ACT-SO Sample Book

Freda Hammonds

Chairperson - ACT-SO

Today’s events provide a wonderful opportunity for our community to come together and witness the culmination of achievement from our youth in the areas of STEM, Performing Arts, Humanities, Music, and Business. My name is Freda Hammonds, and I am the ACT-SO Chair.

It is a great pleasure to welcome all of you to the 42nd NAACP Afro-Academics, Cultural, Technological and Scientific Olympics (ACT-SO) Awards ceremony.

For over 100 years, the NAACP has been a tremendous advocate and source of support for the youth in our community. From the inception of the Youth Council to the creation of ACT-SO formerly known as the Olympics of the Mind, the NAACP has educated, challenged and cultivated the next generation of leaders. ACT-SO is the place where

students can explore academic and creative passions, unapologetic and free from judgment. Our Olympians take risks in a creative, nurturing space to create art, stories, designs, dance, music, and more. Today we will honor those efforts!

ACT-SO is the link between dreams and reality for every student who participates. It is my hope that our ACT-SO Olympians pulsate throughout their communities leaving a lasting effect on all they encounter. On behalf of the DeKalb County NAACP, ACT-SO Committee, I am pleased to recognize these young, talented and gifted students who have worked tirelessly to perfect their skills in their respective areas of competition. We salute the parents, coaches, and mentors who have worked alongside you and contribute to your success.

Please accept my best wishes for an enjoyable celebration and continued success.

As we present the honorees, we respectfully ask that parents, teachers, and all other concerned citizens consider supporting our ACT-SO program with your financial donations.

Freda Hammonds serves on the Executive Committee and chairs the ACT-SO program She is currently working on her Doctorate degree at Capella University. Freda is a registered mediator and entrepreneur.

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As president of the NAACP DeKalb Branch #5192, I am honored to welcome you to this year’s ACT-SO Awards Ceremony.

This branch is in its 20th year of recognizing the talented and aspiring students in the DeKalb County area, and we continue this year with a wide-array of talent. 2020 was the first year that these Olympians competed across the virtual platform. Our students have not let the virus stop them from performing at the highest levels and for that I am proud.

Last year, Salmoncain Smith-Shomade finished with a medal at the national level in architecture. We look forward to more of our talented students doing the same this year.

To each of the Olympians I wish you well. I know

that the ACT-SO chair, Freda Hammonds, and her team have organized mentors to help you grow and that makes me confident that you will present well at the national level.

I want to thank all of the parents, family members, teachers, mentors, and cheerleaders that have encouraged our children to compete in this highly competitive “Olympics of the mind”. Today we honor these creative and talented Olympians that have excelled at the local level and support them through the end of the national event.

A heartfelt congratulations to all of our students that are truly Olympians of NAACP DeKalb County.

Teresa Hardy President NAACP DeKalb

NAACP DeKalb ACT-SO Awards 2021

Teresa Hardy President NAACP DeKalb

May 15, 2021

Good Evening,

It is with great honor and pleasure to welcome you to the 42nd Afro - Academic, Cultural, Technological and Scientific Olympics – ACT-SO Award Ceremony. I am Dr. Patricia De’Shazior Hill the current State Chair for NAACP Georgia. I have been a part of ACT-SO since 2013.

As the ACT-SO Chairperson for Georgia NAACP, I am grateful for the opportunity to Chair this incredible program as we mentor and impact our next generation of leaders. Please, help me to applaud all our youth that have prepared for this moment. Let us salute the Dekalb County ACT-SO Youth who have competed for the Nationals scholarship and community members who made a difference in the lives of these students.

Vernon Jarrett, the founder of the NAACP ACT-SO program, said that if we could create communities where it is believed that young Blacks can achieve, and we see them achieving, then lionize them, and praise them when they do achieve, then we have got something that cannot be “taken away with the worst of Jim Crow and the worst of legislation.” The NAACP continues this legacy that Vernon Jarret started 42 years ago. We continue to inspire thousands of young people to know that “if we want to be a great nation, a great race, and a great people we must ActSo.”

Congratulations again on your hard work and good luck at the national competition.

Respectfully.

Dr. Patricia De’Shazior Hill ACT-SO State Chair

Co-Chairperson - ACT-SO

Congratulations!!!

