Singer Raheem DeVaughn hosts Women’s Empowerment Luncheon in Birmingham 

By Je’Don Holloway-Talley | For The Birmingham Times Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter Raheem DeVaughn was in Birmingham last week to not only perform at the Alabama Theatre but also to give back. One day after performing on Wednesday, DeVaughn’s LoveLife Foundation presented the Let’s Talk Women’s Empowerment Luncheon. which assembled elected officials, artists, advocates, community leaders, and civic activists for a discussion on the health and mental well-being of Black women. The exclusive conversation was held at the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute in the Odessa Woolfolk Gallery. “… I’m one of those artists who believe that you don’t come to a city [and do a show] and just run off, the best thing you can do is some community work, and it allows me to party with a purpose,” said DeVaughn, during a press conference before the luncheon. “… there is a plethora of things going on in the Black community [and] not all of it is negative, there are positives as well,” ,” he continued. “The Black woman has always been the backbone of the family, and when I think about my mother or grandmother, initiatives like this and these roundtable discussions are extremely important to me.” DeVaughn said his ongoing...