31. The Woman in the Arena

FIERCE Mothers

I just finished a wonderful chat with Elvira Berry, who is the first of her kind on this show.

She is no stranger to adversity and hardship and her story is outstanding.

Elvira was born and grew up in Enugu in Eastern Nigeria. Elvira and her two sisters Cassandra and Vanessa were raised by a single mother who out of necessity was away for long periods of time.

Elvira and her sisters found themselves alone and practically raised each other for many years.

Elvira moved to the United States at the age of 13, became a single mother at age 20 and put herself through college and law school in spite of raising a son by herself.

Today she wears many hats – she is an attorney, a business owner, a single mother and now, a politician running for State Senate for the 17th district in Pennsylvania.

In today’s episode two things that Elvira said stand out:

The first is from President Roosevelt’s speech The Man in the Arena, where Elvira paraphrases a quote from the speech which says “It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood;

The second is where Elvira defines Power as follows “Power is about knowing what people need and giving it to them”

Contact Elvira

Website - www.elviraberry.com. To support Elvira’s campaign please visit the website, where you can sign up to volunteer, make a donation and follow her progress.

Social Media - @elviranberry. You can follow Elvira on Instagram and on Facebook with the handle @elviranberry

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