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Bryant, West hold on to win NBA All-Star game
Western Conference's Blake Griffin (32), of the Los Angeles Clippers, dunks the ball during the first half of the NBA All-Star basketball game, Sunday, Feb. 26, 2012, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
Western Conference's Blake Griffin (32), of the Los Angeles Clippers, dunks the ball during the first half of the NBA All-Star basketball game, Sunday, Feb. 26, 2012, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
Western Conference's Kevin Love (42), of the Minnesota Timberwolves, dunks on Eastern Conference's Dwight Howard (12), of the Orlando Magic, during the first half of the NBA All-Star basketball game, Sunday, Feb. 26, 2012, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
Western Conference's Kevin Durant (35), of the Oklahoma City Thunder, dunks over Eastern Conference's Dwight Howard (12), of the Orlando Magic, during the first half of the NBA All-Star basketball game, Sunday, Feb. 26, 2012, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) ? The Kevin and Kobe show won it for the West at the NBA All-Star game, holding off LeBron James at the end.
They got an MVP and a scoring record, too.
Bryant scored 27 points, moving past Michael Jordan as the career scoring leader in the game, Kevin Durant had 36 in an MVP performance, and the Western Conference held on for a 152-149 victory over the East on Sunday night.
James and the East cut a 21-point deficit to one in the closing seconds, but weren't able to move in front. James had 36 points and fellow Heat star Dwyane Wade finished with a triple-double.
"With all these great players on the floor, you never know what will happen. Guys making big shots and they cut it down to one. We were up 18 (at halftime)," Durant said.
"It was fun. That's the type of All-Star game you want to see."
Blake Griffin scored 22 points for the West, which rang up 89 points in the first half, setting an All-Star record. But he won the game with his defense, picking off James' pass when the East had a chance to tie in the final seconds.
"I can't turn the ball over like that," James said. "I let my team down, but overall it was a great weekend."
Griffin then hit one free throw with 1.1 seconds left, and Wade was off on a 3-point attempt from the corner. He finished with 24 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists, joining Jordan and James as the only players with All-Star game triple-doubles.
Durant was the MVP, leaving Bryant tied for the All-Star record with his four. But he got a bigger mark in his 13th All-Star game.
He broke Jordan's record of 262 points on a dunk with 4:57 left in the third quarter and now has 271 for his career. He entered with 244 and passed Oscar Robertson (246 points) and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (251) earlier in the game.
It nearly wasn't enough, as the East's comeback had the crowd filled with entertainers and athletes chanting for defense ? never a part of the All-Star game vocabulary ? in the final seconds.
With Bryant covering him, James hit two long 3-pointers in the final period, and the East had a chance when Bryant, with the crowd loudly booing, missed a free throw with 18 seconds left and the West up 151-149.
"Just being a competitor," James said. "They pretty much beat us up all game so we just wanted to make a game of it."
But New Jersey's Deron Williams was short on a 3-pointer, and after the East came up with it, James fired a pass into a crowd that Griffin intercepted.
On a colorful night in Orlando, from pregame performer Nicki Minaj's pink and green hair to the neon sneakers many of the stars wore, Dwight Howard had nine points and 10 rebounds as the game's host.
The NBA's first All-Star game in Orlando in 20 years wasn't close after 2? quarters. But players always say it gets competitive in the final five minutes, and James was again up for the challenge.
He hiked his scoring average to 25.9 points over his eight All-Star games, and someday he'll probably take the record Bryant set Sunday.
But he couldn't quite catch Kobe in the game.
With the 2-year-old Amway Center considered by many the finest arena in the league, the NBA brought its midseason showcase back to Orlando for the first time since the memorable 1992 game, when Magic Johnson was MVP three months after retiring from the league because of the HIV virus.
This one was once in jeopardy of being lost when the lockout lasted into late November. Without a settlement then, All-Star weekend may have been wiped out, as it was in 1999 following a work stoppage.
The party was saved.
James and Howard, wearing bright orange shoes, danced onto the stage for pregame introductions, Howard breaking into an enormous grin when fans gave him a thunderous ovation as the last All-Star introduced. He insists that he and Magic fans still have a love affair despite his trade request, understanding he still loves the city even if not his team, and urged everyone to ignore the trade talk for a weekend and have fun.
"We did it big for our city," he said in brief pregame remarks to the crowd before the game.
Then Andrew Bynum blocked his first shot attempt.
The speedy Russell Westbrook had the East looking like it was standing still late in the first half, and it was 88-69 at the break.
Howard and Derrick Rose ditched their orange sneakers in the second half ? James kept his ? and the East quickly got back into it, trimming 12 points off its deficit in less than 6 minutes. They even started to defend ? Wade whacked Bryant so hard on a drive that the Lakers star needed a break between free throws to wipe blood from his nose before sinking it to tie Jordan.
Williams scored 20 points for the East. Carmelo Anthony had 19, and Rose finished with 14.
Kevin Love, who won the 3-point contest on Saturday, scored 17 points for the West, which has won two in a row. Chris Paul had eight points and 12 assists.
NOTES: With Bryant, Bynum, Griffin and Paul, four West starters were from Los Angeles. Bynum played only 5? minutes after a having a procedure on his knee Friday. ... Johnson came onto the court for a standing ovation following the first quarter after highlights of his 1992 performance were shown. He was part of another 20-year anniversary acknowledgement in the third quarter, joined by Olympic Dream Team teammates Chris Mullin, Clyde Drexler, Scottie Pippen and David Robinson.
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Monday, 27 February 2012
Ferment Del Norte
In 2008, The California Endowment came to Crescent City with its Building Healthy Communities Initiative. ?One of the primary reasons we were chosen was a severe lack of food security and sovereignty, coupled with some of the worst health statistics in the state. ?We were a sick community, and our lack of a healthy food system seemed to only be making things worse. ?With the introduction of The California Endowment's generous grants and support, members of our community were given unprecedented resources to organize and enact some amazing work around food, and I'm continuously grateful to TCE for making it possible.
And with all the work that is possible because of TCE's interest in our community, there have been ancillary benefits to our community that go beyond all the great work that we see and do every day and are not as immediately apparent. ?When the work of BHC was initiated, it was necessary to identify and engage a number of young people to help enact all the work that had been planned and would continuously be carried out over the next ten years. ?All of a sudden there was a surprising number of young adults in our community doing positive work, both from within the community and from outside. ?Some were Americorps VISTAs from all over the country, some were homegrown Del Norters who were empowered to take an active role in the improvement of their community, maybe for the first time ever. ?TCE helped bring people together, and helped steer our collective consciousness and conversation toward healthy food, creativity, and community action.
