Environmental Poetry

Brenda Bunting

We Are Earth

By Brenda Bunting

I feel this old earth--

I feel it when it heaves

When souls are newly born

And when they have to leave

I feel this old earth--

I feel it in my knees

In the waters and the tides

And the oceans and the seas

I feel it in the mountains

Topped with snow

And in secret places

Where strange things grow

I feel this old earth--

I feel it in my hands

In the wide and open prairies

All across the land

I feel it still and silent

in the mighty Sequoia trees

Where men with saws and tools

buzz like angry bees

I feel it when it is cruel

And when it is beautifully kind

I feel this old earth dying

Yet beating all the time

Brenda D. Bunting is a socially conscious Poet and Educator, Spoken Word Artist and Workshop Facilitator. Ms. Bunting is in the Poets in Progress (PIP) program through the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities and headed by the Poet Laureate of Washington DC. A University of Kentucky alumnus with her B.A. in English Ms. Bunting has been writing and performing poetry for over 30 years.

Brenda has been published in newspapers, anthologies and journals. She was invited to read her original works at the 2017 Bridge water International Poetry Festival at Bridge water College. She knows the benefits and advocates for the therapeutic use of writing poetry for mental and emotional wellness and healing from traumatic events. Her book of poetry, "Poems of Love and Violence in between Life and Death 2^nd Edition" is available for purchase on Amazon.com. She is a life member of the Kentucky State Poetry Society (K.S.P.S.) an avid hiker and lover of the preserving our environment.

Environmental Poetry

Brenda Bunting

Pollution

By Brenda Bunting

Ocean seas weep oily tears,

Trees are stripped and raped each year,

Frogs hop to extinction land,

Where honey bees become their friends.

Is there clean air anywhere?

Like politicians really care,

Breaking into tiny grains,

Asphyxiating plastic remains.

Fecal matter reeking foul,

Multiplying billion bowels,

Men and animals eliminate waste,

At a rapid and unprecedented rate.

Contaminated corrupted the purity of seed,

Divinely given for all earth’s needs.

At the genetic level fools play god,

While living in the land of nod.

Evil experiments constantly revealed,

Human subjects on a gerbil wheel.

The sentence slowly comes to light,

As the doomed continue to fight.

The corrosive carriers are everywhere,

Transport across land, sea and air,

Pesticides, chemicals and black oil,

Seep into rivers, streams and soil.

Earth belches back and rebels strong,

With wind and water breaking on,

Men and beast and all alive

Will we continue live and thrive?

Brenda D. Bunting is a socially conscious Poet and Educator, Spoken Word Artist and Workshop Facilitator. Ms. Bunting is in the Poets in Progress (PIP) program through the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities and headed by the Poet Laureate of Washington DC. A University of Kentucky alumnus with her B.A. in English Ms. Bunting has been writing and performing poetry for over 30 years.

Brenda has been published in newspapers, anthologies and journals. She was invited to read her original works at the 2017 Bridge water International Poetry Festival at Bridge water College. She knows the benefits and advocates for the therapeutic use of writing poetry for mental and emotional wellness and healing from traumatic events. Her book of poetry, "Poems of Love and Violence in between Life and Death 2^nd Edition" is available for purchase on Amazon.com. She is a life member of the Kentucky State Poetry Society (K.S.P.S.) an avid hiker and lover of the preserving our environment.

Johnson Publishing Sells Ebony to Clear View Group

Chicago-based Johnson Publishing has sold Ebony, its African-American lifestyle magazine, and the now digital-only Jet magazine to Clear View Group, an Austin, Texas-based private equity firm, for an undisclosed amount.  Johnson Publishing will retain its Fashion Fair Cosmetics business and its historic Ebony photo archives, which remains up for sale. The deal, which closed in May, also included the assumption of debt.

A family-owned business throughout its history, Ebony has documented the African-American experience since it first hit newsstands in 1945. It has shaped culture ever since, coming into its own as it reported from the front lines of the civil rights movement during the 1960s in powerful photos and prose.

In recent years, though, Johnson Publishing has seen declining media revenues as it struggled to evolve from print to digital platforms.

Linda Johnson Rice, chairman of Johnson Publishing and daughter of founder John Johnson, will serve as chairman emeritus on the board of the new company.

The new publishing entity, Ebony Media Operations, will maintain the magazine's Chicago headquarters and its New York editorial office, as well as much of the current staff, according to Michael Gibson, co-founder and chairman of African-American-owned Clear View Group.  It is the first investment in the publishing business for Clear View.

