“I always felt that I wanted to help women, period. As a child I [saw] women really, really suffer terrible, terrible situations, and I vowed as a child to want to do something — anything — that can help them have better self-esteem so that they don’t have to be subjected to men that wanted to kill them.”

- Mary J. Blige

Mary fulfills this vow through her development of and participation in the Mary J. Blige and Steve Stoute Foundation For the Advancement of Women Now, Inc.  FFAWN is dedicated to helping all women gain the confidence and skills they need to reach their full individual potential.