, shh.
1040
00:57:52,904 --> 00:57:56,298
No. Mm-mm.
1041
00:57:56,429 --> 00:57:57,604
I don't want you to die.
1042
00:57:59,563 --> 00:58:03,044
Who said I'm gonna die?!
I'm not goin' anywhere!
1043
00:58:03,175 --> 00:58:04,959
I'm not gonna die!
1044
00:58:05,090 --> 00:58:07,353
- You promise?
- I promise!
1045
00:58:08,746 --> 00:58:11,313
Uh-uh. Okay.
1046
00:58:19,191 --> 00:58:20,366
Diamond...
1047
00:58:24,413 --> 00:58:26,024
I need you to be...
1048
00:58:27,721 --> 00:58:31,116
strong for me. Okay?
1049
00:58:31,246 --> 00:58:32,509
Okay.
1050
00:58:35,033 --> 00:58:36,817
Don't be scared.
I'm not scared. Come here.
1051
00:58:36,948 --> 00:58:39,211
Okay.
1052
00:58:43,694 --> 00:58:46,784
I needed to be strong
for myself, too,
1053
00:58:46,914 --> 00:58:49,961
so I went to see
the one person in my life
1054
00:58:50,091 --> 00:58:51,919
who had always been
there for me.
1055
00:58:53,225 --> 00:58:54,008
No matter what.
1056
00:58:54,139 --> 00:58:55,444
Ni'Cola Mitchell,
1057
00:58:55,575 --> 00:58:57,490
as I live and breathe.
1058
00:59:15,769 --> 00:59:17,031
Come in?
1059
00:59:17,815 --> 00:59:19,817
Dr. Sullivan?
1060
00:59:19,947 --> 00:59:21,514
I'm Ni'Cola Mitchell.
1061
00:59:21,645 --> 00:59:23,995
Ni'Cola. Come in, come in.
1062
00:59:24,125 --> 00:59:25,562
Please, sit down.
1063
00:59:30,871 --> 00:59:33,091
So, tell me, Ni'Cola,
1064
00:59:33,221 --> 00:59:35,267
how much do you know
about Upward Bound?
1065
00:59:35,397 --> 00:59:37,878
Just what Candace Williams
told me.
1066
00:59:38,009 --> 00:59:40,054
We go to the same church.
1067
00:59:41,882 --> 00:59:44,493
So then, you know what
we help girls like you...
1068
00:59:44,624 --> 00:59:46,321
girls that haven't had
the same advantages
1069
00:59:46,452 --> 00:59:48,976
as some other girls have.
Yes, Sir.
1070
00:59:49,107 --> 00:59:51,302
And it's true you'd like
to be a part of Upward Bound?
1071
00:59:51,326 --> 00:59:53,677
Very much.
1072
00:59:53,807 --> 00:59:57,506
However, I... I know
you have to live in the dorm
1073
00:59:57,637 --> 00:59:59,857
and attend all
the weekly sessions.
1074
00:59:59,987 --> 01:00:01,249
And I...
1075
01:00:02,642 --> 01:00:04,731
I won't be able to.
1076
01:00:04,862 --> 01:00:07,168
You do know
it's a prerequisite?
1077
01:00:07,299 --> 01:00:08,605
Yes, Sir.
1078
01:00:12,434 --> 01:00:14,306
May I ask why
you're unable to?
1079
01:00:15,699 --> 01:00:18,484
- My daughter.
- Ah, you have a daughter.
1080
01:00:18,615 --> 01:00:21,356
A toddler. Destani.
1081
01:00:21,487 --> 01:00:24,142
She's... my world.
1082
01:00:25,404 --> 01:00:27,232
And you live with her?
1083
01:00:27,362 --> 01:00:29,974
Yes, with my mother.
1084
01:00:37,459 --> 01:00:38,635
Well...
1085
01:00:41,115 --> 01:00:43,552
let's just see if there isn't
something we can do about that.
1086
01:00:43,683 --> 01:00:45,946
There was something he did
about it.
1087
01:00:46,077 --> 01:00:47,992
He allowed me in the program
1088
01:00:48,122 --> 01:00:50,734
and made plenty
of concessions for me.
1089
01:00:50,864 --> 01:00:52,953
And still, I pushed
back against him.
1090
01:00:53,084 --> 01:00:55,608
I told you, I don't wanna go!
1091
01:00:55,739 --> 01:00:58,437
Well, I'm afraid you don't
have much of a choice, Ni'Cola.