Cheryl McKissack, who has served as chief operating officer since 2013, will assume the role of CEO of the new publishing entity under Clear View, operating out of the magazine's Chicago office. Kierna Mayo is stepping down as editor-in-chief of Ebony to pursue other opportunities, Gibson said.

Chicago-based Kyra Kyles, who has headed up digital content for Ebony and Jet since last June, will add the role of editor-in-chief of Ebony, Gibson said.

Desiree Rogers, the former social secretary for President Barack Obama who has been steering Johnson Publishing since 2010, will remain CEO, focusing on the cosmetics business, which represents about half of the company's total revenue.

In January 2015, Johnson Publishing put its entire photo archive up for sale, hoping to raise $40 million. The historic collection spans seven decades of African-American history, chronicling everyone from Martin Luther King Jr. to Sammy Davis Jr.  The collection is still for sale.  (Chicago Tribune, 6/15/2016)

Robert Downey,Jr. Goes Pro Nuclear

Moonalice Launches Moonalice Radio

    Ben Fong-Torres created the station featuring the band members and their favorite songs, 

420 news and music, old and new, representing the spirit of the 60s.

Moonalice, the Bay Area rock band that makes its concerts available, live, on audio and video streams, has added another platform to reach its fans: Its own radio station.

The band, formed by Silicon Valley investor Roger McNamee and the brainchild of the great producer, T Bone Burnett in 2007 because they wanted to create a band with a San Francisco 60s sound.  Moonalice band members (Pete Sears, Barry Sless, Roger McNamee, & John Molo) are the focal point of the online station, Moonalice Radio.

The station, says McNamee, reflects the bands eclectic tastes  rock, blues, Americana, country, folk, R&B and songs dealing with pot culture  and offers band members hosting their own shows.

To build and program the station, McNamee tapped Ben Fong-Torres, a veteran broadcaster who was a DJ on KSAN, the pioneer free-form FM rock station in San Francisco in the 70s, but who is best known as an editor and writer at Rolling Stone.

While doing a biography of Moonalice, Fong-Torres asked McNamee why, since the band was on numerous social media platforms, it didn't have a radio presence.

Said Fong-Torres: He said, Ill do a station if you'll build it.

And so he did. Moonalice brings back the spirit of the Sixties, said Fong-Torres. Their music is loose, free-flowing, and pays tribute to favorite musicians and the roots of American music. The station does the same.

Each member of Moonalice  McNamee, Sears, drummer John Molo and guitarist Barry Sless  appears throughout the week. On weekends, Moonalice Radio features road manager Big Steve Parish, former roadie for the Grateful Dead and Jerry Garcia; social media director Gail Barnes, in the guise of Moongirl, the subject of many Moonalice concert posters, and a DJ show hosted by Fong-Torres (Its pretty close to what I used to do on KSAN). There are also programs featuring acoustic musi and Moonalice in concert.

I didnt want this station to be just a streaming music service, said Fong-Torres. So we have news, historical tidbits, profiles of the artists who create posters for Moonalice concerts, information about pot culture from the podcast, The Hash, and recordings of Moonalice in concert.

Gail Barnes (aka voice of Moongirl and Moonalices social media guru) shares this when asked if Moonalice Radio had a mission. I replied, We share the love through music we love," to which he responded, "You can't go wrong with that motto." With a tight integration into Moonalice's already extensive social media presence of around half a million fans, Moonalice Radio is a great complement to our social ecosystem. 

Moonalice Radio, says McNamee, is the place where Moonalices music, and the music of the people who influenced us, is played, 24 by 7 by 365.

Moonalice Radio can be heard, free and commercial-free, via Moonalice.com/moonaliceradio.

About MOONALICE: 

• Psychedelic, roots-rock band of seasoned musicians mixing a variety of genres with extended musical improvisations.
• Band Members: Roger McNamee, Pete Sears, Barry Sless, John Molo and with special guest Jason Crosby
• Every show has an original art poster, created by a well-known artist, and with its own unique Moonalice "legend. The poster is given free to all attendees. www.moonaliceposter.com
• All Moonalice concerts are broadcast live in HD and available in an online archive shortly after their set. www.moonalice.com
• Moonalice on Social media: over 407,000 on Facebook & over 67,000 on Twitter

MOONALICE Band members:

Pete Sears: bass, guitar, keyboards, vocals (Doobie Decibel System, Sam Gopal Dream, Rod Stewart, Long John Baldry, original Jefferson Starship, Hot Tuna, Peter Rowan, Jimi Hendrix, Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, Phil Lesh & Friends, Steve Kimock, David Nelson, John Lee Hooker and more).

