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 The exhibit Voices of Resilience is just one of many ways Janine Fondon has helped educate others and inspire them to find their own voices.
Female Business Owners with the Return of #WeStandforHer Campaign”; and
• “Canada’s Black Loyalists Honored on Royal Canadian Mint’s New Silver Coin Celebrating Black History.”
“We go to thousands of people in a variety of formats, from our direct e-mails, the website, and collaborations that we have with others across the country,” she explained. “We’re just here engaging and sharing information.
“And we have one of the most loyal readership bases I can imagine — people have been with us for 20 years and continue to read with interest,” she went on. “People are engaged in our news, and it continues to grow every day. And I’m really proud that we have a really young base
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that’s coming in and engaging. That, to me, is the hallmark — sharing information, having people engage, learning, and using that information.”
This past year was certainly an important one for UnityFirst, she said, given all the racial turmoil in the country and new dialogue about equity and
“And we have one of the most loyal readership bases I can imagine — people have been with us for 20 years and continue to read with interest. People are engaged in
our news, and it continues to grow every day.”
inclusion.
“I started to do some writing and speaking
beyond our own circle,” she told BusinessWest. “And that engaged a lot of people as well. And I want to do more of that because engaging with others and beginning new dialogues ... that brings about change.”
While she continues to byline new stories each week and teach at Baypath, she continues to
look for new and different ways to use her voice, inspire others to use theirs, and further inspire an entire region by recalling some voices of the past.
Such is the case with On the Move, which will again be staged on March 8, this time
Fondon
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   HATS OFF
to Janine Fondon!
  Her exhibition
VOICES OF
RESILIENCE
on view through March 14
  ART • HISTORY • SCIENCE • SEUSS IN SP SpringfieldMuseums.org •
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