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Special Keynote
The Ultimate Penultimate Step
​BECAUSE SHE SURVIVED, CHUCK LIVES​
The Penultimate Step isn’t just about personal setbacks—it’s about the ones our ancestors endured. Chuck’s great-great-great-grandmother, forced into enslavement and made to bear 13 children by a plantation manager, took a devastating dip that became his rise. This story isn’t limited to Black History Month; it serves as a testament to resilience, legacy, and hope.​​​
"We don’t get to choose the soil we came from, but we do choose what grows from it."
- Chuck Allen -
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