Before this influx, it may have been difficult for a group of friends to enact an idea about a club focused around fermentation. ?And a club focused around fermentation that doesn't?emphasize drinking alcohol, but instead seeks to emphasize the health benefits of fermentation, culturally, physically, and spiritually?? ?Let's just say that club may never have gotten legs. ?However, as it is, that's exactly what happened. ?Only two months ago, I was eating some fresh-caught local crab with two good friends, Tasha Sparks and Aaron Valley, when the conversation quickly turned toward the homemade mead we were drinking. ?We were intrigued by a story about where the term "honeymoon" came from and how fermented beverages have played a role in cultural histories. ?In our own histories, we all had some connection to fermentation. ?I have been brewing beer since high school in small batches; Tasha worked in an educational kitchen in Berkeley where she learned how to make fermented foods; Aaron started brewing years earlier and became and avid and productive home-brewer in college. ?We all had experience and appreciated the way fermented foods and beverages bring people together, and fermentation is an almost endless source of new knowledge when it comes to learning about the process. ?Why not take advantage of this demographic shift toward impassioned 20-somethings and get people together to expand our collective knowledge and production of fermented goods? ?Next thing we knew, we had the idea to create a club.
After the initial inception of the idea for a club, we spread the word to our friends and people we thought might be interested. ?It started with a Facebook group which quickly swelled to about 15 members who joined just on the strength of the idea, and possible interest in belonging to a group that would be making its own beer. ?But from the get-go, alcohol was not the focus of the group, and in talking to more and more people about the idea, conversations became more about the potential for a group like this to experiment and create foods together, foods that might not be readily available in a place like Del Norte. ?I can't speak for the other founding members, but at those early stages I wondered how far this idea would really go, and whether it would really keep people's interest consistently enough to produce some great food and drink.
I have yet to be anything but impressed by the pure enthusiasm and support the club has gotten. ?We had our first meeting in mid-January, fairly well-attended by about 15 people, and everyone embraced the idea and was eager to propose ideas for projects and sign up to carry those projects out. ?At that first meeting, we created a sort of loose structure around how the club would be organized and continue: ?We would have monthly meetings on the full moon where we would get together in the evening to talk about fermentation, share things we've learned, suggest ideas for projects, talk about methods for fermentation we've used in the past; these would be our "theory" meetings. ?And at our theory meetings would be the time to propose new projects, and between full moon meetings, the club would break up into smaller groups to carry out those projects and create food and drink; those would be the "practice." Each project would have a project leader who would be responsible for organizing interested club members, finding a location, procuring ingredients, and making sure the project was recorded and reported on the group's website. ?Whatever was created would be brought to the next full moon meeting to be shared and consumed with the group, if it was ready.
The club hit the ground running with projects. ?Since that first meeting, we have made 2 homebrewed beers, beet kvass, sourdough, kimchi, ginger champagne, apple cider vinegar, root beer, kefir, and sauerkraut. What's more impressive than the number of goods we've created is the support we've generated. ?It seems like 80% of my non-work conversations are about Ferment Del Norte (and maybe 5% of the time it comes up at work). ?It has generated a fantastic article in The Triplicate, 40 members on the Facebook group, and over 1,000 views on our website (fermentdelnorte.com). ?And it has also generated interest among the people in our community who specifically work in food production and policy. ?The club counts among its members four local organic farmers and two members of our Community Food Council. ?As I mentioned, TCE helped make healthy foods a topic in our county-wide conversation amongst all demographics, and Ferment Del Norte is providing a venue ?for the conversation to continue in a social setting; both are helping instigate positive, creative action.
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Sunday, 26 February 2012
HTC One X hands-on at MWC 2012 (video)
First impressions? In a nutshell, we're blown away. It feels wonderful to hold in our hand, it's got the full suite of specs we like to see, the camera's as quick as HTC claims, and the device flies -- in fact, we'd be amiss not to mention the fact that the vendor's ICS-backed Sense UI is much lighter than any of its predecessors and doesn't bog down the performance at all. And keep in mind that this is in all likelihood still running on pre-production firmware. Impressive, to say the least. Our only beef with the device is the lack of a physical shutter button, especially given the firm's commitment to providing stellar camera performance. We're not ready to crown the One X as the best of the show yet -- we have four days' worth of MWC left, after all -- but it's one device we'll be returning to spend more quality time with on the show floor. If you want to share in the enjoyment, head to the gallery below, or the video after the break.
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WASHINGTON -- A "super" political action committee supporting Republican Mitt Romney for president doubled its average fundraising haul last month, drawing upon repeat donations from wealthy business executives, according to financial reports the campaigns filed Monday with the government.
The group, Restore Our Future, raised $6.6 million in January, and had more than $16 million available at the end of the month. That financial strength allowed it to flood the airwaves in key primary states with millions of dollars in TV ads hammering Romney's opponents for the GOP presidential nomination.
Restore our Future, other groups supporting other candidates and the individual campaigns were required to disclose how much they raised and the identities of their donors in reports filed with the Federal Election Commission by midnight Monday.
The reports offer a periodic behind-the-scenes glimpse into the identities of the wealthy supporters who will help elect the next president, along with details on how the tens of millions of dollars they donated have been spent this election season.
They provided a snapshot of fundraising for President Barack Obama's early campaign and for Republican candidates as they battled during important primary elections in January. During the month, GOP candidates Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum had briefly surged ahead of front-runner Mitt Romney but trailed the former Massachusetts governor in fundraising. Since then, Santorum has climbed remarkably in polls as support eroded just as stunningly for Gingrich following his disappointing showing in Florida.
Restore Our Future has been a boon for Romney, who has benefited greatly from the group's TV ads attacking Gingrich in particular. Such ads were purchased thanks to the financial help of repeat donors, including Marriott International Chairman J.W. Marriott Jr., who has given the super PAC $750,000 to date.
The super PAC also reported new donors, including Hewlett-Packard CEO Meg Whitman. Romney mentored Whitman, recently an unsuccessful candidate for California governor, during the 1980s at Boston-based Bain & Co., the private equity firm Romney headed. Whitman's $100,000 check to Restore Our Future came days after she joined Romney at a celebration of his victory in the New Hampshire primary.
Restore Our Future counted on continued support from at least 30 repeat donors who have given millions of dollars, according to a review of the reports by The Associated Press. It spent nearly $14 million in January.
Other GOP-leaning super PACs reported major contributions.
