Camp Dori

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Before she became the first woman ever inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame for hip-hop, she was a little girl in a rat-infested shack in Portsmouth, Virginia, writing letters to Michael and Janet Jackson begging them to come save her. Her father beat her mother almost daily. At eight years old, an older cousin r**** her for nearly a year before a relative found out. School wasn’t safe either. Home wasn’t safe. So she built a world that was. She locked herself in her bedroom, lined up her dolls, picked up a broomstick, and performed sold-out arenas in her head. She told her mother, again and again, that she was going to be a star. Nobody believed her. Why would they? Then at fourteen, her mother finally left. And Melissa Arnette Elliott started becoming Missy. She formed a group in high school called Sista, got signed by DeVante Swing of Jodeci, watched the deal collapse, and kept writing. She handed Aaliyah hits. She handed Timbaland a sound nobody had ever heard before. By 1997, Supa D**a Fly arrived and the world realised the rules had just been rewritten. Garbage bag suits. Backwards beats. Hooks that landed sideways. A Black woman from a shack in Virginia was now dictating what the future of music sounded like. On November 3rd, 2023, Queen Latifah introduced her at the Barclays Center as the first female rapper ever inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Missy closed the show. Gold suit. Bucket hat. The same little girl who used to perform for her dolls, now performing for music’s legends. They say talent is born. But what if survival is the real ingredient? Comment WONDERS to learn how to tell stories like this. #Missyelliott #Hiphop #music #BlackHistory #wondervision

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“Fight for the things you care about, but do it in a way that inspires others to join you.” In honor of #JewishHeritageMonth, we pay tribute to Ruth Bader Ginsburg, trailblazer, icon, and tireless advocate for women’s rights. As only the second woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court, RBG reshaped history by helping make gender discrimination unconstitutional, securing equal benefits for military spouses, protecting voting rights, and fighting so that women could have some of the same basic rights as men.

This is a free family event. We hope you can attend and please feel free to bring a few friends.


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