SJL FOR WOMEN

Watts families, organizations, and volunteers continuously benefit from all of the time, effort, sacrifice and love that Sista puts into her community on a daily basis. Leading by example, Sista emphasizes the importance of expanding beyond the individual, into service for the entire family. “A lot of people come into these communities and get attached to the kids, but what they don’t realize is in order to help the kids you need to connect with the whole family.”

Sista earned the respect of the community, officers, politicians, and many athletes and entertainers; because anyone who meets her knows she will give everything to help improve the circumstances of those around her. The Social Justice League is committed to continuing to find ways of amplifying, supporting, investing, and capturing the incredible work that Sista continues to do.

There is no question that Sista has a gift for uplifting others, but it’s her unconditional love, unrelenting commitment, and unselfish action that make her the amazing woman so many across Los Angeles know and love. On behalf of the entire SJL team, we love you Sista!

Identifying an unmet need in the community, she strategically founded “No More Secrets” Mind Body and Spirit Inc. over 6 years ago, a non-profit Philadelphia-based organization that focuses on a realistic approach to sexual health; realizing that we must address all parts of oneself to achieve total transformation. Together with her daughter, Nya McGlone, 275 three-month supplies of menstrual products are hand delivered directly to homes each week throughout Philadelphia neighborhoods.

In February of 2021, Lynette Medley established the country’s first brick-and-mortar menstrual health hub called The SPOT Period located in Philly’s Germantown neighborhood. The 2,500 square-foot space offers feminine care kits, clean water, operable toilets, access to computers with internet, counseling, educational panels, and a safe space called the Breonna Taylor Safe Room. It also offers a room for children to play and learn from Nya who utilizes her academic STEM background to provide knowledge to youth. 

At the SPOT, Lynette has several prepared bags containing 2-3 months’ worth of feminine care supplies that she welcomes people to take. She notes that visitor will often timidly pick up one box of tampons out of the bag before Lynette or Nya reinforce that the entire bag is for them to take home. The communities served are not typically used to this generosity. No More Secrets wants to change the way individuals perceive what they deserve and normalize picking up a free three months supply of products to meet their feminine care needs. Menstrual health needs should not be seen as a luxury, they are medical necessities and should be a human right.

Lynette saw an unmet need and established a whole new way of addressing it – driven by passion and funded through crowdsourcing. She has received incredible levels of support from the community, including partnerships with universities, political figures, and other grassroots organizations. She is a beacon of inspiration and an example of how real change-work can be done in the community. Currently, No More Secrets is working on find a corporate partner and funding for a van to improve the efficiency of their 275 weekly deliveries.

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Ms. Lakethia’s position allows her to provide inspiring young Black and Latin-X teens the resources to allow them to work to make their business dreams a reality. She has nothing but praise to give to the teens of her organization; young entrepreneurs who even through the pandemic have the resilience and remarkable work ethic to make their vision a reality.

Ms. Lakethia is a woman who has an unbelievable commitment to the improvement of every community, and it is truly a lifelong passion of her’s. Her vision for the future is to close the gap in opportunities that exist for minorities and women. She seeks to provide just as many internship, education, and career opportunities for the incredible teens she works with as their white counterparts. It’s about what the individual brings to the table, not their race, gender, or anything else other than their skill and intelligence.

It is an absolute honor to spotlight such a motivational, dedicated, and life-changing individual as Ms. Lakethia Glenn.

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Jess seeks to enhance youth development and education in impoverished communities, not only in traditional learning, but in any way to expand upon one’s knowledge.

Jess intends for her organization to help secure financing to help teens afford college. Also, her organization will seek to provide kids with education on financial literacy, a pivotal quality to have that is often missed within impoverished communities.

At Universal Music Group, Jess continues to find ways to close the gap between the corporate and community. Social Justice League is proud to highlight Jess’ wonderful mind and heart. Our SJL team is immensely grateful the advocacy and support Jess has already shown for our shared vision and we’re excited to continue making an impact together.

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