Arts.Advocacy+Wellness: "Opening Act NY 10for10 Campaign"

Opening Act's 10 for 10 Campaign

Help a deserving NYC public school and its students

gain life building skills through

theater training techniques

Hello FUTURE Family and AAW Readers, I need a brief moment of your time to share a youth fundraising project that I am supporting this year, called Opening Act. You may recall my posts about being a teaching artist for Opening Act from 2008-Jan 2011. Even after my departure this program remains special to me because I strongly believe in the organization's mission and the students whose lives have been changed for the better. This fall Opening Act is launching a 10 for 10 Campaign - 10 days to raise $10,000 through $10 donations for its 10th partnering school! This allows another NYC public school and its students a chance to experience life building skills through the techniques of theater training. I am thrilled to be a part of this Campaign - and I need your support! I am so thrilled that I am stepping my game up by making an extra pledge: for every 10th friend that makes a $10 donation I will donate an additional $10, on top of the $10 that I've already contributed (up to 100 friends). So if I get 100 friends that means I'll match it with $100 + my original $10 which equals $110....I'm loving some $10! Our goal is to have 1000 individuals (like you!) each donate $10, raising a total of – TADA! – $10,000! It’s a Campaign about small investments and big returns, and who couldn’t use more of that these days? Again, I'm doing this because I care and believe in this program and my students. The campaign is in full force and ends September 21, so please don't hesitate to begin donating your $10 today. Just follow this link to Opening Act's website. AND Please...when you are making your pledge make sure to include my name, Cornelius Jones Jr., in the note/comment section so I can match your pledge!!! This notation of my name is really important, so please don't forget. Here goes the direct link to the donation page: https://app.etapestry.com/hosted/OpeningActInc/OnlineDonation.html?type=donation CHECK OUT the cool Testimonial videos below:

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Arts.Advocacy+Wellness: "Torya and her Notes on Ubuntu"

Ubuntu Scholars Program

An under-funded education system is often left to focus on student test scores and performance alone; personal development falls by the wayside. While increasing academic performance is the chief aim of the Ubuntu Scholars program, filling the void in enrichment education is a major part of the program.

Most students in the Port Elizabeth townships do not have access to programs that fall outside of the basic academic curriculum. Beginning in January 2010, Ubuntu Education Fund will expand enrichment classes for their students in 3^rd-6^th grade students. The expanded after-school classes will supplement their current academic weekend classes at Kip McGrath. Many students for the first time will have the opportunity to participate in classes as diverse as Yoga, baking, and ceramics. The classes are designed to bolster students’ creative thinking and team-building skills, as well as their self esteem. .

The program perfectly dovetails with Ubuntu’s current academic enrichment classes offered at Kip McGrath. Students receive individualized tutoring on basic math and English in order to give them “a strong foundation for their future studies,” according to Jacob Lief, President and Founder of Ubuntu Education Fund.

Studies have shown that these early-education programs will significantly help students maintain their focus and involvement with their education, and ultimately lead to greater academic success. The Ubuntu Scholars programs will not only offer children opportunities for their personal enrichment, but provides student with skills so they can enter university at the top of their class.

60 Minutes News correspondent Bryon Pitts

STEP OUT ON NOTHING
How Faith and Family Helped Me Conquer Life’s Challenges
BY BYRON PITTS
60 Minutes and CBS Evening News correspondent

In STEP OUT ON NOTHING (St. Martin’s Press; September 29, 2009; $24.99; 0-312-57766-4), Byron Pitts chronicles his astonishing story of overcoming a childhood filled with obstacles to achieve enormous success in life. Throughout Byron’s difficult youth – his parents separated when he was twelve and his mother worked two jobs to make ends meet – he suffered from a debilitating stutter. But Byron was keeping an even more embarrassing secret: He was also functionally illiterate. For a kid from inner-city Baltimore, it was a recipe for failure.

Throughout Byron’s life a few key people ‘stepped out on nothing’ to make a difference for him, from his mother who worked tirelessly to raise her kids right - while delivering ample amounts of tough love - to his college roommate who helped Byron practice his vocabulary. In STEP OUT ON NOTHING Byron even learns from those who didn’t believe in him, like the college professor who labeled him a failure and said he would amount to nothing. By following his steadfast passion for journalism Byron persevered and after fifteen years in local television, he landed a job as a national correspondent for CBS News in 1998. Not bad for a kid who couldn’t read.

From his challenged youth in Baltimore to his award-winning work covering 9/11 and Iraq, Byron’s exceptional story will resonate with those who struggle with any sort of learning challenge. STEP OUT ON NOTHING will also serve as a motivating tool for teachers, counselors and social workers.