Barry Sless: lead guitar, pedal steel guitar, bass (Phil Lesh & Friends, David Nelson Band, Kingfish, Cowboy Jazz)

Roger McNamee: rhythm and lead guitar, bass, vocals (Doobie Decibel System (DDS) Duo with Jason Crosby and Doobie Decibel System (DDS) Band with Jason Crosby, Pete Sears, Dan Lebo Lebowitz and Jay Lane. Plus Guff, The Engineers, Random Axes, Flying Other Brothers)

John Molo: drums, vocals (Bruce Hornsby & The Range, John Fogerty, Phil Lesh & Friends, The Other Ones). 

Often featuring Jason Crosby: guitar, fiddle, keyboards, vocals (Doobie Decibel System (DDS) Duo with Roger McNamee and Doobie Decibel System (DDS) Band with Roger McNamee, Pete Sears, Dan Lebo Lebowitz and Jay Lane. Plus: Susan Tedeschi, Robert Randolph, Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Carlos Santana, Pete Seeger, Eric Clapton, Bruce Springsteen & Dave Matthews and more). 

Big Steve Parish: Manager, Road Scholar, Medicine Man, Story Teller. (Grateful Dead family member and co-founder of Jerry Garcia Band). 

Moonalices hit single "It's 4:20 Somewhere" has been downloaded over 4.6 million times. You can download it at http://www.moonalice.com/song/its-420-somewhere

MOONALICE photos by legendary photographer, Bob Minkin.Band members from left to right:  John Molo, Pete Sears, Barry Sless & Roger McNamee

Jada Pinkett Smith - Begging Diminishes Dignity

We must stand in our power!
Begging diminishes dignity…
Posted by Jada Pinkett Smith on Monday, January 18, 2016

Richard In His Sly Stone Preacher Outfit

Sly Stone Wins $5 Million Royalty Settlement

Sly Stone just scored $5 million thanks to a L.A. jury, which ruled the psychedelic funk singer was done wrong by a former manager who pilfered his fortune.

When Sly was on the skids, his former manager allegedly convinced him to sign over all his royalties to a company the manager picked ... for tax reasons. Sly says the manager assured him he'd be protected.

But Sly says the manager fleeced him, and apparently the jury agreed. The company that got the royalties must pay the frontman of Sly & the Family Stone $2.5 MIL. The manager, Jerry Goldstein, must ante up $2.45 MIL. And the lawyer who worked with Goldstein has to kick in 50K.  (TMZ)

Ebony Power 100 List for 2014

EBONY MAGAZINE UNVEILS ITS 2014 EBONY POWER 100 LIST

 Honorees on the 29th Annual List Include Gabrielle Union, LeBron James, Shonda Rhimes, Pharrell Williams, Kevin Hart and T.D. Jakes, 

Music Impresario Quincy Jones will receive the EBONY Achievement Award

 Gala Celebration in Los Angeles on November 19

EBONY Magazine unveiled its annual EBONY Power 100 list, which salutes the remarkable achievements of African-Americans in 2014. Among the game changers honored this year are NBA player LeBron James, Sam’s Club CEO Rosalind Brewer, television producer Shonda Rhimes, music producer Pharrell Williams, actresses Audra McDonald, Gabrielle Union and Laverne Cox, comedian Kevin Hart, ballerina Misty Copeland and Bishop T.D. Jakes.  

Quincy Jones –composer, record producer, artist, film producer, arranger, conductor, instrumentalist, TV producer, record company executive, magazine founder, multi-media entrepreneur and humanitarian –will receive the EBONY Achievement Award. The gala celebration will take place in Los Angeles on November 19, at the AVALON Hollywood.  

The EBONY editorial team selected the 100 most influential African-Americans in the country.  These achievers have made noteworthy accomplishments over the past year.  The list of outstanding leaders highlights individuals from a variety of fields, including business, medicine, sports, media, religion, the creative arts and more. As the curator of the African-American experience, EBONY is proud to showcase these individuals.  

These leaders are honored and recognized for changing the course of history and making an enduring and lasting impact in their communities and the world. 

The 2014 Power 100 list will appear in the December issue of EBONY, on newsstands the week of November 10. The full list of the EBONY Power 100 can also be found at EBONY.com here.