Endorse Liberty, the group supporting Texas Rep. Ron Paul, reported roughly $2.4 million in donations, including $1.7 from the billionaire founder of PayPal, Peter Thiel of San Francisco. Thiel, who runs a hedge fund, is a libertarian who has supported Republican causes and candidates and also has donated to California's marijuana legalization ballot measure.
Obama's campaign last Friday reported raising a combined $29.1 million in January among the campaign, the Democratic National Committee and other joint fundraising committees. The major super PAC backing Obama, Priorities USA Action, has yet to file its January report.
The reports likely will rekindle criticism of the groups, which were made possible under a 2010 Supreme Court ruling in the Citizens United case. The super PACs must legally remain independent from the candidates they support, but many are staffed with former campaign aides who have intimate knowledge of the campaigns' strategies.
Late Friday, the Supreme Court put on hold a Montana case that bore striking similarities. Two justices said the newest case provides an opportunity for the court to reconsider whether the millions of dollars that millionaires and billionaires have poured into the presidential election should be allowed to continue.
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Small Business Marketing ? 5 Tips For Higher Sales
Most small business marketing is done without understanding it.
Unfortunate, but the truth, nevertheless.
If business owners aren?t active copying each other (not knowing the copiers are themselves being copied by the ones they?re copying), then they?re trying to follow the example of the advertising strategies of the huge corporations, with their deep pockets and limitless budgets.
Regrettably, small businesses going down this route very swiftly find it doesn?t in fact work. Why? Because ?advertising? is just some amorphous black hole into which they pour money without any way of knowing what, if anything, is making them a profit.
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Successful businesses take advantage of direct response advertising? marketing which deliberately goads the target into taking action instead of waving an obscure ?here we are ? come and spend some hard earned cash with us if you feel like it? message at the target market.
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In this way it becomes possible for them to find out exactly where the sales and hence the profits are coming from.
And by a procedure of improvement, they can take so-so adverts and transmute them into formidable marketing machines that pump out vast profits like clockwork, year in, year out.
3. Accountability. Canny business owners know every single advertising activity MUST carry its own weight.
No guessing games. It all comes down to the numbers.
If an advert isn?t turning a profit, it?s cut from the campaign, in a flash.
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Pool Supply Planning ? A Long Boring List ? Here and There ? A ...
It seems like hubby just finished closing the pool not long ago. Already he?s getting ready for spring. He recently handed me a list of things he will need to open it again in May. The list is so long that I thought I might need one of those medical step stools to read it all. Shock, bromine, ph meter, soda ash, and clarifier make for lots of work and crystal water. BUT where are the fun things like the lounge, tube, raft, and pool toys that grammies and grampies have so grand babies can have fun, fun, fun?
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93.9 WKYS Presents The DMV's ?Top 30 Under 30?: Brittany ...
We asked 93.9 WKYS listeners to send in their nominations for the Top 30 Under 30 in the DMV for 2012 and we?ve chosen the best and the brightest young African-Americans in the area to make the list. Come by daily during the whole month of?February?for a new member to the Top 30 Under 30 Club.
(Listed in no particular order)
Ms. Akosua Tyus is the President of the NAACP Washington, DC Branch.? At 28, Ms. Tyus is one of the youngest Presidents of an NAACP Branch throughout the nation.? As President, Ms. Tyus works to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate racial discrimination through civic advocacy and outreach initiatives.? The strategic priorities for her administration are to support minority-owned businesses, promote health and wellness through combating obesity, advocate for improved DCPS and DC charter school education and maximize voter mobilization through GOTV efforts.? She leads the implementation of programs administered by 16 standing committees , including Criminal Justice, Economic Empowerment, Education, Fundraising, Health, International Affairs, Legal Redress, Membership, Political Action, Public Relations, Religious Affairs, Veteran Affairs, Women in NAACP (WIN), Young Adults, Youth Works, and the Academic, Cultural, Technological and Scientific Olympics (ACT-SO).
In 2011, President Tyus led the NAACP in processing 69 discrimination complaints, testified before DC City Council in support of the Martin Luther King Jr. Drive Designation Act of 2011, hosted the NAACP Region VII Conference, and conducted various programs including a Health Fair, Religious Leaders HIV/AIDS Discussion, Campus to Career Panel Discussion, Health Forum, Veterans Forum, Financial Management Workshop, Healthy Eating Nutrition Workshop, and Get Out The Vote (GOTV) Civic Engagement Training.
During her tenure with the NAACP, Akosua Tyus has served in numerous positions. From 2008 to 2010, she served as Second Vice President of the DC Branch. From 2006 to 2008, she served as Young Adults Chair and Assistant Secretary of the DC Branch. From 2011 to 2003, Akosua served as President of the Johnson & Wales University NAACP College Chapter. ?Her accomplishments include implementing a series of initiatives in celebration of the NAACP?s 100th anniversary, including town hall forums, health symposiums, professional development workshops, HIV awareness trainings, voter registration drives, and education forums.
Ms. Tyus is employed by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.? She holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) and a Bachelor of Science from Johnson & Wales University in Providence, Rhode Island.
Akosua is an active member of the Washington, DC Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma
Theta Sorority, Inc., a service sorority.? Ms. Tyus is also a chartering member of the Department of Homeland Security Blacks In Government (BIG) Chapter.
Kevin Lewis is Director of African American media for the White House Communications Office. He is responsible for strategic communications planning and messaging for constituency media, and is the liaison for African American media including print, online publications, new media, and radio.
Lewis was promoted to Director of African American Media in October 2010 after working as an aide under then Press Secretary Robert Gibbs in the White House Press Office since March 2009. Prior to joining the White House press team, he was a spokesman on President Obama?s Inaugural Committee working primarily with African American Media.
Before joining the Presidential Inaugural Committee, Lewis served on the Obama for America (OFA) campaign beginning in February of 2007. Lewis started on the exploratory committee in the Chicago campaign headquarters, just five days before the official announcement in Springfield, Illinois. During the campaign, he travelled throughout the country, working in Ohio, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Michigan.
Lewis started his career at the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) and is a graduate of YES WE CAN, the campaign operative training program created by then Senator Obama through his Political Action Committee, Hopefund. Lewis is from Brooklyn, New York and is an alumnus of New York University.
