Tag: youth empowerment
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School and Community Collaborate to Empower Children
The Christian Cultural Center’s Cultural Arts Academy Charter School – a charter school of the arts- hosted a homecoming event at their Brooklyn location recently. What was so special about that event was an element that served to raise awareness of the importance of entrepreneurship for those who pursue the arts – especially for children at the primary school…
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Revving Up and Getting Back on Track
Revving Up Since I haven’t quite decided on a suitable term to adequately capture how I feel, I will settle for one that conveys the most predominant feeling right now. It is with humility that I embrace this time of my life, to reconnect with the world, and make a deliberate and significant stride toward normalcy since the recent passing…
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Parenting 101: Counting My Mommy Blessings One Occurrence at a Time
Most people will tell you they do not need to be told how to parent their children. While that may be the case, it is not unusual to find that these same parents have been wired to respond, more so, to the negative or destructive behaviors of their children than to the positives. What is…
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Spotlight: A Friend to Youth and Parents
Congratulations to Devon Harris, motivational speaker, author and founder of the Keep On Pushing Foundation, on being honored for his community service by New York’s Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano at the Caribbean American Festival on Saturday, June 15, 2013. Mr. Harris, also of Jamaican Bobsled fame, has for the past two years been an…
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A Creative Take! – Author: Florence Bell
Saturday’s event echoed my words, “Come dance with me and I will make you Fishers of Men.” I saw them wonder. I saw their flicker of anticipation. I saw their shadows fade. Their opened minds, Exercising, Freedom of speech. I saw them – comfortable within themselves, Relaxed in their huddles. They spoke of the “who”…