The December EBONY is also dedicated to the topic of race.  The publication looks at race relations in America today, and provides an opinion on why race still matters.

To supplement the feature, EBONY.com will also feature five videos on race relations interviews with thought-leaders including Dr. Ben Carson, Marc Lamont Hill, Melissa Harris Perry, Al Sharpton, Julian Bond, Dr. Cornell West, Marian Wright Edelman, Dr. Steve Perry and many others.  

About EBONY:

EBONY is the No. 1 national consumer lifestyle magazine targeting the African-American community. As the longest-running Black publication, EBONY has the largest reach in the African-American print space, reaching nearly 20 million readers annually. EBONY features the best thinkers, trendsetters, celebrities and next-generation leaders of African-Americans. EBONY ignites conversation, promotes empowerment and celebrates aspiration. Available nationwide on newsstands and on all digital platforms, EBONY is the heart, soul and pulse of African-Americans.  

Salutation	First Name	Last Name		Power 100 Category 1
Ms.	Rosalind	Brewer	President and CEO of Sam's Club, a division of Wal-Mart Stores Inc.. As of 2014, she is listed as the 64th most powerful woman in the world by Forbes	Power Brokers
Ms.	Jekalyn	Carr	Evangelist, entrepreneur & gospel artist - 17yrs old	Young Leaders
Mr.	Charles	King	Partner/Agent in the Motion Picture Department at William Morris Endeavor Entertainment (WME)	Power Brokers
Mr.	Kevin	Hart	Actor and comedian.	Innovators
Ms.	Viola	Davis	Oscar Nominated Actress (Doubt and The Help)	Cultural Influencers
Ms.	Denise	Young Smith	Apple's vice president of Worldwide Human Resources, responsible for attracting and retaining top talent at Apple	Power Brokers
Ms.	Nicole	Bernard	‎SVP, Audience Strategy at Fox Group, Fox Entertainmet	Power Brokers
Ms.	Zola	Mashariki	Senior Vice President	Power Brokers
Ms.	Shonda	Rhimes	Screenwriter, director, and producer. Rhimes is best known as the creator, head writer, executive producer and showrunner of Grey's Anatomy and Scandal	Innovators
Mr.	Jason	Collins	Professional basketball center for the Brooklyn Nets of the NBA & openly gay basketball player	Firsts
Ms.	Brittney	Griner	Basketball center with the Phoenix Mercury of the WNBA	Firsts
Mr.	Levar	Burton	Actor & Executive Producer of Reading Rainbow	Community Crusaders
Dr.	Neil	Degrasse Tyson	Astrophysicist, author, and science communicator.	The Thinkers
Ms.	Gabrielle	Union	Actress (Being Mary Jane)	Cultural Influencers
Mr.	Roland	Martin	Journalist & TV Host (TV One & News One Now)	The Thinkers
Mr.	Keegan-Michael	Key	Comedian & TV Show Producer (Key & Peele TV Show)	Cultural Influencers
Mr.	Jordan	Peele	Comedian & TV Show Producer (Key & Peele TV Show)	Cultural Influencers
Mr.	Kevin	Frazier
Ms.	Lena	Waithe	Writer & Producer (YouTube series “Dear White People)	Cultural Influencers
Mr.	Kwasi	Ennis	NY Teen Accepted To All 8 Ivy League Schools - 17yrs old	Young Leaders
Mr.	Ron	Davis	Activist (Parents of teenager Jordan Davis)	Community Crusaders
Mr.	Phillip	Agnew	Executive Director of Dream Defenders	Community Crusaders
Dr.	Elmira	Mangum, Ph.D.	11th president of Florida A&M University (FAMU)	Firsts
Ms.	Erika H.	James	Emory University's new dean of Goizueta Business School, making her the first African American female to hold that position in the school’s history.	Firsts
Dr.	Valerie	Montgomery Rice	1st female CEO of Morehouse School of Medicine	The Thinkers
Ms.	Lucia	McBath	Activist (Parents of teenager Jordan Davis)	Community Crusaders
Ms.	Oprah	Winfrey	Media proprietor, talk show host, actress, producer, and philanthropis	Power Brokers
Rev.	Jesse	Jackson, Sr.	Civil rights activist and Baptist minister	Dream Keepers
Ms	Elizabeth	Dozier	Principal of Fenger High School (Chicago)	Community Crusaders
	The Chicago Robinson West Team		National Little League Champions	Young Leaders