Andrew Welburn is the Owner/Operator of a McDonald?s franchise in Silver Spring, MD. At 26, Mr. Welburn is one of the youngest McDonald?s Franchisees in the nation. Andrew started with McDonald?s as a crewperson and worked his way up as a Manager and an Area Supervisor before becoming an Owner/Operator. As a small business owner, Andrew works to improve the day to day operations and profitability of his restaurant. He is a member of the DC Co-Op QSC Team which focuses on maintaining quality, service and cleanliness within area McDonald?s restaurants. In addition, Mr. Welburn contributes to the system as a member of the Black McDonald?s Operators Association (BMOA) Washington, D.C. Chapter and the Next Generation Owner Operator Group.
Mr. Welburn graduated with honors from Morehouse College in Atlanta, GA and holds a B.A in International Studies with a concentration in Business. He also has a M.P.S from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.
Mr. Welburn understands the importance of giving back to the community in which he does business. In 2010 Andrew co-founded the Red & Black Affair, a charity party which has donated over $8,000 to the Ronald McDonald House Charities Care Mobile. The Care Mobile is a mobile unit that provides free healthcare services to children of low-income families in the DC Metro area. He also volunteers regularly teaching local high school students about entrepreneurship, so that they can prepare themselves to become job creators in their communities.
Outside of McDonald?s, Mr. Welburn is an active member of the Young Ambassadors Council for the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE) Washington, DC Chapter and is a member of the Greater Silver Spring Chamber of Commerce.
John Davis at 26, 2 years ago was named the youngest Asst. Head Coach in College Football. Working at prestigious Gallaudet University in the district Coach Davis has been the defensive coordinator of some of the best defenses in NCAA DIII college football. His defenses have set 11 school records and produced 22 All Conference Players over the last 3 seasons. This past season his defense broke the Gallaudet turnover record by producing 30 for a staggering 3 a game. While also leading the nation in DIII in tackles for loss. This aggressive defense also had the sack leader whom he recruited of all divisions with 16 1/2. Coach Davis made the move to Gallaudet because originally intrigued by sign language and the Deaf community now Coach Davis sees it at as a part of life. John is now a fluent signer and becoming mentioned as an up and coming coach as evidenced by his selection in 2009 to NCAA Coaching Academy. In 2009, his first as the defensive coordinator, the Bison finished the season ranked No. 6 in the nation for total defense as the Bison only allowed 245.30 yards per game. Gallaudet?s pass defense was ranked No. 4 among NCAA Division III teams as the Buff and Blue limited opponents to 109.10 yards per game. The Gallaudet defense was also nationally ranked for pass efficiency defense (No. 29) and scoring defense (No. 30). On December 17, 2009, Davis was promoted to Assistant Head Football Coach
Alexandra is a 24 year old Maryland native. In 2011, she completed Cornell University?s Financial Management Program, Duke University?s Non Profit Management Program and completed American University?s Executive Leadership Program in 2009.
Alexandra is the founding President of NPO Global LLC, where she works with individuals, companies, government institutions and non profit organizations to achieve their goals. She is also the founder of Futuristic Youth Corp, a youth outreach 501 (c) (3) non profit organization that serves youth from low socioeconomic backgrounds in the Washington DC, Metropolitan Area, and the Greater Baltimore Area. Through her work with Futuristic Youth Corp. Alexandra, has collaborated on a variety of community service efforts and outreach activities designed to empower youth, women and local communities.
Alexandra has been published in the The Acton Foundation for Entrepreneurial Excellence and the Canadian-based International Entrepreneur Organization?s Global Student Entrepreneur Awards Hero publication and has been featured in numerous media outlets and publications with a focus on topics ranging from organizational development, youth empowerment, youth violence prevention, social entrepreneurship and Sickle Cell awareness. She recently received recognition of her philanthropic work from the Prince George?s County Innovation Fund as a 2012 honoree and as an Envest Foundation 2011 ?40 Under 40? honoree. She also won the 2010 Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award from the Prince George?s County Chamber of Commerce.
Alexandra currently serves as a member of the Prince George?s County Chamber of Commerce?s Youth Entrepreneurship Committee, is a member of the Women Business Owners of Prince George?s County, and is a member of the SCLC (Southern Christian Leadership Conference), and as an honorary member of the Future Business Leaders of America.
Brelyn Freeman is the youngest daughter of Drs. Mike and Dee Dee Freeman of Mega Church (Spirit of Faith Christian Center) in Maryland.
An example both spiritually and naturally, Brelyn has exemplified wisdom and a commitment to serving God that surpasses her age.
A proud and successful business owner of? ?Breezy?z Accessoriez? in Waldorf, Md
Brelyn?s leadership and business expertise has managed to make the outlet one of the fastest as well as top growing stiores in the DC Metropolitan Area.
Her current, clothing inventory roster exceeds well over 800 to 1000 items a week and ? ?Breezy?z Accessoriez? averages more than 150 customers week.
Brelyn is also passionate about her stand for Christ, as well her willingness to honor her parents.
Ministering the Word of God with simplicity and power, she strives to continue to live a life that others can follow. ?In addition to her pursuits outside of the ministry, Brelyn is a Director of the Singles Ministry, a Floor Director assisting the Audio and Media ministries at Spirit of Faith Christian Center.
Committed to remaining a virgin until marriage, Brelyn Freeman is simply put, a young woman who loves God and is committed to fulfill His assignment for her life.
Dwight Brown is a native of Largo, Maryland where he attended Largo High School for education but left school with a GED. Mr. Brown left school to entered the work field at the age of 18.
Mr. Brown is currently employed by?W&T Travel Services? as a?CDL Operator, where he?was featured in Black Enterprise Magazine in 2011 for his contribution to the success W&T was having as a ?company lead by his business mentor Darnell Lee. Mr. Brown handles all?private?clientele for the company.
At this young age of 28, he understands how important it is to GOD to create a legacy in his family. Mr. Brown tapped into his family roots of?entrepreneurship, opening a global?telecommunications franchise, where he has been documented as a ?top Expansion Leader in this area. Mr. Brown has become a mastermind of the home base business and now has distribution covering the East Coast and West Coast.?More importantly, He is helping countless individuals become entrepreneurs and leave legacies as well. Mr. Brown and his business partners meet up in different cities on a quarterly basis where they make major donations to the Ronald McDonald House?Charity.
Mr. Brown has been a faithful member of Mt. Calvary Baptist Church in Lanham?since?January of 2005 where rededicated his life to Christ. Mr. Brown serves?countless?on the sound ministry, young adult ministry, and the security?ministry?volunteering his time for the further expansion of GOD?s word.
During the months of good weather Mr. Brown spends time in his community volunteering / assisting elderly neighbors with simple yard work and cookouts as a community outreach outlet.