Can I still say #proud?!!

What a pleasure it’s been to work with all of you this ACT-SO season. Through hard work and perseverance, you all have offered up fantastic performances, beautiful art, and creative pieces. During this unprecedented tragic and unsettling moment, cultivating and sharing your gifts and talents brings not only a certain normality but also hope for a brighter tomorrow.

Several of your mentors and I participated in ACT-SO during our high school years—at different times and in different cities but with the same spirit. That spirit of excellence, camaraderie and tenacity pervades the competition and continues to this day. It is my hope that this process benefited you intellectually, culturally and spiritually. For our underclass women and men, we hope to see you again next season!

Today, we applaud each of you for your accomplishments, highlight where you placed in the competition, and celebrate our gold medalists!!

Once again, congratulations everyone!!

Beretta

E. Smith-Shomade, PhD (aka Dr. Bess)

Dr. Beretta E. Smith-Shomade is an Associate Professor of Television and Race in the Department of Film and Media at Emory University. She is a proud alumna of Clark College (Clark Atlanta University) and alumna of the ACT-SO program in Omaha, Nebraska.

Beretta Smith-Shomade, PhD

Mrs. Cheryl Watson-Harris, Superintendent

April 30, 2021

NAACP DeKalb Branch

3011 Rainbow Drive, Suite 180A Decatur, GA 30034

Dear NAACP DeKalb Members and Friends,

Mrs. Vickie B. Turner,

Board Chair

Mr. Diijon DaCosta, Vice Chair

Mrs. Anna Hill

Mr. Marshall D Orson

Mrs. Deirdre Pierce

Mrs. Allyson Gevertz

Dr. Joyce Morley

I was delighted to hear that DeKalb County School District (DCSD) scholars are among the NAACP DeKalb Branch ACT-SO Award of Excellence recipients. Hats off to our scholars on receiving this prestigious and much-deserved award from the NAACP. I am inspired and always proud when our students soar and are recognized for their hard work, tenacity and determination.

On behalf of the DeKalb County Board of Education and the DeKalb County School District I wish to extend our sincere congratulations to the recipients of the 2021 NAACP DeKalb Branch ACT-SO Award.

Thank you, NAACP, for your commitment to DCSD and your outstanding contributions to the field of STEM, humanities, business, and performing, visual and culinary arts. Your partnership continues to make our village stronger, better.

To our scholars, I say, continue to move onward and upward in academic excellence and rise to be great leaders in your community and the world. We encourage each and every one of you to continue to exercise your talents and follow your dreams.

Mrs. Cheryl Watson-Harris Superintendent

Robert R. Freeman Administrative Complex

1701 Mountain Industrial Blvd. | Stone Mountain, GA 30083

678.676.1200 | www.dekalbschoolsga.org

Chief Executive Officer

Michael L. Thurmond

May 23, 2021

Greetings:

On behalf of DeKalb County Government, I congratulate you for your achievements in the Afro-Academic, Cultural Technological and Scientific Olympics.

For more than four decades, the NAACP DeKalb County Georgia Branch has hosted the Afro-Academic, Cultural Technological and Scientific Olympics to recognize some of the best and brightest students in our community.

DeKalb County is blessed and honored to have you in this county We are grateful for the contributions you have already made and eagerly look forward to the work you will do in the future for the advancement of this community.

On behalf of DeKalb County and its citizens, I wish you an enjoyable event as you network with some and reconnect with others, and I wish you a successful and uplifting year

Sincerely,

Michael L. Thurmond Chief Executive Officer DeKalb County

WHAT SHOULD YOU KNOW ABOUT ACT-SO

ACT-SO is an acronym for Academic, Cultural, Technological Sci ent ific Olympics. ACT-SO is a yearlong enrichment program designed to recruit, st imulate, improve and encourage high academic and cult ural ach ievement among high school st udents. The ACT-SO program centers around the dedication and commitment of community volunteers and business leaders to serve as mentors and coaches to promote academic and artistic excellence. There are 32 competition categories in STEM, hu manities, business, performing arts, visual arts, and culinary arts.

Who Sponsors ACT-SO?