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KDKA in Pittsburgh, PA CBS 2-TV

“If you have ever been told, "You can't achieve your dreams," you need to read Step Out on Nothing. Byron Pitts has used his remarkable skills as a reporter to reveal his most fascinating story to date - the story of his own life. It is a triumphant tale of faith and family, and one man's determination to overcome seemingly impossible odds. This book will move you, inspire you, and make you look at your own difficulties in a whole new light.”
- Anderson Cooper, anchor of Anderson Cooper 360

“It seems unimaginable that someone of Byron’s intelligence and elegance could have faced so many struggles as a young man. No wonder he is such an inspired story teller – his own story is inspiring.”
- Katie Couric, anchor and managing editor of CBS Evening News with Katie Couric and 60 Minutes correspondent

"Byron Pitts had a secret . . . one he thought was shameful and embarrassing. So he kept it—for years and years. That he was able to is only one astonishing detail in his wonderfully candid, you-are-there memoir. Vividly written, Byron can tell a yarn with passion and intimacy. Step Out on Nothing is truly moving."
- Lesley Stahl, 60 Minutes correspondent

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Arts.Advocacy+Wellness: "Liberation through Education - Wake Forrest University FREE MA/MBA Program"

Education is an essential component of liberating ourselves from our personal mental purgatory. Last year, I returned to Grad School at New York University's Gallatin School for Individualized Study. In pursuit of the M.A., I must say that over the past 3 semesters I have learned so much about how the world operates and how I function as living being. This has been one of the most monumental moments in my life. Pursing an M.A. can be a bit of a challenge due to the heavy reading loads of theory, however, once you begin to break-through the theory and understand its application to your specific concentration and the worldly menatility in the function of power and control, you will begin to understand the strength and importance of education.

I often speak on moments being featured in major Media publications as being monumental, and now it is my duty to place the importance of education on this platform because I have been changed. I'm better informed and I have more options in this life...and I'm not just talking about financial options. It's the mentality of freedom!

Bob Marley
once said,
"Emancipate yourself from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our mind."

Today, I share with you an opportunity to educate yourself for Liberation. I received an email in my inbox a few days ago from a friend and I had to share with The FUTURE. There's a unique MA/MBA program being offered at Wake Forest University. AND its FREE!!! FUTURE friends and allies I invite you to take a look into this opportunity and pass the information along to your family, friends, and network.

If you find this information isn't for you, I invite you to continue your search in liberating yourself.





FREE MASTERS PROGRAM AT WAKE FOREST




Message from Derrick S. Boone, Ph.D.:

Greetings, I wanted to let you know about a great opportunity here at Wake Forest where you can get a FREE education and get PAID while you're doing it. Our Dean of the Schools of Business is the former CEO of PepsiCo and very committed to diversity. He's gone around to his CEO friends, who have agreed to donate a bunch of money to pay tuition and fees, provide a stipend, and a job, to diverse students. The details are below. The problem is, response to the program has been dismal! As a faculty member, I would be embarrassed for him to have to tell his CEO friends, "thanks so much for your donation, but unfortunately I have to give it back because we couldn't find Any students who wanted it." So, I need your help. Please contact me if you, or ANYONE you know is interested in the program. I want to help out as many young scholars as I can. Don't worry about whether or not you (or they) have taken the GMAT, etc. All you need to do at this point is JUST APPLY.

About the Program: The Master of Art in Management program is designed specifically for liberal arts majors only. The MA degree program is a 10 month intense study of the basic functional areas of Business. After graduation and working for approximately two years, all MA graduates are eligible to apply to Wake Forest as part of the MA/MBA joint degree program and get the MBA in one year. The new Dean, Steve Reinemund, has created a new scholarship for diverse students pursuing the MA degree called the Corporate Fellowship.

The Corporate Fellowship provides full tuition and a $21,000 stipend to cover living expenses. Additionally, each Corporate Fellow will participate in a practicum. The practicum has two components, educational and professional development. Each student will be assigned a mentor that is a high level executive with their sponsor corporation. The mentor will oversee an educational project covering 4 of the functional areas of business using their own corporation as the subject. The student will visit the corporation 3 - 4 times during the program to present his/her results of their research project. Additionally, the "professional development" component of the fellowship provides career coaching and leadership development for the students.

"The goal for the corporation is to be able to groom and hopefully, hire a top candidate from a diverse background for their organization. Of course, there is no obligation that the students accept any offer of employment. Still, the student benefits, even if they are not ultimately hired by their sponsor corporation in that they have the MA degree and the type of experience that will make them more marketable." -Joyce Norfleet

Roy Byrd, III
Finance Specialist GPSC Americas Finance
e-mail: roy.byrd-iii@hp.com

Derrick S. Boone, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Marketing
Room 3139 Worrell Professional Center Babcock
Graduate School of Management
Wake Forest University
1834 Wake Forest Drive
Winston-Salem , NC 27109-8758
email: derrick.boone@...
Web Site: http://mba.wfu.edu/
Phone: (336)..758.4475;
Toll-free: (866) 925-3622;
Fax: 336.758.4514