Dwight Brown?s favorite saying: if you believe in GOD you will?achieve. HE always opens the door, you just need to be in position and willing to walk through it!
Chelsey Sophia Rodgers, Esquire is an attorney, small business owner and inspirational speaker in the Washington, DC area. She is the Director of Business & Legal Affairs for the Atlanta- based marketing and communications firm, Johnson Media, Inc., and the principal attorney for The Law Office of Chelsey Rodgers, PLLC, which services clientele in New York, Maryland and Washington, DC. She served as Miss District of Columbia International 2010 and placed as a Top Ten finalist at the 2010 Miss International Pageant. She is a former Miss District of Columbia USA 2008 and represented the District at the 2008 Miss USA Pageant in Las Vegas.
Chelsey dedicates her time to helping strengthen her community. She was honored by Real Times Media and named one of ?Who?s Who in Black Washington DC.? She was recently awarded the Juanita Sims Doty Community Service Award and the President?s Volunteer Service Award from President Barack Obama for completing over 250 hours of community service in the past year. Chelsey is the founder of the Miss Congeniality Foundation, a nonprofit that promotes healthy self-esteem through workshops that teach girls confidence-building skills. She has traveled across the metro DC area speaking at youth conferences, schools and special events encouraging students to appreciate their unique differences, develop healthy self-confidence, and use that confidence to pursue their life and career passions. She is honored to have been chosen as the 2012 commencement speaker for Ernest Just Middle School in Prince Georges County, Maryland.
Chelsey is a Summa Cum Laude graduate of Spelman College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and received her Juris Doctor from Howard University School of Law. She formerly served as chairperson of the District of Columbia Juvenile Justice Advisory Board, which advises juvenile agencies and ensures juvenile delinquency prevention programs meet the needs of youth. She formerly served as Executive Director of the Miss District of Columbia?s Outstanding Teen Pageant and runs a pageant and lifestyle consulting company, Brains & Beauties Pageant & Lifestyle Consulting, which services the metropolitan DC area. She currently resides in northwest Washington DC with her two yorkshire terriers, Trixie and Bailey.
Tiffany Young is a former Journalist with more than six years of experience in Public Relations, who has a passion for Education and making an impact in her community by giving back. A certified PR Specialist, she is the Public Relations Manager at American Public University System, where she is responsible for providing media relations expertise for an online institution with over 100,000 students and more than 3,000 faculty members. Prior to this role, she has provided communications support to The Art Institute of Washington and the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies where she was responsible for media relations, strategic planning, special events and marketing. Prior to her career in Public Relations, she was a reporter at The Gazette. Tiffany graduated cum laude from Virginia State University with a bachelor?s degree in mass communications and has completed a certificate program in Public Relations at the University of Virginia. In addition to her professional obligations, she serves on the executive board of the Northern Virginia Urban League Young Professionals Network as the Director of Social Programs, a member of the Alexandria City Commission, a mentor with Hope and a Home for the Homeless, and a professional advisor at Howard University. Previously, she has served on the boards of Black Public Relations Society DC Chapter and the Northern Virginia Black Chamber of Commerce.
Her favorite quote is: ?The biggest adventure you can ever take is to live the life of your dreams.? ? Oprah Winfrey.
Chantel Skipper, MSN, CPNP-AC, CPN at 25 years old is living a life of commitment to serve others. Chantel a pediatric registered nurse for the past 4 years was recently promoted to Professional Practice Specialist for Neurology and Surgical Services at Children?s National Medical Center. She is also the Founder and Chair of The Board of Professional Black Females, Inc.; a 501(c) 3 non-profit organization for professional women in the DC area.
A native of Virginia Beach, VA, Chantel moved to Richmond, VA to attend Virginia Commonwealth University. At VCU, Chantel made her mark in the nursing profession. She served as the Chair of the Student Nurses Association for two years and the Nominations and Elections Chair for the Virginia Student Nurses Association. Because of her service, she received a number of awards and scholarships such as the Lettie Pate Whitehead Scholarship, Student Nurses Association Award and the Black History in the Making Award. In 2007, Chantel received her Bachelor?s degree in Nursing. Before graduation, she had job offers from hospitals across the country to include UCLA Medical Center and Children?s National Medical Center. But to be closer to family, she chose to move to the Washington, DC area. After her first year of nursing, Chantel was accepted into the Pediatric Nurse Practitioner program at University of Maryland Baltimore.
In 2010, she founded The Board of Professional Black Females, Inc. while working full time as a pediatric nurse, part time as a clinical instructor for the University of Maryland and finishing her last year of graduate school. The mission of The BPBF, Inc. is to build a network of professional black females to foster a sense of empowerment amongst ourselves and to strengthen and aid in our success, as well as educate, support and prepare our youth to become successful black professionals. Blessed to have mentors throughout her educational experience, she wanted to give this same opportunity to other young females. The BPBF, inc. has grown to a network of over 50 professional black women and has worked alongside a number of other organizations such as The Group, Divas MPH, 101 Women of Hope, The Sintia Mesa Foundation, Susan G. Komen, and Metro TeenAIDs to give back to the community.
Chantel received her Master?s in Nursing from the University of Maryland Baltimore in May 2011. She is a Certified Pediatric Nurse, Acute Care Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner as well as a member of the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners, American Association of Neuroscience Nurses, American Pediatric Surgical Nurses Association and the Golden Key Honor Society.
Tramaine, a native of Prince George?s County, MD, developed a love and passion for the performing arts at the age of 12 by getting involved in numerous local productions. It was during this time that Tramaine realized that she wanted to be involved in the performing arts in a greater capacity.
After graduating from the University of Maryland College Park, Tramaine delved further into directing and producing. She fell in love with being behind the scenes and seeing her work on stage. Eventually, she became the director of a local drama team for three years. In 2007, she decided to go back to school and obtain her graduate degree with the hopes of beginning a production company in her hometown. Tramaine wanted to widen her network and develop the appropriate tools to successfully run her own company. In 2009, Tramaine graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with a Masters of Arts Management and then founded MaineDrama Productions, LLC.
Tramaine had a vision to start a company that would produce works by emerging playwrights. She wanted to see works of art that would challenge audiences? perspectives, spark conversations about real issues, and push the envelope about taboo topics. Not wanting to compromise her values as a playwright, yet still grab the attention of viewers, Tramaine started MaineDrama as an answer to that call. It was her vision to capture the attention of diverse audiences while staying true to her visionary aspirations: Mainstream without compromise.