1092
01:00:58,567 --> 01:01:00,265
Do you know what
"in loco parentis" means?
1093
01:01:00,395 --> 01:01:01,701
I don't speak Spanish.
1094
01:01:01,832 --> 01:01:03,007
It's Latin.
1095
01:01:03,137 --> 01:01:05,574
And it means
"In place of parent".
1096
01:01:05,705 --> 01:01:08,621
When you're with me,
you're my responsibility.
1097
01:01:08,752 --> 01:01:11,842
It was just
a little asthma attack!
1098
01:01:11,972 --> 01:01:14,018
- That was more than a little.
- I've had worse!
1099
01:01:14,148 --> 01:01:16,020
Oh, good for you!
1100
01:01:17,804 --> 01:01:20,677
I just wish you would stop
being so damn selfish.
1101
01:01:22,287 --> 01:01:24,487
If something, God forbid,
would've have happened to you,
1102
01:01:24,550 --> 01:01:26,190
what do you think would happen
to Destani?
1103
01:01:27,248 --> 01:01:30,121
I don't know.
My mother? My sisters.
1104
01:01:30,251 --> 01:01:33,472
She doesn't need
another grandmother or an aunt,
1105
01:01:33,602 --> 01:01:35,561
what she needs is her mother.
1106
01:01:36,867 --> 01:01:38,869
When we first met,
you said there was nothing
1107
01:01:38,999 --> 01:01:42,133
more important to you in this
world than your daughter.
1108
01:01:42,263 --> 01:01:43,700
Start acting like it.
1109
01:01:44,613 --> 01:01:47,181
I'm fine, really.
1110
01:01:47,312 --> 01:01:49,009
I just took my inhaler.
1111
01:01:51,620 --> 01:01:53,274
This is about so much more
1112
01:01:53,405 --> 01:01:55,276
than just an asthma attack,
Ni'Cola.
1113
01:01:58,410 --> 01:02:00,083
I've been meaning to ask
you about college.
1114
01:02:00,107 --> 01:02:02,109
What about it?
1115
01:02:02,240 --> 01:02:04,503
Have you given it
any more thought?
1116
01:02:04,633 --> 01:02:06,505
I don't have
the time or the money.
1117
01:02:07,724 --> 01:02:10,901
There's always a million
excuses, Ni'Cola,
1118
01:02:11,031 --> 01:02:12,816
but you owe it to your daughter,
1119
01:02:12,946 --> 01:02:14,600
you owe it to yourself.
1120
01:02:15,688 --> 01:02:16,907
I'll think about it.
1121
01:02:17,821 --> 01:02:18,909
Waste.
1122
01:02:20,301 --> 01:02:21,607
Excuse me?
1123
01:02:29,658 --> 01:02:32,052
I've seen hundreds,
thousands of girls
1124
01:02:32,183 --> 01:02:34,533
come through this program.
1125
01:02:34,663 --> 01:02:36,535
I know I can't help them all.
1126
01:02:36,665 --> 01:02:39,494
I know I won't help them all.
1127
01:02:39,625 --> 01:02:42,106
Some, it's too late.
1128
01:02:42,236 --> 01:02:45,413
But do you know how many
are as bright as you,
1129
01:02:45,544 --> 01:02:47,459
who can write like you can?
1130
01:02:47,589 --> 01:02:52,072
Face it, kid, you're special.
1131
01:02:52,203 --> 01:02:53,639
And if you don't go to college,
1132
01:02:53,770 --> 01:02:56,424
if you don't be
all that you can be,
1133
01:02:56,555 --> 01:03:00,037
then yeah, it's a waste!
1134
01:03:12,963 --> 01:03:14,094
Okay.
1135
01:03:15,922 --> 01:03:17,663
Let's get you taken care of.
1136
01:03:41,992 --> 01:03:44,211
You don't know how
good it is to see you.
1137
01:03:44,342 --> 01:03:46,039
You too.
1138
01:03:46,170 --> 01:03:49,173
I wish I could've come
to one of your events.
1139
01:03:49,303 --> 01:03:51,610
It's just so hard for me
to get away.
1140
01:03:51,740 --> 01:03:54,874
Seems the older I get,
the busier I am.
1141
01:03:55,005 --> 01:03:57,181
It's okay.
1142
01:03:57,311 --> 01:04:01,141
Although, I have read
every article you've sent me.
1143
01:04:01,272 --> 01:04:03,796
Watched every news story.
