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one, but she started praying. The praying paid off. After about two years of hoping and praying and nagging her agent, she finally secured an audition and landed the part of Isabella.
This young actress not only shines on the stage and the screen, she shines in her community. Projects like her latest role in Shaquille O’Neal’s new movie, STEPS, address many of the concerns she has for her community. “There are a whole bunch of people hurting. They are lonely. They are desperate. They have their backs against the wall and just need someone to say I see you,” offers a contemplative Duncan-Smith over coffee. “And if I can do something with my art or with my charity, The Angel in The S.K.Y.E. Net- work, I will. People just want to smile, so I want to give them a reason to just do it.”
The Angel in The S.K.Y.E. Network is a not-for-profit organization founded by actress, Eden Duncan-Smith, as a vehicle for her to be a blessing to the community in which she lives. The organization,
whose workers are called Angel Wings, believes in making people smile through random acts of kindness. This year dur- ing the 2015 Christmas Holiday Season, Duncan-Smith partnered with Genera- tionOn and St. Paul Community Baptist Church as a Joy Maker Challenge Ambas- sador to present 100 young boys from the Imagine Me Charter School in East New York with a load of toys for the Holiday season. This initiative will be called “The Great Toys 4 Boys Joy Maker Give-Away”. Over the last five years, organizations like the Black sorority Delta Sigma Theta, the#BringBackOurGirls campaign, Black Girls Rock and various politicians have acknowledged her work to fulfill this mission to be, not just a pretty face on screen, but a performer of substance.
The Angel in The S.K.Y.E. Network is a not-for-profit organization founded by actress, Eden Duncan-Smith, as an outlet for her to be a blessing to the community in which she lives. Angel… believes in making people smile through random acts of kindness. Workers are called
Angel Wings. This year during the 2015 Christmas Holiday Season, Duncan- Smith partnered with GenerationOn as a Joy Maker Challenge Ambassador and St. Paul Community Baptist Church to present 100 young boys from the Imagine Me Charter School in East New York with a load of toys for the Holiday season. This initiative will be called “The Great Toys 4 Boys Joy Maker Give-Away”. Over the last five years, organizations like the Black sorority Delta Sigma Theta, the #BringBackOurGirl campaign, Black Girls Rock and politicians have acknowl- edged her work to fulfill this mission to be more than just a pretty face on screen but a performer of substance.
“I look at Ruby Dee and Maya Angelou, Harry Belafonte, Oprah, Nina Simone and even Sammy Davis and I wonder if they are proud of my generation for the projects we select and the things we do with our celebrity… and I hope they are. I really hope they are.” Eden states.
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