In 2010, she produced her first full-length stage play, Count It All Joy, under the company name. After this production, MaineDrama embarked upon its first film entitled, Unheard. Partnering with *BPC Films, Unheard follows the lives of numerous individuals and takes a look at the journey to healing after sexual abuse. Both companies were charged to make a difference and break the stereotypes about sexual abuse. Set to premiere in 2012, Unheard has generated increased awareness surrounding the topic and has begun to educate the community about the face of sexual abuse, especially in the aftermath.
Tramaine has a great love and appreciation for the theater and is realizing her dreams as a producer. She is also passionate about dealing in realism, seeing true portrayals of herself and the life around her. She operates under the philosophy that ?everyone?s life is a stage,? and she only wants to see that truly reflected on the stage in front of her.
*Cinematographer/Director of Photography Ashanti Young (27) and Director Jasmine Barber (26) joined together and founded BPC Films in 2010. The two have worked on a number of independent short films and a feature in the DMV area.
Recognized for his exceptional skill and versatile talents in the arts, Julian Starks has carved out a niche within the art and fashion world by using his bold, message driven style of illustration to build a dedicated fan base. Through releasing limited edition digital prints and unique canvassed paintings Julian has become one of the staple artist in the Washington DC area.
In an effort to follow his dreams, he and three friends recently launched Demeanor Clothing (www.demeanr.com) where he serves as the Creative Director and lead designer. Since its inception, Demeanor has evolved into a lifestyle brand dedicated to manufacturing high quality, high fashion, detail driven products while also hosting exclusive events. Within it?s first year Demeanor participated in a number of fashion shows, collaborations, music projects, and has participated in events throughout the east coast.
Julian continues to create commissioned artwork, including logos, paintings, and graphic designs for high priority clientele, independent companies, musicians/bands, and non-profit organizations. He has also taken advantage of the opportunity provided to him by attaining his Bachelor?s Degree in Computer Science, by working in database design and website maintenance for the Department of Defense.
His ultimate goal is to position himself and his company to be able to provide opportunity, employment and assist in the promotion of other young talents throughout the Washington DC area while also giving back to the community. Julian has participated in a number of youth leadership and mentoring programs in an effort to help cultivate young talent and serve as an inspiration for others to follow their dreams.
Above all else he strives to be a great father to his daughter Zo?, she is his inspiration to continue to chase his dreams!
There is a relatively small segment of true young leaders in the business world today; individuals who seem to be able to build trust, relationships, and rapport with almost anyone they come in contact with and then are able to broker those same relationships to make connections between people, creating partnerships and alliances, then motivating forward momentum to ?get things done.?
Rob Green, age 27 is one of those people, and ?getting things done? and driving results?through collaboration, partnerships, and relationships?as a Product Program manager at Xerox Corporation, is what he is all about. With an enthusiastic and genuinely friendly attitude, Rob radiates a sincere passion for delivering value and benefits to his clients, co-workers, and company.
A Salesman by training, Rob Green earned his B.S. in Marketing at Morgan State University in 2007; there he also excelled as Mr. Morgan State University, a proud member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., student government and, many more. Rob spent two years as an intern at Xerox Corporation prior to making the life decision, that Corporate America was where he would like to make his mark in time. Shortly after his career with Xerox began in 2007, Rob secured his full year targets early and attended Presidents Club, all while returning to Johns Hopkins University completing the Leadership Development Program (LDP) in search of his M.B.A. Rob?s career and corporate brand grew rapidly over the next 5 years to management level potential, and has expanded far beyond the typical college graduate searching to find their way.
Promoted three times in his five-year tenure with Xerox; Rob?s professional success was focused on productivity, profit, customer retention/satisfaction. But more importantly, they focused on building long-lasting, reliable consultative relationships within the C-suite of unions, law firms, associations, and federal government organizations. These same relationships have allowed businesses throughout the Metro area to benefit from Rob?s professional expertise by doing business in a more efficient manner decreasing costs, increasing productivity and maximizing on modern technology.
Throughout it all, Rob has repeatedly proved his ability to lead. As a Six Sigma Yellow Belt, he is an excellent agent of change and has a documented track record of civic affiliations that include the President of the Corporate Few, President of Young Professionals at Xerox (YP@X), MSU/JHU Alumni Association, the United Ways Emerging Leaders, and is still passionately active in Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.
Today, Rob currently resides in his original birthplace and hometown Baltimore, Maryland. He enjoys family, friends, cooking reading, playing semi-pro football, and snowboarding around the United States. He is seeking his next opportunity and step in his executive career. As he has top-notch qualifications, it is challenging to put his skills in a box. But what is absolutely clear, is that he has a great deal of value to offer the right company, and while the actual job title may vary, it will almost certainly include some combination of strategic planning, operations, partnership and alliance building, account management and customer relations, and marketing.
Graphic Designer, Marketer, Advertiser, Business Owner, and most recently Educator are the adjectives that describes Casey Snipes but to many known as Casey Renae. Born in Prince George?s County, Maryland, Casey Renae discovered her talent of creating visual art to represent her artistic imagination while matriculating at Gwynn Park Senior High School. Upon graduation in 2004, Casey Renae enrolled into the prestigious North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University where she received her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Graphic Communication & Printing and Publishing.
Casey Renae pursued her Master?s Degree at Savannah College of Art & Design to enhance her craft of creating visual graphic art in hopes of establishing her own business in the male dominated field. Once Casey Renae obtained the knowledge and training to set sail as a female graphic artist she launched her own graphic design service in 2010. Her company CaseyRenae.com has allowed her the privilege of creating logos, blog sites, public services announcements and branding strategies for DMV clients such as: BlackAlley Band, UpTown Magazine, Indulj Restaurant & Lounge, Tony Lewis, Jr. and The Fellaz non-profit organization.
Spring 2011 Casey Renae transformed her graphic art talents into a clothing line. Laundry Day Brand collaborates minimalism with urban street graphics to create a provoking yet simplistic style. Recently, during the 2011 Thanksgiving holiday, Laundry Day Brand provided twenty laundry baskets to less fortunate families in collaboration with The Fellaz Youth Organization. Casey Renae uses her graphic artistic mind to give back to the community. She partners with local non-profit organizations to brand and promote their events to target audiences that are stimulated through visual artwork rather than print or text.
