November 2014


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Hampton Roads Future Unveiled Business Conference Celebrities and Business leaders honor local youth


of the need for African Americans to support African American owned businesses, a sentiment that was well received by an audience comprised of mostly minority business owners. He also acknowledged his wife, Cynthia, for her support over the years.


Workshop presenters at the conference included


the SBA, the FDIC, the


US Census Bureau and the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond. Sue Malone, who has experience working with the television show Shark Tank, flew into Hampton Roads from California to speak with business owners about alternatives to bank financing, including crowdfunding, at a workshop titled "Think Outside the Bank."


Al Roker and Nicole Livas Photo courtesy of Teens With a Purpose COURTESY OF TEENS WITH A PURPOSE


NORFOLK, VA -- Teens With a Purpose delivered part


a Masquerade stellar Charity Ball


four on


November 1st, 2014 which feature Al Roker of NBC's "Today Show" at the Norfolk Waterside Marriott. This epic evening of magical proportions included the unveiling of our future generation of leaders - a celebratory highlight of Hampton Roads youth who are persevering and beating the odds. This FUNdraiser included live entertainment with a house band, dancing,


poetry, award ceremony,


exquisite dinner, guest speakers, and an exciting silent auction. The 2014 TWP Masquerade Gala featured local celebrities such as Nicole Livas of WAVY-TV, and Julie Garner a VP at The Martin Agency, the marketing geniuses behind popular commercials such as the Icky Shuffle and GEICO Gecko, and No Malice, an interna- tionally known Hip-Hop Artist with a positive message, who is best known for his work with The Clipse and Pharrell Williams, the Happy rapper.


The evening began with a special Teen Talk segment Malice


featuring shared his personal No climb


to the musical charts, life story and choices he has made. He shared his change to become a more positive role model and conscious artist. Once the Gala program started, it included greetings from Al Roker, America's favorite weatherman and Teens With a Purpose Director. During the event, Cox Communications


received the


2014 Corporate Citizen Award, an award given to organizations who


make an outstanding contribution to the organization. Congressman & Mrs. Scott Rigell received the award in 2013 and passed the torch to Senior Vice President of Cox Communications, Gary McCollum. The special speaker


Julie Garner offered


her personal success story as a top executive but more importantly shared her journey to encourage


young


people by starting her own non-profit organization that increases awareness about distracted


driving, a personal


venture which was started after loosing her own son to a driver trying to beat the yellow light. Subsequently, Teens With a Purpose member Tyrin Cooper also had a face to face experience with a driver trying to beat a yellow light. Tyrin's survival is nothing short of a miracle. He was presented an honorary award and his picture graced the cover of the 2014 TWP Commemorative Magazine.


The evening also celebrated youth in Hampton Roads and their Mentors - Move Makers who have beaten the odds and triumphed over adversity, and to raise money for free year-round teen programs. Two young winners of the 2014 Move Maker Award were honored: Malik Jordan, a TWP member who has overcome the pressures of his neighborhood and still achieved much by being a peer educator and a camp counselor along with Stephanie Diego who was nominated by ForKids, for her outstanding and exemplary leadership during their homework


program


after school despite


personal challenges that she has had to overcome.


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Day Two of the conference included the Employ Hampton Roads Career and Business Opportunity Fair which featured organizations such as GEICO, ADT,


Hampton Roads First Command Financial Transit, Services,


guest Virginia Beach Public Schools and up


more. "While we were happy to host all of the companies who participated in the career fair, many of them had enough jobs to stand alone at a fair. We really could have had a successful career fair with just Virginia Beach Public Schools. As the second largest employer in Hampton Roads, not including


the federal government,


Virginia Beach Public Schools has numerous job openings from bus driver to principal to computer programmer," said Angela Jones, publisher of the Hampton Roads Messenger, which organized the two-day event.


Jones added, "We are pleased that we were able to match so many job seekers with employers who are looking for their skill sets. Because of the support of our sponsors, Bryant & Stratton College and S.B. Ballard Construction,


the entire economy


of Hampton Roads will receive a boost from this two-day event." Employers were also able to attend an Employability Summit hosted by Bryant & Stratton College during the conference. Conference attendees are already talking about wanting to come back to the conference when it is held again next year.


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Rae Willis, Graphic Designer Ida Davis, Contributing Writer


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