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Virginia Woman Receives Cicero Speechwriting Award for Inspiring TEDx Addressing Social Justice and Putting the Nation s Current Divides in the Spotlight
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NORFOLK, Va., April 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Norfolk native, Shereese Floyd-Thompson, founder and chief storytelling officer for the Witness My Life Movement, has won a 2021 Cicero Speechwriting Award from Vital Speeches of the Day.
Floyd-Thompson s speech The Secret to Healing the World won in the 2021 TED/TEDx category. This talk was originally performed on November 7, 2020 at TEDxOcala and ended in a rousing standing ovation. It launched on YouTube a month later and since surged to 45,000+ views during the George Floyd murder trial.