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Wardrobe and Accessories for this message brought to you by BLKLST and Twisted Rose Metal Jewelry and Accessories Lead Make Up Artist Cheryl Johnson Assistant Make Up Artist J Shuntay Khalah Morris

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As we go into the summer time with many concerns, doubts and fears this year. We as a community have concerns with the new Presidential race, the out of control cops taking the lives of our loved ones, the big corporations constantly poisoning our communities and the constant lack of jobs for our working class, many of these issues are on going and we need to find true solutions instead of band aid fixes.

We may not have answers to everything but we offer solutions the best way we can based in hope, inspiration and understanding. We seek to give our fellow man and woman pearls of wisdom, so they can include it in their order.

This summer issue is symbolic of this cause and we seed the images and messages into the community consciousness to be received as solutions to the root issues that plague our community.

We believe in the stop the violence movement but we say stop the violence not only physically, but mentally, spiritually, politically, economically, and emotionally. This violence against the human spirit needs to be addressed at its core.

We are pleased to showcase an amazing designer Jazell Smith of BLKLST with the help of some of our most powerful women leaders of Chicago to create this visual editorial of fashion and symbolism entitled “Creating the village- the rise of the warrior princess” Please enjoy our pictorial journey and share!

Shettima “Mocha Chocolate TV” Webb p.40

Melody Boykin p. 50

Cheryl Monique p. 66

Cassiopeia p. 52

Tequila Shabazz p. 82

Trina Jackson p. 86

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Image if you wake up with $86,400 sitting in your

bank account and everyday at te end of the night it gone, whether you wasted it or not and then the next day you get another $86, 400. You’s do everything in your power to spend it, cause you know the next day you’re getting another $86,400. You don’t want to leave anything of it there. You’s want to make the best of it right? You get 86,000 seconds a day, why waste time, doesn’t carry over into the next day, doesn’t earn interest. Take everyday and every moment and make something of it , make something positive. Remember the difference between a rich person and a poor person is how effectively they utilize their 24 hours effectively.

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When you think some opportunites and jobs are just out of sight, start setting your sights higher. You must check out www.cwconsultinggroup.com to understand that coming from the streets does not limit you from even being a Certified Nuclear Mechanical Operator and engineering Laborator Technician . Charles Wilson will show you and show how your children also can achieve the dream. Think outside of the box of possiblities you and your children can achieve go to the website call and see 773-332-9387

Achieving your dreams takes committed support along the way. Let F-Style show you who you can connect to help your journey

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Name to know Lupe Fiasco

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Chicago rapper Lupe Fiasco is helping out inner city businesses in underserved communities with his new nonprofit.

Fiasco and Di-Ann Eisnor, tech business leader and director of the GPS mobile app Waze, started the organization with the intention of targeting entrepreneurs in low-income neighborhoods who need help with funding their ideas. According to the organization’s mission statement, it wants “to turn every neighborhood fund into a local micro-economic engine.” neighborhood of Brownsville in Brooklyn, New York on Nov 13.

The organization’s site said it provides access, network workshops, mentoring and funding to help potential entrepreneurs reach their goals. Businesses interested in the project get to compete for funding by pitching their ideas on a live stage to judges for a chance to win $5,000 and coaching from industry leaders to develop their business prototype.

Tech Nuggets Now that you got your amazing body to show off with, you might want to travel a bit. Here is something you must see! Develped by and husband and wife team. Ever lose your bag or had a hard time wheeling it around? Well this company just made things a lot easier, another game changer in the industry Traxpack.com

tech Nuggest the drinkable book

SOCCKET

The Drinkable Book™ is both a water filter and an instruction manual for how and why to clean drinking water. This filter is patent pending technology (US Serial No 62/153,395), and works to produce clean drinking water by pouring dirty water through a thick, sturdy sheet of paper embedded with silver nanoparticles (a.k.a. pAge drinking paper), which are lethal for microbes.

This paper was created and shown to be highly antibacterial during Theresa’s Ph.D. at McGill University.

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Much more than a normal soccer ball, the SOCCKET is a portable generator that provides fun and power to those who play with it.

Developed for third world countries to supply light and energy to small divices. Explore the posiblities.

Watch online https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=un-3gPKOGnw

Nanosats are go!

Nanosats

Small satellites: Taking advantage of smartphones and other consumer technologies, tiny satellites are changing the space business.

Look for them in your next highschool science project and get ready for the new wave of affordable satellite tech you can invest in.

Watch online https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=NzAlF2teB0U safty apps

Once you’ve registered with bSafe, the app asks you to select Guardians from your contacts list.

You’ll need to have at least one contact that can be reached via telephone; other Guardians can be

accessible via text mes- light on your phone, texts your location sage or a combination to your contacts, and calls a Guardian. of the two.

