Woman to woman
Co-founders of women’s health clinic, “Village of Healing” in Cleveland, OH, Da’na M. Langford and Tenisha Gaines speak candidly about their friendship, their experiences, and what they’ve learned from each other.
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I'm very outspoken. I think that Tenisha softens me.
I've gotten to a place, especially in business, that I've realized that every conversation can't be a lion
coming out the corner to roar. I do enjoy having a partner in that in those meetings
and in those conversations, and even if she's not there, I'm stopping and saying, let me listen.
I'm going to run this by Tenisha to see if she's as offended as I am, and then I'll respond later. And so I think that's the biggest thing
and how we learn from each other. I think she gives me strength. Not that I am weak, but she gives me
that strength of being able to speak up and speak out, and just being able to express myself and explain
what's going on or how I feel. We're both not perfect. We have our challenges. We argue like sisters.
Then I force her to hug me, even though she don't want to. But that's what we do, right?
I want to say this for your listeners, because there is going to be a Black girl out there that is told she's too aggressive.
And I am that Black girl that's been told that probably a majority of my life. But don't ever feel like you're too aggressive,
you're too loud. Don't ever feel like you have to tone yourself down, you have to dim yourself.
You don't ever have to dim yourself. And especially if you know what's right, if you are passionate about it and you're advocating,
you're going to be told those things, especially if you're doing it for Black people. So to that little Black girl or that Black woman right
now, you are passionate. You remain passionate, and do understand you're needed just as much as the quiet Black girl who
doesn't speak out as much, or who might send the email instead of choosing to sit in the meeting.
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