ACT-SO is sponsored by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), which is the nati on’ s oldest and largest civil rights organi-

zat ion. Local ACT-SO chapters receive support from schools, community, organizations, ch urches, foundations, private corporations and individuals.

Who Founded ACT-SO?

Vernon Jarrett (1913-2004), a renowned author and journal ist, initiated the idea of a pro gram that would promote and reward academic achievers the same way sports heroes are honored. The first nationa l ACT-SO competition was held in 1978 in Portlan, Oregon .

Who Is Eligible to Participate?

High school st u dents, who are citizens of the United States, enrolled in grades 9-12 and are amateurs in the categories of competition are able to part icipate .

What are the Benefits of Participating in ACT-SO?

The ACT-SO program is int ended to be a lea rning experience, firs t and foremost. The focus of a viable and effect ive local ACT-SO program is on enrichment and mentorship. Students work with ACT-SO mentors who help them develop projects thro ughout the year. Local ACT-SO programs also provide ACT-SO students with enrichme nt opportunities, such as workshops, tutorials, and field trips.

The benefits ACT-SO stude nts r eceive from the enrichment and mentorship components include

substa nti al assistance toward the development of t heir ACT-SO projects and valuable tools to assist them throughout their education .

The local compet ition serves to showcase the hard work students have put in all year long. Students receive medals and prizes provided by the local and regional sponsors and contributors. ACT-SO Students who receive gold medals on the local level then compete at the National Compet ition where they receive scholarships and other rewards provided by national sponsors.

NAACP DeKalb ACT-SO Committee

Co-Chairperson

Beretta SmithShomade, PhD

Chairperson

Freda Hammonds

Latoya McIntosh

Nadine Ali

Eboneé Jewel Davis

Soprano Eboneé Jewel Davis offers a wealth of education and experience to vocal students enrolled in her private lessons. A New Orleans native, Eboneé received both a Bachelor of Arts degree and Master of Music degree from the University of New Orleans, as well as a performer diploma in classical voice from Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music. Prior to relocating to Dallas, TX, Eboneé served on the faculties of Loyola University New Orleans and Dillard University. She currently runs her own private virtual studio and serves as a Site Leader and Teaching Artist with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra’s Young Musicians Program.

Lance Hammonds

Lance currently serves as the 1st VP of the NAACP DeKalb County Branch He has worked for various global fortune 500 corporations for over 40 years, in various sales and marketing positions. Lance retired in the fall of 2018, after spending 12 years with NorFalco,

C. Cherie Hardy

C. Chérie Hardy was born and raised in Florida. She is a retired, award-winning educator who served in public schools for over 30 years. Ms. Hardy is also an inspirational speaker and certified life coach. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Modern Foreign Languages from Clark College (now Clark University); a Master of Science degree in Education from Walden University; and an Educational Specialist degree from Lincoln Memorial University. Additionally, she studied at Laval University in Quebec City, Quebec (Canada); Georgia State University; and Stetson University.

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Dr. Kai Jackson Issa

Dr. Kai Jackson Issa is a writer and published children’s book author who has taught writing and literature at several colleges, including the New School for Social Research, Emory University and Spelman College. Currently, she serves as an academic, Pre-Law and Prestigious Scholarships Advisor at Agnes Scott College in Decatur, Georgia. Representing Chicago in the 1980’s, she was a national ACT-SO winner in the Essay and Playwriting categories for two years..

Kayla Jackson

Kayla Jackson is multi-medium visual artist, classically trained vocal musician, emcee, writer, spoken word poet and educator from New Orleans, Louisiana.

Kayla received her Master’s degree in English Literature from Tulane University, where she was the co-Founder and co-Captain of their slam poetry team, Rhyme Verses Rhythm, who placed 7th in the International Collegiate Union Poetry Slam Invitational (CUPSI) competition. In 2017, she was the recipient of the Senior Service Award in Creative Writing for developing new directions for creative writing at Tulane and expanding poetry’s audiences both in Louisiana and beyond. Mentor for Poetry Performed

Leteshia Lowe

Quality Assurance/Test Engineer, IBM Systems, Degrees

B.S. Electrical Engineering with concentrations in Computers, M.Ed., Secondary Education

Carlton Mackey

Director, Ethics & the Arts Program

Emory University Center for Ethics

Creator, Black Men Smile®

LaConda K McKinney

LaConda K McKinney began her career in the field of Architecture. Currently, she is a Project Coordinator at HDR Inc out of Omaha, Nebraska. LaConda has been responsible for the documentation, coordination and management of BIM modeling for Architecture and assisted with Construction Management.

