From Rags To Riches: The Life And Times Of Oprah

She Never Stopped Giving

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Oprah makes sure to use her power for good! She has always been an advocate for children. Her website oprah.com receives more than 20,000 emails a week. She used that platform to launch “Oprah’s Child Predator Watch List” in 2005, which successfully caught two of the featured accused child molesters within 48 hours. Oprah was also influential in helping pass the National Child Protection Act in 1993. She even testified to her own abuse history on Capitol Hill.

Oprah also raised more than $11 million for Hurricane Katrina relief, she donated $12 million to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, and just celebrated the 10th anniversary of the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls in South Africa. As her syndicated show ended, Oprah’s love of activism and charity work began to pave a new path for her future.