Note that all active Guardians are triggered when you hit that alarm, someIf you’re in danger, hit thing to keep in mind if you’re tempted the red SOS button, to add more than a handful of contacts. and the app sounds an alarm, sets off a bright

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re you wondering “what is aquaponics?� The most simple definition is that it is the marriage of aquaculture (raising fish) and hydroponics (the soilless growing of plants) that grows fish and plants together in one integrated system. The fish waste provides an organic food source for the growing plants and the plants provide a natural filter for the water the fish live in. The third participants are the microbes (nitrifying bacteria) and composting red worms that thrive in the growing media. They do the job of converting the ammonia from the fish waste first into nitrites, then into nitrates and the solids into vermicompost that that are food for the plants.

You feed the fish, the fish feed the plants, and the plants clean the water. It’s that easy!

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In the beginning

Jazell Smith is a native of Chicago

whose fashion expertise extends from her education at the Fashion Institute Technology in New York. Known for creating fashion that celebrates African American women’s style through bright colors and bold prints, her new 2016 summer collection promises to exceed her own design expectations with a fashion line representing the characteristics of an alter ego Black Warrior Princess- Beauty, Power, Pride, and Strength. More than just traditional fashion, Jazell’s collections are conversation pieces featuring a variety of historical African Prints in her designs including skirts made from the ancient Kente, Javas(Dashiki), and Ankara (wax prints).

What’s the perfect outfit without the accessories to match? Teaming up with jewelry designer, Ladetria Warren, owner of the Twisted Rose Metal jewelry and accessories brand is the perfect collaboration between the two African Inspired women. Ladetria whose pieces celebrate African Heritage and talent, first began designing in 2012 and is currently stocking her brand in 7 boutiques and online stores in Chicago, Indiana, and Florida. In 2014 her unique one of a kind pieces made from vibrant colors of precious metals, were featured in the Will to Adorn – Chicago program, for the Smithsonian Center for Folk life and Cultural Heritage project.

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“It takes a village to rasie a child” the journey of the warrior princess collection

Shettima “Mocha Chocolate TV” Webb

Shettima “Mocha Chocolate TV” Webb is a plus size model, actress, poet, singer, songwriter, creative writer ,author, media personality and self -esteem advocate. She is the owner of Model Esteem a modeling and performance arts company for youth and adults with a core focus in building self-esteem through modeling and creative expression. Her company Model Esteem has been featured on Channel 7, The Black Women’s Expo, Daley Center, Austin Weekly, Maywood Village Free Press and will be featured on upcoming news segments and newspapers.

As a professional model she is signed to two agencies, Gill Hayes Talent and YJB Talent in Chicago and has been featured in major print campaigns and runway. She begin her modeling career officially in 2009 when she won the Miss Illinois Plus America Pageant since then she has been featured in Essence Magazine, N’Digo, Rolling Out, Chicago Stylez, WCIU, modeled for celebrity designers and became the first plus size cover model for Allezom International Magazine. She has also modeled for various boutiques and major department stores like Catherines, Ashley Stewart, Lane Bryant to name a few etc.

In 2015 Shettima spread her wings and did a tour with her company Mocha Chocolate TV as a media host.She was one of the few freelance companies to cover Steve Harvey’s Neighborhood Awards in ATL. There she was able to meet and interview so many major celebrities that propelled her to become a celebrity interviewer. Her company Model Esteem is what she is most proud of because she gets the wonderful opportunity to share her knowledge to new models who want their chance to strut their stuff on the runway.

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MELODY BOYKIN BLACK FASHION WEEK USA

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Akoma always being in a hurry does not prevent death, neither does going slowly prevent living

Melody Boykin is a native of Chicago IL and born fashionista. She has applied her skills set gained from her B.A. in Fashion Merchandising /Marketing and Black American Studies as current freelance fashion Styling, merchandising /marketing/writer among a few of her visual art talents. She has been servicing the Chicago land area with her creative fashion skills. Melody has done work for some of the nation’s popular retailers which include payless, Kmart, JCPenney, and Bloomingdales. While at Bloomingdales Melody was a sales and styling dynamite driving her own personal clientele selling over a half of million dollars in luxury fashion in her 1st year and gaining the title of top quarterly credit acquisition producer for the store.

She was chosen by top management to shop for employees of corporate accounts for the company and served as a special events captain, and department mentor. Her superior skills left the company with the” best be a team award. Most recently she became a freelance fashion executive with Winston Retail Solutions in which she did visual merchandising, and product training seminars for Lucky Jeans, Emporio Armani, Graham and Dunn and PUMA, her biggest account representing the company in the North Chicago land territory. While representing PUMA, she helped to win the corporate visual training contest for her team during wholesale training trips to Boston.