1144
01:04:03,927 --> 01:04:05,929
I think we're friends
on that Facebook.
1145
01:04:12,936 --> 01:04:14,198
Why are you here, Ni'Cola?
1146
01:04:15,503 --> 01:04:17,723
You're too busy to just
stop in to say hi.
1147
01:04:19,290 --> 01:04:20,857
I need advice.
1148
01:04:26,427 --> 01:04:28,081
From the outside,
1149
01:04:28,212 --> 01:04:31,041
Girls Who Brunch
looks like a huge success.
1150
01:04:31,171 --> 01:04:32,564
And from the inside?
1151
01:04:36,742 --> 01:04:38,962
Some things are really good.
1152
01:04:39,092 --> 01:04:42,400
You know we are...
we are reaching these girls,
1153
01:04:42,530 --> 01:04:45,403
and I stay in touch with them.
1154
01:04:45,533 --> 01:04:48,710
They know that they can contact
me if they need anything.
1155
01:04:50,843 --> 01:04:52,018
I call them my babies.
1156
01:04:55,543 --> 01:04:58,764
But financially,
we're suffering.
1157
01:05:00,157 --> 01:05:02,028
I could never have imagined it
would be so hard
1158
01:05:02,159 --> 01:05:03,595
to get donations.
1159
01:05:05,205 --> 01:05:07,599
And I've already spent too
much of my own money...
1160
01:05:07,729 --> 01:05:10,036
money that I need
for Destani's college,
1161
01:05:10,167 --> 01:05:12,996
and for Diamond's medicine.
1162
01:05:13,126 --> 01:05:15,650
- Diamond, is she okay?
- She's fine.
1163
01:05:15,781 --> 01:05:18,131
It's just her asthma.
1164
01:05:18,262 --> 01:05:20,220
The apple doesn't fall
too far from the tree.
1165
01:05:20,351 --> 01:05:22,657
So, tell me,
1166
01:05:22,788 --> 01:05:24,094
what do you need?
1167
01:05:24,224 --> 01:05:26,618
I told you, advice!
1168
01:05:28,620 --> 01:05:29,882
What should I do?
1169
01:05:31,318 --> 01:05:33,407
I could never
tell you what to do.
1170
01:05:40,762 --> 01:05:42,286
I have cancer.
1171
01:05:45,419 --> 01:05:47,117
And?
1172
01:05:50,511 --> 01:05:51,817
Excuse me?
1173
01:05:51,948 --> 01:05:54,167
What do you want me to say?
1174
01:05:54,298 --> 01:05:55,473
I'm sorry?
1175
01:05:56,474 --> 01:05:57,866
Well, yes.
1176
01:05:57,997 --> 01:05:59,433
You know I'm sorry.
1177
01:06:00,957 --> 01:06:02,654
My heart breaks for you,
Ni'Cola,
1178
01:06:04,264 --> 01:06:06,484
but you don't need my sympathy.
1179
01:06:07,615 --> 01:06:09,400
What you need is a reminder.
1180
01:06:13,230 --> 01:06:14,840
A reminder?
1181
01:06:25,285 --> 01:06:27,374
A reminder...
1182
01:06:27,505 --> 01:06:30,638
that even though you're tired,
1183
01:06:30,769 --> 01:06:33,511
you're beyond exhausted,
1184
01:06:33,641 --> 01:06:36,340
that you are a fighter, Ni'Cola.
1185
01:06:37,950 --> 01:06:40,822
You've overcome worse,
1186
01:06:40,953 --> 01:06:43,347
and this too shall pass.
1187
01:06:46,567 --> 01:06:49,527
It's so ha...
It's just so hard!
1188
01:06:51,746 --> 01:06:53,705
I know it's hard.
1189
01:06:56,099 --> 01:07:00,364
Cancer is no walk
in the park for anyone,
1190
01:07:00,494 --> 01:07:02,714
but you are made of tough stuff.
1191
01:07:04,455 --> 01:07:06,718
And you have so much
to fight for.
1192
01:07:08,676 --> 01:07:11,331
You've built a beautiful life
1193
01:07:11,462 --> 01:07:14,204
although these cards
have been stacked against you.
1194
01:07:15,727 --> 01:07:18,034
Look at everything
you've had to overcome.
1195
01:07:19,905 --> 01:07:22,560
Going to school
as a teenage mother.
1196
01:07:24,518 --> 01:07:26,216
Writing your first novel.
1197
01:07:28,348 --> 01:07:31,047
Becoming a publishing success.
