Right, I noticed that Gabrielle Union did the forward, how did that come about?
Hill Harper: Gabrielle is one of my best friends and we’ve known each other for years and I wanted her to write the forward because she has a very powerful story to tell about her own life. A lot of women don’t know that she has experienced extremely violent sexual crime against her when she was younger and when they see somebody like her who’s a beautiful accomplished actress they don’t realize she’s going though many hardships herself to get there so, when they run into the roadblock of hardships they’re like, “How come this is just happening to me?” I want them to realize that they still can flower into this amazing woman but still go through hardships. Q: Through your research what were maybe the top three things that young women are dealing with? Hill Harper: I believe the number issue facing our young people, especially our young women and our young men is self-esteem. We’re in a time when many of these young women are being told that they’re not valuable and they’re not interest