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Michael Oby

He is the author of “Black Press Coverage of The Emmett Till Lynching a Catalyst to the Civil Rights Movement. “ His published work on the Tuskegee Airmen included interviews with several of the famous flyers. He is currently a Communications professor at Clark Atlanta University. Mentors for Dramatics

Dr. Maria Odum-Hinmon

Dr. Maria Odum-Hinmon has been the Youth Praise Dance Ministry Leader at FriendshipCommunity Church in the City of South Fulton for more than 10 years. Odum-Hinmon is an adjunct professor of communication at Kennesaw State University. She is a former reporter for The Washington Post and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Dehanza Rogers

Dehanza Rogers, Assistant Professor at Emory.Film and Media Studies MFA in Film Production/ Directing at the University of California, Los Angeles (2014). Cornell University. Professor Rogers’ primary interests are filmography, directing, social justice, and story-telling. She has written and directed several short films and videos including From Land to Land, The Youth, and Sweet, Sweet Country.

Dr. Salmon Shomade

Dr. Salmon Shomade is an associate professor of political science at Emory University’s Oxford College. Having earned a combined total of five degrees, including a JD, an MBA, and a PhD, he is most proud of his first undergraduate degree, from Clark Atlanta University where he met his lovely wife, Dr. Beretta Smith-Shomade. He is the author of Decision-Making and Controversies in State Supreme Courts (2018) and the forthcoming Colonial Legacies and the Rule of Law in Africa. He enjoys working with future generations of African-American scholars.

Maurice Smith

Maurice Smith is a higher education professional and community advocate with over 15 years of demonstrated leadership and success in establishing programs about community/ civic engagement, faculty training and support for engaged teaching, developing diverse and inclusive communities, youth workforce pipelines, non-profit management, and community collaborations. Maurice has been a professional photographer and business owner for over 17 years

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Ronnette Smith

She is a former ACT-SO student contestant, and a proud graduate of an HBCU - Clark Atlanta University (Atlanta, GA) and has a Master’s in Science from John Brown University (Siloam Springs, AR). She has led record-breaking fundraising efforts for the Metropolitan Atlanta Chamber of Commerce. Ronnette worked in leading Fortune 500 corporations for over 25 years. She is an author of a poetry and prose devotional & journal Autumn. Mentor for Poetry Written

The Donovan

The Donovan is an artist you want to get to know! Debuting his very first Classical Album “Genesis Live” streamed for over 177.2k thousand minutes, on SPOTIFY alone, this artist brings “music to your ears!” sponsored by Georgia State University in spring of 2018.

Lift Every Voice and Sing

Lift every voice and sing Till earth and heaven ring ring with the har monies of Liberty; let our rejoicing rise, high as the listening skies, let it resound loud as the rolling sea sing a song full of faith that the dark past has taught us, sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us; facing the rising sun of our new day begun, let us march on till victory is won.

Stony the road we trod, bitter the chastening rod, felt in the day that hope unborn had died; yet with a steady beat, have not our weary feet,

come to the place on witch our fathers sighed? we have come over a way that with tears has been watered, we have come, treading our path through the blood of the slaughtered, out from the gloomy past, till now we stand at last where the white gleam of our star is cast.

God of our weary years, God of our silent tears, thou who has brought us thus far on the way; thou who has by thy might, led us into the light, keep us forever in the path, we pray lest our feet stray from the places, our God, where we met thee, least our hearts, drunk with the wine of the world, we forget thee, shadowed beneath the hand, may we forever stand, true to our God, True to our native land.

Mistress of Ceremony

Kya Clanton

Member of the DeKalb County Youth Council

Master of Ceremony

Cinque Singleton

Member of the DeKalb County Youth Council

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PROGRAM

Mistress and Master of Ceremonies

Cinque Singleton, Youth Council

Kya Clanton, Youth Council

Lift Every Voice and Sing

Youth Choir Welcome

Teresa Hardy

NAACP DeKalb County President

Acknowledgments of our Mentor & Judges

Freda Hammonds, ACT-SO Chairperson

ACT-SO Competition

Categories and Scoring

Beretta Smith-Shomade, PhD

ACT-SO Co-Chair and Workshop Coordinator

Presentation of Awards

Youth Council President

Deymon Flemings Jr.