1198
01:07:33,266 --> 01:07:35,051
You're resilient.
1199
01:07:37,401 --> 01:07:39,925
You defy the odds.
1200
01:07:44,495 --> 01:07:46,062
I don't know about that.
1201
01:07:51,154 --> 01:07:52,590
Well, I do.
1202
01:08:02,513 --> 01:08:04,080
There's your advice.
1203
01:08:23,185 --> 01:08:24,056
Hey!
1204
01:08:24,187 --> 01:08:25,405
Is it true?
1205
01:08:25,536 --> 01:08:26,754
Sweetheart...
1206
01:08:26,885 --> 01:08:29,670
I said, is it true?
1207
01:08:29,800 --> 01:08:32,064
I guess you've been
talking to your sister.
1208
01:08:32,194 --> 01:08:33,978
How could you not
tell me, Mama?
1209
01:08:35,546 --> 01:08:36,676
Destani...
1210
01:08:36,808 --> 01:08:38,940
you know, I just
found out myself.
1211
01:08:39,071 --> 01:08:40,333
This is the kind of news
1212
01:08:40,464 --> 01:08:42,770
where you call me
from the doctor's office.
1213
01:08:42,901 --> 01:08:45,643
For what? To worry you?
1214
01:08:46,992 --> 01:08:48,298
I'm coming home.
1215
01:08:48,428 --> 01:08:50,908
Destani, you stay at school.
1216
01:08:51,039 --> 01:08:52,606
You're always helping
everyone else!
1217
01:08:52,737 --> 01:08:54,304
Why can't you let us help you?
1218
01:08:56,871 --> 01:08:58,830
Listen, baby...
1219
01:09:00,353 --> 01:09:02,138
I'm not even home.
1220
01:09:02,268 --> 01:09:04,487
What? Where are you?
1221
01:09:04,618 --> 01:09:07,665
I'm in Reno.
I was just visiting a...
1222
01:09:09,145 --> 01:09:10,407
an old friend.
1223
01:09:12,235 --> 01:09:16,021
Should you be t-traveling
in your... condition?
1224
01:09:16,152 --> 01:09:18,675
Well, I'm not an invalid!
1225
01:09:19,503 --> 01:09:21,374
Look...
1226
01:09:21,505 --> 01:09:23,289
at the end of the semester,
1227
01:09:23,420 --> 01:09:26,074
I will buy a ticket, okay?
1228
01:09:26,205 --> 01:09:27,946
Then you come home,
and you'll see...
1229
01:09:28,076 --> 01:09:30,035
I'm doing just fine.
1230
01:09:32,515 --> 01:09:33,647
Mama?
1231
01:09:33,778 --> 01:09:35,171
Yeah, baby?
1232
01:09:36,172 --> 01:09:37,303
I love you.
1233
01:09:40,915 --> 01:09:42,874
I love you, too!
1234
01:09:51,273 --> 01:09:53,406
I was always a fighter.
1235
01:09:53,537 --> 01:09:56,800
Ready to face any
challenge head on.
1236
01:09:56,931 --> 01:09:58,933
And I'd always been
a good writer.
1237
01:09:59,064 --> 01:10:01,371
So, when Nene dared me
to actually try
1238
01:10:01,501 --> 01:10:04,591
and write a novel,
I couldn't resist.
1239
01:10:04,722 --> 01:10:07,072
They say write what you know.
1240
01:10:07,202 --> 01:10:09,553
And that's exactly what I did.
1241
01:10:09,683 --> 01:10:12,295
The story was inspired
by all my past
1242
01:10:12,425 --> 01:10:14,471
romantic relationships.
1243
01:10:14,601 --> 01:10:16,647
Like everything else in my life,
1244
01:10:16,777 --> 01:10:18,648
it wasn't easy,
1245
01:10:18,779 --> 01:10:21,217
but I won that bet.
1246
01:10:21,347 --> 01:10:23,871
I guess you could say
that I won it two-fold.
1247
01:10:24,002 --> 01:10:27,179
My book "Over and Over Again"
1248
01:10:27,309 --> 01:10:29,355
became a best-seller.
1249
01:10:32,445 --> 01:10:35,666
I... can't believe it.
1250
01:10:35,796 --> 01:10:37,798
My sister, an author.
1251
01:10:37,929 --> 01:10:39,670
A real author!
1252
01:10:39,800 --> 01:10:41,411
Of course!
