Chaka Khan is surrounded by 33 graduates of her Chaka Khan Foundation, a partnership with Verizon Wireless Hope Line program and Essence, at the commencement ceremony during the Essence Music Fest. Seated (from left) are Constance White, Essence magazine editor-in-chief; Khan; Dr. Denese Shervington, founder of the Institute of Women & Ethnic Studies; and Essence Communications President Michelle Ebanks. Khan adopted the New Orleans women into her program a year ago; many are victims of domestic violence and left with various life issues after Hurricane Katrina.
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