Closing Remarks

Freda Hammonds

DeKalb NAACP, ACT-SO Chairperson

Beretta Smith-Shomade

DeKalb NAACP, ACT-SO Co-Chair and Academic Enrichment Coach

Presenting Our 2021 ACT-SO Olympians!

Thank you for all the support and encouragement you have given these Olympians.

Once ACT-SO Olympians . . . Now

Mentors

National ACT-SO winner in the Essay and Playwriting categories for two years..

Dr. Kai Jackson Issa

ACT-SO student contestant in

Ronnette Smith

Beretta

Smith-Shomade, PhD

ACT-SO student contestant in

Zorian Roman Reed

2015 Winner

Stephenson High School – Music

Contemporary (Zorian was selected to sing during the presentation of the Lifetime Achievement Award to Quincy Jones). Zorian went on to sing and record with Regina Bell, Angie Stone, Chanta Moore, and Chole and Halle Bailey.

Chelsey Thomas

2015 Winner Redan High School

– Painting (Chelsey was later commissioned to draw the logo for the national black bowling league the following year.

Salmoncain

Smith-Shomade

Senior at Decatur High School

2020 National Bronze Winner Architecture

Arantza

Pena

Pupo

2020 Gold MedalistDrawing

2020 Google Doodle Winner

Harmonie Alexander

Sophomore at Columbia High School in Decatur, Georgia - Categories: Dance-Contemporary/Poetry-Written/ Art-Drawing

Josilyn Lyric Andrews

Cedar Grove High School Category: Poetry-Written and Music-Vocal Contemporary/ Classical

Sophomore at Centennial High School in Roswell, Georgia. Category: Short Story

MIchael Andrews, Jr.

Dayna Boyer

Junior at Dekalb School of the Arts in Avondale

Estates ,Georgia Category: Drawing and Painting

Iye Coakley

Senior at Dekalb School of the Arts Category - Short Story/Film

Grant Cromwell

Junior at Decatur High School Category: Original Essay and Drawing

Junior at Stoneview Academy Homeschool

Lithia Springs, Georgia

Categories –Poetry-Written, Short Story, Poetry Performance

Junior at Northeast Independent Preparatory Academy in Lilburn, Georgia

Category: Music/Vocal/Classical and Dramatics-Acting

is a 9th grade student at Cristo Rey Jesuit High School in Atlanta, Georgia Category: Original Essay, Painting, and Poetry-Performance

Audrey Ferguson-Brown

Xavier Alexander Doyle

Aaron J. Danner

Clark Haydel

16 year old sophomore at Benjamin Franklin High School in Now Orleans, Louisiana Benjamin Franklin High School in New Orleans, Louisiana Category: Poetry-Written and Photography

Hillgrove High School in Powder Springs, GA Category - Music/ Instrumental/Contemporary

Sophomore at Decatur High School in Decatur, Georgia Category: Poetry-Written and Poetry-Performance and Business Entrepreneurship

Nubia Issa

Fawzi Emanuel Errington James, Jr.

Junior at Decatur High School

Decatur, Georgia

Category - Short Story and Physics

Lydia (Jackie) Kimbrough

Freshman at Benjamin Franklin High School in New Orleans, Louisiana.

> Category: Music Vocal

(Contemporary) and Photography

Junior at Decatur High School. Born in Atlanta, GA, Category: photography

10th grader at Chamblee Charter High School in Chamblee, Georgia. Category: Music-Instrumental Contemporary/ Classical

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Miles Johnson

Brandon Leonard

Robert Jeffrey

NaZyia Macon

is a 9th grade student at Cristo Rey Jesuit High School in Atlanta, Georgia Category: Business Entrepreneurship, Drawing and Painting, and Dramatics-Acting

Daraja Wilhelmina Cornelia Maye

A graduating senior of the Loveless Academic Magnet High School. Category: Photography and Music-Vocal Contemporary/ Classical