1253
01:10:41,541 --> 01:10:43,151
I had to win that bet.
1254
01:10:43,282 --> 01:10:44,606
Well, I knew you needed
a little something
1255
01:10:44,630 --> 01:10:46,198
to inspire you.
1256
01:10:46,329 --> 01:10:48,505
Nothing like a little
sisterly competition.
1257
01:10:48,635 --> 01:10:51,116
Exactly.
1258
01:10:51,246 --> 01:10:52,702
And this is just
the beginning, you know.
1259
01:10:52,726 --> 01:10:54,250
Hmm.
1260
01:10:55,990 --> 01:10:58,341
Come on, Nicki, I know you
better than you know yourself.
1261
01:10:58,471 --> 01:11:01,169
You are not gonna stop
at a single book.
1262
01:11:01,300 --> 01:11:03,520
Well, I do have
some other ideas.
1263
01:11:03,650 --> 01:11:04,956
Mm-hmm!
1264
01:11:05,085 --> 01:11:07,350
And when this one
becomes a success,
1265
01:11:07,480 --> 01:11:10,788
you will have more time
to work on the next one.
1266
01:11:11,484 --> 01:11:13,050
Yeah but...
1267
01:11:13,181 --> 01:11:15,793
I don't only want it
to be my success.
1268
01:11:15,923 --> 01:11:16,968
What do you mean?
1269
01:11:18,361 --> 01:11:20,537
I wanna help other writers.
1270
01:11:20,666 --> 01:11:22,452
Help them how?
1271
01:11:22,582 --> 01:11:24,932
Get them in print.
1272
01:11:25,063 --> 01:11:28,893
I could start a publishing
company for women like me.
1273
01:11:29,023 --> 01:11:30,982
I gotta say, Nicki,
1274
01:11:31,112 --> 01:11:35,246
when you dream,
you certainly dream big.
1275
01:11:35,378 --> 01:11:37,510
Hey!
1276
01:11:37,641 --> 01:11:40,252
And I was dreaming
if I thought my battle
1277
01:11:40,383 --> 01:11:42,646
with cancer could be
fought alone.
1278
01:11:42,776 --> 01:11:45,996
Turns out I needed my family
now more than ever.
1279
01:11:47,737 --> 01:11:49,522
I was thinking...
1280
01:11:50,958 --> 01:11:54,048
that we could have
jambalaya for dinner tonight.
1281
01:11:54,179 --> 01:11:55,619
But maybe something
a little lighter?
1282
01:12:00,141 --> 01:12:02,579
Nicki...
I don't... I don't think
1283
01:12:02,709 --> 01:12:04,842
I can keep anything down.
1284
01:12:05,712 --> 01:12:07,148
Hmm.
1285
01:12:08,672 --> 01:12:10,326
Here.
1286
01:12:18,508 --> 01:12:19,987
Better?
1287
01:12:23,425 --> 01:12:25,514
I don't know how long
I can do this for.
1288
01:12:29,040 --> 01:12:31,521
I know I just feel
weaker and weaker.
1289
01:12:34,088 --> 01:12:36,047
You are gonna be okay.
1290
01:12:38,876 --> 01:12:40,834
I promise.
1291
01:12:43,228 --> 01:12:44,534
I love you.
1292
01:12:45,883 --> 01:12:47,493
I love you.
1293
01:14:49,789 --> 01:14:51,008
The tests are back.
1294
01:14:52,096 --> 01:14:54,794
They're looking good. Very good.
1295
01:14:57,188 --> 01:14:59,016
You serious?
1296
01:14:59,146 --> 01:15:00,365
I'm serious.
1297
01:15:02,323 --> 01:15:04,064
What does this mean?
1298
01:15:04,195 --> 01:15:06,153
Well, we'll continue
to monitor you, of course,
1299
01:15:06,284 --> 01:15:07,677
with annual tests,
1300
01:15:09,112 --> 01:15:11,985
but I see no reason
to anticipate a setback.
1301
01:15:14,379 --> 01:15:16,512
Ni'Cola...
Yeah?
1302
01:15:17,425 --> 01:15:18,818
You beat this.
1303
01:15:50,241 --> 01:15:52,286
You're looking a lot better.
1304
01:15:52,416 --> 01:15:53,809
I'm feeling a lot better.
1305
01:16:00,120 --> 01:16:02,688
I still can't believe
we did all this.
1306
01:16:02,818 --> 01:16:04,298
You did this all this!
1307
01:16:04,429 --> 01:16:05,952
- Mm-mm.
