b"Publishers LetterCelebrating a New ChapterIts hard to believe that its been 25 years since we started IMARA Woman Magazine. Its been an incredible journey. When we think about all the events, places and new friends weve made along the way, the journey has even more meaning. We started the magazine on just a wing and a prayer. Neither of us had degrees in journalism, but our business degrees helped prepare us for the challenges of starting the new venture. Fortunately for us, the talent and skills that we needed were just a phone call away.We recruited six dynamic women to serve on the publications advisory board. Each of them with the precise expertise we needed. Wendy & Paul BrawleyWords cannot express our appreciation for the Advisory BoardsOwners, IMARA Woman Magazinewillingness to give of their time, talent and encouragement to the concept of a new publication designed to share the good news happening in our communities.Thank you, Lynette Allston, IMARAs Advisory Board Chairperson, and board members Martha Scott Smith, Perdita Spriggs, Elizabeth Nkuo, Marva Smalls and Jacqueline Rhinehart for making sure that the dream of IMARA Woman Magazine became a reality. The word imara is Swahili and it means strong or powerful, and these 6 women exemplify imara in every way. We also thank the IMARA team, some of whom have been with us since we started the publication 25 years ago.Our photographer, Rose Fuller, is the absolute best! When IMARA hit the road heading across South Carolina with the publications Health Empowerment Tour, Rose was always the first to arrive, capturing every moment in the beautiful photography you see in each edition of the publication. Thank you to our son, Paul Brawley Jr. (PJ), our Marketing Manager, who dedicated much of his adult life to working to make the magazine and IMARAs television show a success. Even though we sometimes butt heads, he is always right there when we need him. Many of the segments on our TV show were produced by PJ. Words cannot express our appreciation for IMARA's excellent team of writers. Phyllis Allen, a top state nutritionist, wrote every healthy recipe in IMARA and she also spearheaded the IMARA Kitchen segment on the TV show.Thank you to our amazing TV show co-hosts, Marcia Brevard Wynn, Dona Ayers, Jessica Martinez, Kelly Seabrook and Angela Carr Patterson. These ladies made our work on the IMARA set not seem like work at all. The fun we had doing the TV show gave us the energy and enthusiasm needed to push through the tough times. We are incredibly grateful to them for volunteering their time and talent. And to our sponsors and collaborating partners, we appreciate your continued resources that allowed us to keep operating during the recession of 2008, the thousand-year flood of 2015, the pandemic of 2020 and the fire that destroyed our building in 2021.Thank you for not giving up and continuing to work together with the publication to reach our shared goals.IMARA 5"