Shade’ Yvonne Jones, NPU-L Chair and Founder & CEO of Green is LYF, delivered the devotion before a packed audience at Westside Future Fund’s June 17th Transform Westside Summit. With the Bible’s book of Nehemiah and the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. as inspiration, Jones spoke to the importance self-love in the collective effort to empower Atlanta’s Historic Westside.

Here is an opportunity for me to celebrate like never before my own power, my own ability to get myself to do whatever is necessary.”

Catch the full devotion below.