- Mm-hmm.
1308
01:16:06,083 --> 01:16:08,999
No. I would not
have been able to do this
1309
01:16:09,129 --> 01:16:13,133
without you, Diamond,
and the whole team.
1310
01:16:15,353 --> 01:16:17,529
We've come a long way.
1311
01:16:17,660 --> 01:16:19,705
If those teachers...
1312
01:16:19,835 --> 01:16:23,361
if those kids from Las Vegas
could see you now?
1313
01:16:23,491 --> 01:16:25,102
They wouldn't believe it.
1314
01:16:25,232 --> 01:16:27,626
No, they wouldn't.
1315
01:16:31,978 --> 01:16:34,415
Nicki, I always knew
that you'd be fine.
1316
01:16:34,546 --> 01:16:36,112
I knew it in my heart.
1317
01:16:36,243 --> 01:16:37,593
Mm-hmm.
1318
01:16:39,072 --> 01:16:41,248
The things that you are doing
for these girls...
1319
01:16:42,859 --> 01:16:45,165
if we had something like
this when we were kids.
1320
01:16:45,296 --> 01:16:46,602
Mm.
1321
01:16:48,255 --> 01:16:50,475
I am so proud of you.
1322
01:16:54,871 --> 01:16:56,481
I love you.
1323
01:16:57,700 --> 01:16:59,223
I love you.
1324
01:17:28,077 --> 01:17:29,340
Mama?
1325
01:17:31,734 --> 01:17:33,300
Mama!
1326
01:17:34,300 --> 01:17:35,607
Yes?
1327
01:17:37,478 --> 01:17:38,827
What are you hollering about?
1328
01:17:38,958 --> 01:17:40,786
I was about to take a shower.
1329
01:17:40,916 --> 01:17:42,179
L'Oréal Paris just named you
1330
01:17:42,309 --> 01:17:44,007
one of this year's
Women of Worth!
1331
01:17:53,886 --> 01:17:56,672
I'll be honest,
it was nice to win,
1332
01:17:56,802 --> 01:17:59,978
but it wasn't the award itself
that meant so much to me.
1333
01:18:00,110 --> 01:18:02,373
People were finally
beginning to understand
1334
01:18:02,503 --> 01:18:05,332
and appreciate
what we were doing.
1335
01:18:05,463 --> 01:18:07,160
And coming up, we had a chance
1336
01:18:07,291 --> 01:18:10,120
to show the world
what we were really about.
1337
01:18:19,303 --> 01:18:21,174
Since I was still recovering,
1338
01:18:21,305 --> 01:18:24,221
the doctors wanted me to rest.
1339
01:18:24,351 --> 01:18:27,050
I didn't want anyone to know
how sore and exhausted I was
1340
01:18:27,180 --> 01:18:28,791
after the cancer treatment,
1341
01:18:28,921 --> 01:18:30,662
because I needed to be
at the gala.
1342
01:18:30,793 --> 01:18:33,577
So, I forced myself to attend.
1343
01:18:53,380 --> 01:18:55,252
How you feeling, Mama?
1344
01:18:55,382 --> 01:18:56,732
Fine.
1345
01:18:56,862 --> 01:18:59,038
You know, I think...
1346
01:18:59,169 --> 01:19:02,781
that this is our most
successful event yet.
1347
01:19:05,349 --> 01:19:06,742
Is the STEM speaker here?
1348
01:19:06,871 --> 01:19:08,395
Yep, she's getting set up now.
1349
01:19:10,005 --> 01:19:12,573
- What about the dance crew?
- They're on the way.
1350
01:19:12,704 --> 01:19:14,463
They're just ahead of schedule,
so we're gonna have them
1351
01:19:14,487 --> 01:19:17,013
chill out in one of the rooms
for a while.
1352
01:19:17,143 --> 01:19:20,668
Okay. And uh...
1353
01:19:20,799 --> 01:19:23,019
you know, there was supposed
to be a snow cone maker.
1354
01:19:23,148 --> 01:19:26,022
Yeah, it blew a fuse.
But it's being replaced.
1355
01:19:26,152 --> 01:19:28,415
It's gonna be up and running
soon. Do not worry.
1356
01:19:30,548 --> 01:19:32,115
Okay, how are the girls?
1357
01:19:32,245 --> 01:19:33,464
Are you kidding me?
1358
01:19:34,726 --> 01:19:36,641
Mom, they're loving
every minute of it.