Mr.	Will	Packer	Filmmaker & Producer (Ride Along & No Good Deed)	Cultural Influencers
Mr.	Steve	Harvey	Comedian & TV Host (The Steve Harvey Show)	Cultural Influencers
Mr.	Norman	Francis	President of Xavier University of Louisiana since 1968	Dream Keepers
Mr.	Larry	Wilmore	Writer & Actor (The Daily Show)	Cultural Influencers
Ms.	Stephenie C.	Hill	Vice president and general manager of Lockheed Martin’s] Information Systems & Global Solutions (IS&GS) Civil business & she was named the 2014 Black Engineer of the Year	Power Brokers
Mr.	Michael Andrew	Owens	President of The Council of Baptist Pastors of Detroit & Vicinity, Inc	Community Crusaders
Mr.	Stephen	Henderson	Journalist & 2014 Pulitzer Prize Winner for Journalism	Cultural Influencers
Mr.	Kain	Colter	Football Running back and Wide Receiver for the Minnesota Vikings of the NFL	Innovators
Ms.	Maya	Moore	Basketball player for the Minnesota Lynx of the WBNA & the Shanxi Flame of the Chinese league	Champions
Ms.	Laysha	Ward	President of Community Relations for Target and a member of its executive committee	Power Brokers
Mr.	Arnold W.	Donald	President & CEO	Power Brokers
Mr.	Ron	Johnson	Prominent figure in the aftermath shooting of Michael Brown	Community Crusaders
Mr.	Jaylen	Bledsoe	Technology entrepreneur - 16yrs old	Young Leaders
Ms.	Paulette	Brown	President of the American Bar Association. The first woman of color to lead the nation’s most influential lawyer’s group.	Firsts
Mr.	Floyd	Mayweather	Pro boxer, Undefeated as a professional and is a five-division world champion	Champions
Ms.	Claire	Sulmers	Journalist & blogger of 1#  destination for multicultural fashion.	Socia Media Influencers
Mr.	Pharrell	Williams	Grammy Award winning musician/entrepreneur Pharrell Williams is a creative force, using music, fashion, and design to express his distinctive style	Innovators
Ms.	Audra	McDonald	Actress and singer. Six time Tony Award winner. Won more than any other actor of either gender, and is the only person to win all four acting categories for either gender	Firsts
Dr.	Danielle	Allen, Ph.D.	An American classicist and political scientist, and UPS Foundation Professor at the Institute for Advanced Study	Firsts
Ms.	Laverne	Cox	Actress, reality television star, television producer, and LGBTQ advocate (co-stars in Orange Is The New Black)	Firsts
Ms.	Michele A.	Roberts	Executive director of the National Basketball Players Association. She is the first woman to hold that position and the first woman to head a major professional sports union in North America	Firsts
Ms.	Sherrilyn	Ifill	President & Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc.	Dream Keepers
Ms.	Natasha	Eubanks	CEO of TheYBF.com	Socia Media Influencers
Ms.	Alexis	McGill Johnson	Chair, Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA)	Community Crusaders
Ms.	Chimamanda	Ngozi Adichie	Writer of African literature	The Thinkers
Ms.	Kara	Walker	Contemporary artist	The Thinkers
Mr.	Shaun	T.	Entrepreneur, celebrity fitness trainer & choreographer	The Thinkers
Ms.	Wendy	Willams	TV Show Host & Producer (The Wendy Williams Show)	Cultural Influencers
Mr.	Michael	Strahan	Talk Show Host & NFL Hall of Famer	Cultural Influencers
Ms.	Misty	Copeland	American Ballerina	Cultural Influencers
Ms.	Sasheer	Zamata	Actress & Comedian (Saturday Night Live)	Cultural Influencers
Ms.	Lupita	Nyongo	Oscar Winning Actress (12 Years A Slave)	Cultural Influencers
Ms.	Bevy	Smith	TV Personality (Fashion Queens)	Cultural Influencers
Ms.	Courtney	Kemp Agboh	TV Show Producer (Power)	Cultural Influencers
Ms.	Ericka	Pittman	Vice President	Cultural Influencers
Mr.	Theodore  V.	Wells, Jr.	The National Law Journal named Ted one of “The Decade’s Most Influential Lawyers” and over the years has repeatedly selected him as one of the 100 most influential lawyers in America	Power Brokers
