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Rise and Shine
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Partners for Youth Opportunity (PYO), a nonprofit that provides mentorship, educational and employment programs to Durham high school and college students, hosted its 2019 Rise and Shine Breakfast, the organization’s largest annual event, March 14 at the PNC Triangle Club. Many business, community and government leaders were in attendance. The nonprofit awarded three scholarships at the breakfast, highlighted student achievement in 2018 and outlined future plans in the community.
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1 PYO Academic Director Dosali Reed-Bandele and PYO student Ron’Asia Rogers, who received the Dr. Phail Wynn Scholarship. 2 The Forest of Duke President/CEO Anita Holt and Sam Miglarese, assistant vice president and director of Duke/Durham Neighborhood Partnership. 3 PYO parent Shahadat Hossain and Cassandra Taylor, presenter of the Adriel Williams Scholarship.
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4 PYO student Emmanuel Johnson, who received the Tomee Blackmon Scholarship, and Dr. Susan Blackmon, Tomee’s mother. 5 PYO Executive Director Julie Wells and Durham Public Schools board member Natalie Beyer. 6 Kathy Greene and Jesica Averhart, executive director of Leadership Triangle.