Ashaad Mccray

Senior at Dekalb School of the Arts, in Decatur, Georgia Category: Dramatics-Acting, Music-Vocal Contemporary/ Classical, and Filmmaking

Josiah O’Connor

11th grader at the Cobb County Center for Excellence in The Performing Arts Category: Music-Instrumental

Contemporary/Classical

Anisah Oliver

Sophomore at Decatur

High school in Decatur

Georgia Category - Drawing

Junior at Chamblee High School in Chamblee, Georgia

Category - Photography, Poetry-Written, and Oratory

Deanna Sharpe

Layla White

Layla is a upcoming sophomore at Dekalb School of The Arts

Category: Dance- Contemporary and Dramatics-Acting

Salmoncain L. Smith-Shomade

Is a rising senior at Decatur High School in Decatur, GA.

Category: Architecture, Photography, and Poetry-Written

Sultan Ziyad

Junior at Decatur High School in Decatur, Georgia

Category - Architecture

MENTORS

STEM

Architecture

Ms. LaConda McKinney

Engineering

Ms. Leteshia Lowe

Physics

Mr. Lance Hammonds

Biology/Microbiology

Mr. Lance Hammonds

Medicine and Health

Lance Hammonds

Computer Science

Ms. Leteshia Lowe

PERFORMING ARTS

Dance- Contemporary

Dr. Maria Odum-Hinmon

Music-Instrumental Contemporary

/Classical

The Donovan

Music-Vocal Contemporary/ Classical

Ms. Ebonee Davis

Dramatics-Acting Prof. Michael Oby and Prof. Lydia Fort

Poetry-Performance

Ms. Kayla Jackson OratoryDr. De’Edra Lewis Johnson

HUMANITIES

Original Essay

Ms. Corendis Brown Hardy

Short Story

Dr. Kai Jackson Issa

VISUAL ARTS

Photography

Mr. Carlton Mackey

Mr. Maurice Smith

Drawing and Painting

Dr. Fahamu Pecou

BUSINESS

Entrepreneurship

Dr. Salmon Shomade

OLYMPIANS

STEM

Architecture

Salmoncain Smith-Shomade

Sultan Ziyad

Engineering

Grace Gordon

Physics

Robert Jeffrey

Biology/Microbiology

Armani Hamilton

Computer Science

Lailah Nabegu

Medicine and Health

Martravia Meadows

PERFORMING ARTS

Dance- Contemporary

Layla Alexis White

Music-Instrumental Contemporary/Classical

Brandon Leonard (classic)Cello

Fawzi James (contemp) Sax

JeNai O’Connor (classic) Piano

Josiah O’Connor-Piano

Music-Vocal Contemporary/ Classical

Josilyn Andrews-Contempora

Xavier Doyle-Classical

Lydia Kimbrough-Contempo

Daraja Maye-Contemporary

Ashaad McCray-Contempora

Dramatics-Acting

Xavier Doyle

NaZyia Macon

Ashaad McCray

Layla Alexis White

Poetry-Performance

Audrey Ferguson-Brown

Aaron Danner

Nubia Issa

Oratory

Deanna Sharpe

HUMANITIES

Original Essay

Grant Cromwell

Audrey Ferguson-Brown

Lailah Nabegu

Short Story

Michael Andrews

Iye Coakley

Aaron Danner

Robert Jeffrey

Poetry-Written

Harmonie Alexander

Josilyn Andrews

Aaron Danner

Clark Haydel

Nubia Issa

Deanna Sharpe

VISUAL ARTS

Photography

Harmony Andrews

Clark Haydel

Eddie Johnson (Myles)

Lydia Kimbrough

Daraja Maye

Deanna Sharpe

Salmoncain Smith-Shomade

Drawing and Painting

Harmonie Alexander

Dayna Boyer (paint & draw)

Grant Cromwell(graphic design

Audrey Ferguson-Brown (paint)

NaZyia Macon

Xavier Maple

Anisah Oliver

Victoria Santil (painting)

Filmmaking

Iye Coakley

Ashaad McCray

BUSINESS

Entrepreneurship

Kelsey Andrews

Nubia Issa

NaZyia Macon

“Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars – to change the world”

This event sponsored in part by:

Harriet Tubman