Mr.	Dean	Baquet	A Pulitzer Prize-winning American journalist and the executive editor of The New York Times. He is the first African-American to serve as executive editor, the highest-ranking position in the paper's newsroom	Power Brokers
Ms.	Shante	Bacon	Founder of 135th Street Agency, runs one of the top agencies in the country. With a client list that includes the Oprah Winfrey	Power Brokers
Ms.	Kathy	Thornton-Bias	President of Bang & Olufsen America, the Danish provider of premium, high quality audio and video products	Power Brokers
Rev.	Al	Sharpton	Baptist minister, civil rights activist, television/radio talk show host	Dream Keepers
Ms.	Beyonce	Knowles	Entertainer & Producer	Cultural Influencers
Ms.	Joy-Ann	Reid	Jounalist & Managing Editor of TheGrio.com and an on-air contributor on MSNBC	Dream Keepers
Mr.	Rickey	Smiley & Morning Show Crew	Comedian, Radio/TV Host & DJs (Morning Show Crew)	Cultural Influencers
Mr.	LeBron	James	Basketball player for the Cleveland Cavaliers in the NBA	Champions
Dr.	Victor	Garcia	Founder of Buckle Up Campaign	The Thinkers
Ms.	Gale V.	King	Content Partnerships Director at Google where he is in charge of premium film, TV and new media partnerships for YouTube	Power Brokers
Mr.	Michael	Coleman	Mayor of Columbus, OH, the longest active African-American mayor of a major city	Power Brokers
Mr.	Marc Lamont	Hill	Political Pundit, Author & Distinguished Prof. of AA Studies at Morehouse College	Dream Keepers
Bishop	T.D.	Jakes	Apostle/Bishop of The Potter's House, a non-denominational megachurch, 30,000 members	Faithful Few
Mr.	Michael	Sam	Football defensive end for the Dallas Cowboys organization & first openly-gay pro football player	Firsts
Ms.	Tamela	Mann	Actress and gospel singer	Faithful Few
Mr.	Russell	Wilson	Football quarterback for the Seattle Seahawks in NFL	Champions
Mr.	Richard	Sherman	Football cornerback for the Seattle Seahawks in the NFL	Champions
Ms.	Mignon	Clydburn	Commissioner at the Federal Communications Commission since she was nominated by President Barack Obama on June 25, 2009, and sworn in on August 3, 2009.	Cultural Influencers
Admiral	Michelle	Howard	First woman and African-American woman to achieve the rank of admiral in the Navy	Firsts
Mr.	Ta-Nehesi	Coates	American writer, journalist, and educator	The Thinkers
Mr.	Gilbert	Campbell	Founders of Volt Energy (Green Technology Company)	The Thinkers
Mr.	Simon Antonio	Francis	Founders of Volt Energy (Green Technology Company)	The Thinkers
Mr.	Steve	McQueen	British film director, producer, screenwriter, and video artist. (Oscar winner for 12 Years A Slave)	Firsts
Ms.	Alexis	Wilkinson	The first African-American to be at the helm of the "Harvard Lampoon" since its creation in 1876	Firsts
Mr.	Andre Romelle "Dr. Dre"	Young	Record producer, rapper & entrepreneur. founder & current CEO of Aftermath Entertainment & Beats Electronics.	Firsts
Mr.	Derek	Jeter	Baseball shortstop in 20th and final season in MLB for the New York Yankees	Champions
Mr.	Kevin	Durant	Professional basketball player with the Oklahoma City Thunder	Champions
Bishop	Noel	Jones	Senior pastor of the City of Refuge Church in Gardena, CA,  17,000 members	Faithful Few
Mr.	John Silvanus	Wilson	11th President of Morehouse College	Dream Keepers
	#BringBackOurGirls	Obiageli Ezekwesili	On April 14th, 230 School girls were kidnapped from the Chibok Government Secondary School by Boko Haram Terrorists in Nigeria. All 230 are still missing.	Socia Media Influencers
Mr.	Carlton	Haywood	Faculty - Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics	The Thinkers
Ms.	Mo'Ne	Davis	Female Little League baseball pitcher Philadelphia, PA	Young Leaders
Mr.	Chadwick	Boseman	Actor (42 & Get On Up)	Cultural Influencers
Mr.	Kanye	West	Rapper & Producer	Cultural Influencers
Mr.	Usher	Raymond	Entertainer & Judge/Mentor (The Voice)	Cultural Influencers
Mr.	Jesse	Williams	Actor (Grey's Anatomy), Activist (Civil Rights)	Cultural Influencers
Ms.	Danielle	Lee	Creator of the Urban Scientist Blog	Social Media Influencers