Aside from her artistic talents, Casey Renae is a strong advocate for children. Although she is the CEO of two companies she is currently pursing a career as a teacher. Casey Renae believes ART can change the lives of the youth and posses a desire to cultivate the next generation as artistic phonemes. Casey Renae volunteers daily at Dr. Henry A. Wise, Jr. School located in Upper Marlboro, Maryland learning the daily routines of what it takes to become an Amazing Art Educator. Casey Renae?s ounce of hope to start her own businesses has transformed into dream fulfilled. When Casey Renae is not designing graphic art masterpieces she is devoting her time to her sorority Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority.
At only 22 years old, Armani Worrell is CEO of his own company, mogul in the making, and is aspiring to inspire others. As the CEO of W. Public Relations, LLC, Armani has been fortunate to work with some of the DMV?s most promising artists, public figures and upcoming magazines of today. Some including: MTV VMA Nominated Artist RAtheMC, Hip-Hop Recording Artists: Pert McFly, Lano, and R&B Artist IhsAn Bilal, Tiffany Parker (Ms. Maryland US 2011), the Rev. David J. Venable, Senior Pastor of True Life Redemption Ministries (TLRM), and Urban Socialite Magazine. While working on the event staff at the Heritage Center in our Nation?s Capital, Armani Worrell has also had a successful run in the corporate world having the opportunity to work on events for CNN, NBC, The U.S. Navy and several private movie screenings. Staying to his moral and religious beliefs, he operates as the public relations coordinator for his church TLRM, and provides this service as a donation to give back to his community and his God. In addition to his servitude and willingness to give back, he organized the DMV Artist Gives Back Charity Event, at Children?s Hospital in the District and followed his philanthropic efforts in December 2011 as the Co-Creator of the Unite For AIDS Red Reception Charity Event. He successfully landed event sponsors on a national and local level such as Coca Cola, Godiva Chocolate, Uptown Magazine, Uno?s Chicago Grill and Red Velvet Cupcakery. Recently, Armani Worrell has been hired to serve as the Marketing Coordinator for Unos Chicago Grill in Bowie, Maryland. He is working on completing his Bachelor of Arts Degree in Communication Studies at the University of Maryland University College. Now he has an array of clients from all walks of entertainment. And with every move Armani makes and every hand he shakes, he gets one step closer to realizing the ultimate American dream of turning ?nothing into something,? all while branding his demanding clients, as the best of the best in their field. With a wide variety of accomplishments already under his belt, including interning for some industry legends, he is garnishing a reputation as the ?Diddy? of PR. Armani is steadily building his empire, with a ?take no prisoners? attitude. At this point his {PR}ogression is Inevitable.
Anton Render is a young mogul from Prince Georges County Maryland. Mr. Render graduated from Howard University in 2009 with his Bachelor?s degree in Psychology, with Honors. He immediately enrolled back into Howard University and received his Master?s degree in 2011 (Macro level Social Work ? Summa Cum-Laude). His motive is to make an impact on struggling communities from a global perspective, through mentoring youth within the DC-Metropolitan area and the individual?s from the African Continent. He is a member of The Knights Fraternity, Inc. (KFI); who serves a mentor to students of Cardozo Senior High, DC ? African Immigration Refugee Foundation (AIRF). In addition, as a KFI member Render serves as a philanthropists to the African Continent donating to non-profit 501(c)(3) Charity: Water, who assists in raising funds to bring clean & safe drinking water to undeveloped countries. Render continues to make an immediate impact on the Washington metropolitan community through being a Free and Accepted Mason (Prince Hall Affiliate ? Social Lodge # 1). Through various obstacles that we face Render strives to continue to live a life of integrity and prosperity.
On a day to day basis Render is a Project Manager for The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) USCG, HQ. He is currently working on the St. Elizabeth?s project that will be taking place starting in 2013, where DHS will be relocating. The DHS Headquarters at St. Elizabeth?s is the largest Federal construction project to occur in the Washington metropolitan area since the Pentagon was built during World War II. This project will create 4.5 million square feet of new space, to bring together the mission execution components DHS requires in its headquarters facility. The total cost for the project totals $3.4 billion and will be funded by GSA and DHS.
Render is also the CEO of Night Club promotional company, Signature Connections, LLC. He has two other business partners based out of Baltimore, MD. For the past 5 years Render?s company has organized major events for various clubs/lounges within Washington, DC. He has gained and excellent rapport with venues such as: The Park @ 14th & LOVE Night Club. Not to mention Render was recently named as an Official 2011 Howard University Homecoming Sponsor (alongside with companies such as: AT&T, PEPSI, BET, NIKE ect?) . This enabled him to execute his mission to create the perfect atmosphere for his target population.
Danielle was born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland and attended Francis Marion University on a basketball scholarship where she earned many accolades including ranking 13th in school history in scoring and being selected All-Conference twice.
Following undergrad, she attended Howard University where she earned a Master?s in Mass Communications and Media Studies.
She currently works as the Communications Lead to the Chief Information Officer (CIO) at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, MD where she is responsible for actively communicating both internally and externally to the organization on behalf of the CIO. This includes speech writing, social media, and website development.
Danielle is also a part-time runway model. She has traveled all over for modeling jobs and opportunities.
LaTisha Durham was born and raised in Washington, DC. She received her Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Engineering from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University and is currently pursuing a Masters of Engineering Degree in Systems Engineering from Iowa State University.
Her career began with the Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, in June 2008, where she was selected for the Naval Acquisition Intern Program (NAIP), in the Avionics Division.
Ms. Durham is a 2010 graduate of NAIP. While in the program, she took on the role of Communication Lead for Command and Control with UH-1Y, where she delivered briefs, ran weekly meetings, researched antennas and helped with the Site Survey. She also completed an external rotation with SPAWAR in San Diego, CA as a Systems Engineer for Mobile Objective User System (MUOS). In this role, she was responsible for the requirements and inputs for the shock and vibration testing to ensure that the program remained on schedule.
Ms. Durham was selected for the Engineering and Scientist Development Program (ESDP). As an ESDP, she took on the role she is for improving 4.5 AD?s ability to meet current and future needs for unmanned systems support through developing a capability (laboratory, trained personnel and facility support) for Morgan State University. She is also leading the effort to educate the 4.5 AD workforce in the acquisition process, new changes and the most efficient and effective way of ensuring acquisition program success. She is currently the Joint Precision Approach and Landing System?s Technical Lead for E-2D and C-2A Aircrafts. Here she is responsible for timely and accurate review of Aircraft Integration Technical Data Package (AI TDP) and C-2A Platform Specific JPALS Aircraft System Spec (PS-JASS) system documentation provided in support of PMA-231 JPALS program milestone requirements, Oversight provided to C-2A contractor?s development efforts for the JPALS risk reduction and architecture trade study program and E-2D/C-2A avionics requirements and specifications defined in draft form for all JPALS systems and subsystems as part of the PS JASS efforts.