1359
01:19:39,905 --> 01:19:42,603
- I'm just gonna check...
- No! No, Mama! Just relax.
1360
01:20:06,192 --> 01:20:07,192
Shana!
1361
01:20:07,933 --> 01:20:09,978
Miss Ni'Cola.
1362
01:20:10,109 --> 01:20:12,068
I didn't think
you'd remember me.
1363
01:20:12,198 --> 01:20:15,114
Of course, I remember you,
baby, how are you?
1364
01:20:15,245 --> 01:20:17,246
I'm good. I'm real good.
1365
01:20:17,377 --> 01:20:20,511
Come here! Oh!
1366
01:20:22,077 --> 01:20:24,471
You look good!
1367
01:20:24,602 --> 01:20:25,995
How are things at home?
1368
01:20:26,909 --> 01:20:27,996
I moved out.
1369
01:20:33,175 --> 01:20:35,656
Well, I am so happy
you're here.
1370
01:20:35,787 --> 01:20:37,721
Well, I saw on your website
that you'd be in town.
1371
01:20:37,745 --> 01:20:39,182
And it's really not that far.
1372
01:20:41,010 --> 01:20:42,968
I didn't know how to thank you.
1373
01:20:43,099 --> 01:20:45,144
So, I figured,
what better way than in person?
1374
01:20:45,275 --> 01:20:46,362
Thank me?
1375
01:20:47,755 --> 01:20:49,844
For a ride home?
1376
01:20:50,846 --> 01:20:52,543
For everything I am today.
1377
01:20:53,587 --> 01:20:55,546
I'm going to college.
1378
01:20:55,675 --> 01:20:57,416
The first in my family to do so.
1379
01:20:57,548 --> 01:20:59,724
Hell, the first on my block
1380
01:20:59,855 --> 01:21:00,943
to do so.
1381
01:21:02,727 --> 01:21:04,860
And if it wasn't for
the event in Charleston,
1382
01:21:04,990 --> 01:21:07,471
I never would've had
the courage.
1383
01:21:07,601 --> 01:21:09,125
I would've never even
had the desire.
1384
01:21:11,954 --> 01:21:14,173
I am so proud of you.
1385
01:21:22,834 --> 01:21:25,750
Uh... hello. Hello, everyone.
1386
01:21:25,880 --> 01:21:28,709
If Ni'Cola Mitchell
is out there?
1387
01:21:28,840 --> 01:21:30,581
Uh, Ni'Cola Mitchell?
1388
01:21:30,710 --> 01:21:32,888
I will be right back. Okay?
1389
01:21:33,018 --> 01:21:34,280
Ni'Cola Mitchell?
1390
01:21:34,411 --> 01:21:36,195
Have fun. Talk to the girls.
1391
01:21:43,072 --> 01:21:44,769
There she is.
1392
01:21:49,208 --> 01:21:51,514
I would like to introduce
a woman
1393
01:21:51,645 --> 01:21:54,039
I have known a long time.
1394
01:21:54,170 --> 01:21:57,782
In fact, my entire life.
1395
01:21:59,001 --> 01:22:01,438
The woman responsible
for all of this,
1396
01:22:01,568 --> 01:22:04,136
and who I am proud to call Mama.
1397
01:22:05,442 --> 01:22:07,879
I know she has a few words
she would love to say to you.
1398
01:22:08,010 --> 01:22:09,576
Ni'Cola Mitchell.
1399
01:22:18,889 --> 01:22:20,457
Thank you, Diamond.
1400
01:22:21,719 --> 01:22:23,939
And thank you, everyone.
1401
01:22:25,636 --> 01:22:28,246
And to our partners,
1402
01:22:28,378 --> 01:22:31,337
and our sponsors,
1403
01:22:31,468 --> 01:22:35,559
we appreciate you more
than you could ever imagine.
1404
01:22:44,394 --> 01:22:46,222
When I came up
1405
01:22:46,352 --> 01:22:49,834
with the concept
for Girls Who Brunch...
1406
01:22:52,141 --> 01:22:55,187
I never dreamed
it could be this big.
1407
01:22:55,318 --> 01:22:57,929
To date,
1408
01:22:58,059 --> 01:23:01,019
we've traveled
to dozens of cities,
1409
01:23:01,150 --> 01:23:04,109
and reached thousands of girls.