Most recently she has serves as media and designer agent for Midwest Fashion week, a production, dedicated to helping emerging designers seek exposure for their brands. Melody now attends fashion shows to help capture and archive runway presentations from African American Designers. Most recently she was seen on Good Day Chicago Fox 32 in February 2016, ABC7 Chicago February 2015, Madam Noir, Bean Soup Times, Precious Stones, and Allezom International Magazine for Black Fashion Week, USA a week of events she produced showcasing the talent of US & International Black fashion designers and boutiques . Due to melody’s love of African American history, she has merged her knowledge from fashion research, and is currently working on a African American Fashion publication scheduled for release in 2017.

Cassiopeia has been cultivated by an extensive, intergenerational village that extends from the South Side of Chicago through a global African consciousness.

She earned her BA in Marketing from the University of Illinois at Chicago; she has led and partnered several successful entrepreneurial ventures, which have sharpened her skills that range from dance, graphic design, and community development. With over 10 years marketing experience, she cofounded TheBlackMall.com, connecting over 500 Black-owned businesses around the country through various social media campaigns, hands-ontrainings & consultations, apprenticeships, “Money Mobs,” and her creative visions through Sol Designs.

Her extensive efforts to build and sustain our African community have been recognized by a range of media outlets and civic organizations; she was most recently honored by Demoiselle 2 Femme for their inaugural “40 Under 40” banquet. She was also a featured speaker at Mosque Maryam (headquarters of the Nation of Islam) to speak on the importance of Buying Black. Cassiopeia is a member of United American Progress Association (UAPA), Local Organization Committee (LOC), Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated and acknowledges the high privilege and honor to serve as mother to MJ.

Noon a good thing sells itself, a bad one advertises itself

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Akokonan when brothers fight to the death, a stranger inherits their father’s estate

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A New York City native now living in Nashville, Tennessee. She studied fashion design at the Fashion Institute of Technology and has been a professional makeup artist for over 15 years. Cheryl Monique is currently back in school studying both Filmmaking and Psychology at Middle Tennessee State University to become a documentary filmmaker. She is currently working on her first documentary about black hair and the social/psychological process of going natural. Cheryl Monique is also a painter and photographer, she has an art series “Glamorously Nappy” that will be making a major launch this fall which will include photos and paintings.

Cheryl Monique and her fiancé are preparing to launch their craft business, LUSH SWAG, fine wine inspired lamps and crafts on ETSY this summer.

On top of all that, Cheryl Monique is launching her personal brand Living Phenomenally, which includes all of her creative talents and her psychological skill through life coaching and motivation therapy.

Her website www.livingphenomenally.com will be officially launching next month.

Keep an eye out for this woman; she is purposefully driven, passionate about empowerment and intentionally glamorous!

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Dame Dame Advice is a stranger; if he’s welcome he stays for the night; if not, he leaves the same day.

Cheryl Monique

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TeQuila Shabazz

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Akoben Do not try to fight a lion if you are not one yourself.

TeQuila Shabazz is the Founder/President of The Brij Embassy for Black America, a social enterprise that uses a cooperative model, media and technology to drive awareness, accountability and action around the strategic redistribution of capital back into Black America. She has produced and directed over 30 short films capturing the stories of Black social innovators through the web-series Give Black, which aired between 2012-2014. Through this work she was able to recruit over 150 cooperative members and hundreds of supporters that redistributed their time, money, skills and resources back into black people and places. Shabazz serves as lead instructor in The BE Black Academy: Buy Black/Give Black/Love Black, a Facebook group that moves people from awareness to action in real time. With a portion of proceeds earned throught marketing, public relations and collaboration work. BRIJ redistributes back to start-ups, media projects and initiatives black communities need most. www.thebrijembassy.com thebrijembassy@gmail.com

Trina Jackson

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Trina Jackson Trina, born and raised in Chicago is a veteran educator. This graduate of Chicago State University has played a key role in the development of effective learning environments as well as have laid a solid academic foundation for hundreds of children. Teaching and connecting with children comes natural to her. She teaches from a place that all children can learn, all children can read, and all children can exceed the expectation.

She is a professional model that is phenomenal on the runway and is a fashionista in her own right. She has brought life to numerous brands representing them on TV, Videos and in Print. With a niche for networking, her spunk and energy has granted her the opportunity to travel and embrace people from all over. With a sweetheart of a personality, she is noted for her smile and compassion, and she has a keen eye for identifying the talents and qualities in others.

Trina is the co-owner of BFF Management Group, a boutique management firm that she and her best friend/sister launched when they realized God had blessed them with an opportunity to use their combined education, experience, talents, and passion to be a blessing to others. BFF Management has a dynamic way of managing the dreams, talents and endeavors of their clients thus Building a solid Foundation for a successful Future.

Trina is a mother of two beautiful girls.

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