She is the 2011-12 Vice President of the National Society of Black Engineer Patuxent River Alumni Extension Chapter. As an active member in NSBE, she helped to form a mentor group with a local high school to help students prepare for college. She continues to help her mentees with college and real world situations. She is also an active member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc.
Ms. Durham is a 2011 recipient of Women of Color?s Technology Rising Star Award.
Ms. Durham interests includes traveling, shopping, watching sports (basketball & football), helping in the community, reading about and playing with new electronic devices and most importantly spending time with family and friends.
James Murphy is a young gospel artist whose approach to the gospel music world today is noted as unique and refreshing. His voice has a rich mixture of the urban contemporary gospel and R&B sound, which will delight a multitude of music lovers. His goal is to inspire and uplift those in need of a sincere message.
James was provided the opportunity to minister to national and international audiences as he shared the stage with or accompanied A-list gospel artist such as, Donald Lawrence, J. Moss, Jeff Majors, Kelly Price, Byron Cage, Cheryl ?Coko? Gamble-Clemons, DeWayne Woods, Damon Little, The Late Dottie Joyce Rambo, Brent Jones, James Fortune & FIYA, 21:03, Micah Stampley, The Choir Boyz, Jonathan Nelson and Purpose, RIZEN and ZIE?L. Additionally, James has accompanied first class R&B artist such as, James Ingram, Eddie Levert, Patti LaBelle, Kelly Rowland, Angela Winbush, Issac Hayes, Gerald Levert, Marcel and The Truth and Paula Campbell.
In 2001, James was awarded a full music scholarship where he attended Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland. As a member and soloist with the celebrated Morgan State University Choir under the direction of the late Dr. Nathan Carter, James traveled the world to entertain enthusiastic supporters. Moreover, James was fortunate to travel to Russia, Prague, Chezk- Republic and Paris, France to perform in different Operas and famed Musicals like ?Porgy & Bess? and ?All Rise?. Most recently he took the stage in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at the Academy of Music to perform in the Opera ?Margaret Garner? along side Denyce Graves & Gregg Baker.
James currently serves as the minister of music at The Life Change Church in Columbia, MD (Pastors Jay and Melanie Gamble)
Presently, James is gearing up for the Release of his debut album ?So Crazy, No Boundaries? with Fontez Camp/Empower Record as his new Label Home!
Audra?s love for music stems from her grandmother?s tapes and vinyl records of jazz classics such as: Nat King Cole, Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald. At the tender age of six, Audra received her first CD, Brandy?s self-titled debut album that sparked her interest to focus on a singing career. But seven years later, curiosity struck 13 year old Audra and with the support of her mother and three years of persistence, she performed on stage as Audra The Rapper.
As time progressed, Audra?s talent and natural ability to capture the attention of many allowed her to touch the stage with mainstream artists such as: Trey Songz, Jadakiss,
Latoya Luckett, Lloyd, Ray-J, MC Lyte and others. Then in December 2010, Audra was noticed by industry heavyweight Rick Ross and was endorsed and welcomed into the Maybach Music Group family.
To date, Audra, 22, not only holds a bachelor?s degree from Old Dominion University, she has been named Hellobeautiful and Ford?s Top 30 under 30, featured on BET, MTV, RocStyle, Vibe, Dr. Jay?s 2011 Summer Campaign, The Hennessy Remix Tour and recently presented by Rocawear and Artful Dodger as well as sponsored by The Source Magazine for her Sweet N? Sour Cyphers and named FunkMaster Flex?s Top 20 in 2012. But alongside her musical accolades, Audra?s influence goes beyond the stage. In 2007, she began ?The Audra M. Green Music for A Cause Foundation? in her hometown of Richmond, Virginia; an organization that focuses on HIV/AIDS education, youth violence and teen pregnancy prevention.
Determined to be heard, Audra?s sound and vision is brought to life with the help of many up and coming producers. With a universal sound, her image and style are unique being dubbed a hip/pop artist. Reminiscent of her icon Lauryn Hill, Audra is innovative, lyrical and entertaining as reflected on her two previous mixtapes and recent EP, No Such Thing Does Exist that features artist Nickelus F., Mickey Factz, Raheem Devaughn and a message from Rick Ross.
Brittany Holley Anderson was born Washington DC in June of 1988.
As a graduate of Oxon Hill High School in 2006 Brittany served numerous roles in order to prepare for her professional career. She participated in leadership roles throughout her high school experiences but being a Girl Scout Council President was most important to her.
Scouting was extremely important to her because the organization taught her the foundation of becoming an exceptional woman. In 2005 Brittany earned the Highest Award in Girl Scouting; the Gold Award. The intense program had her create and facilitate a national project in order to obtain and show the highest form of ethical leadership. She succeeded so well in her project that in 2006 she received the National Gold Award Scholarship that was awarded to only 10 girls in the nation.
Brittany attended Bowie State University and majored in Psychology. During her collegiate experience she felt the need to impact others on the foundations of leadership. She was called to become the Youth Program Coordinator at a non-profit organization. The Training Source, Inc. located in Seat Pleasant, MD is an organization designed to help meet community needs through superior training.
Brittany coordinates and facilitates the Prince George?s County Youth Leadership Program in which she helps local High School Students grades 10-12 become exceptional leaders through life skills and professional development training.
She also works with PGCPS under the Transitioning Youth program partnership where she is the instructor for Developmentally Disabled High School students and graduates, assisting them in transitioning from High School to gainful employment. In addition to Coordinating the Prince George?s County Youth Programs Brittany is a Workforce Development Instructor at The Training Source, Inc. where she teaches adults Professional Development and Microsoft Office Applications, in order to enhance their career goals in life.
Brittany is passionate about helping others see their full potential and making important steps to reach their next phase in life.Throughout the community Brittany likes to express her creative talents to others by teaching scrap booking and creative Photoshop design classes. She continues to work with the Girl Scouts of America and Jack and Jill groups on proper etiquette and behavioral training classes. She believes it is important to provide a proper foundation in youth at a young age so they can secure their talents and goals early. At the young age of 23 Brittany continues to help others through life goal planning. With her ?Engineered for Excellence? talent and drive Brittany knows that she is on the right path to making huge contributions and changes in the lives of others.
Source: http://kysdc.com/locals/kysdc/93-9-wkys-presents-the-dmvs-top-30-under-30-1/
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