1410
01:23:11,987 --> 01:23:14,511
But no matter how big we become,
1411
01:23:17,688 --> 01:23:20,907
what's most important to me
is that
1412
01:23:21,039 --> 01:23:26,436
we have never strayed
from our core mission
1413
01:23:26,566 --> 01:23:29,091
to show girls
1414
01:23:29,221 --> 01:23:31,832
all across the world...
1415
01:23:33,486 --> 01:23:36,184
that no matter who you are...
1416
01:23:37,664 --> 01:23:40,710
No matter where you come from...
1417
01:23:43,757 --> 01:23:45,150
you matter.
1418
01:23:47,196 --> 01:23:49,198
You matter!
1419
01:23:51,068 --> 01:23:52,809
And if you believe
in yourself...
1420
01:23:55,334 --> 01:23:58,555
there is nothing...
1421
01:23:58,684 --> 01:24:03,299
nothing that you
can't accomplish!
1422
01:24:06,693 --> 01:24:08,043
Woo!
1423
01:24:23,536 --> 01:24:25,277
Excuse me, Ni'Cola?
1424
01:24:25,407 --> 01:24:26,844
Yes?
1425
01:24:26,974 --> 01:24:29,064
I am Jacqueline Nelson.
1426
01:24:29,193 --> 01:24:31,109
I'm the Senior Vice-President
of The Home Store.
1427
01:24:31,240 --> 01:24:33,416
I handle all the sponsorships.
1428
01:24:33,546 --> 01:24:35,460
- Oh.
- Mm-hmm.
1429
01:24:35,592 --> 01:24:37,376
I can't tell you
how impressed I am
1430
01:24:37,507 --> 01:24:39,900
with all of this.
It's incredible!
1431
01:24:40,031 --> 01:24:41,467
- Thank you.
- Mm-hmm.
1432
01:24:41,598 --> 01:24:43,687
Um... I don't mean
to cut you off,
1433
01:24:43,817 --> 01:24:46,516
but um, I actually reached out
to The Home Store
1434
01:24:46,646 --> 01:24:48,842
when I was first getting
Girls Who Brunch off the ground.
1435
01:24:48,866 --> 01:24:51,651
- Oh, I had no idea!
- Yeah.
1436
01:24:51,782 --> 01:24:54,567
I was actually looking
for sponsorship dollars,
1437
01:24:54,698 --> 01:24:57,788
but The Home Store told me
they would not be interested.
1438
01:24:58,441 --> 01:24:59,790
Hmm.
1439
01:25:00,921 --> 01:25:02,619
I don't know who you spoke to,
1440
01:25:02,749 --> 01:25:04,316
but I can tell you this,
1441
01:25:04,447 --> 01:25:06,362
The Home Store
is very interested
1442
01:25:06,492 --> 01:25:08,625
in working with you
and your organization.
1443
01:25:10,105 --> 01:25:11,802
Well, what do you
have in mind?
1444
01:25:13,499 --> 01:25:16,502
For starters, we'd like
for you to accept this donation.
1445
01:25:16,633 --> 01:25:19,114
And when it's convenient
for you,
1446
01:25:19,244 --> 01:25:21,377
perhaps we can, you know,
brainstorm for creative ways
1447
01:25:21,507 --> 01:25:22,856
to collaborate.
1448
01:25:22,987 --> 01:25:24,641
Okay. Thank you.
1449
01:25:24,771 --> 01:25:26,121
Mm-hmm.
1450
01:25:27,600 --> 01:25:29,994
Is this for real?
1451
01:25:30,125 --> 01:25:33,084
Like I said, we're very
interested in working with you.
1452
01:25:46,141 --> 01:25:48,273
I guess they did
wanna work with me,
1453
01:25:48,404 --> 01:25:51,798
because the check was for more
than I could've imagined.
1454
01:25:51,929 --> 01:25:53,626
And it went to good use.
1455
01:25:53,757 --> 01:25:56,934
Girls Who Brunch is now
bigger than ever.
1456
01:25:57,064 --> 01:25:59,371
We have more recognition,
1457
01:25:59,502 --> 01:26:02,983
more partnerships,
and more money.
1458
01:26:03,114 --> 01:26:06,943
And yet, people ask me
why I still do it.
1459
01:26:07,074 --> 01:26:09,425
So, I tell them...
1460
01:26:09,555 --> 01:26:12,123
I tell them
what I've always believed,
1461
01:26:12,254 --> 01:26:15,300
if you can save one girl,
1462
01:26:15,431 --> 01:26:17,520
you've saved the world.
1463
01:26:36,843 --> 01:26:39,541
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