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Fundraisers Can Be FUN! Weekend Events For People That Care.

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Well we are all winding down from a blessed but trying week. Despite all this weeks obstacles we have emerged renewed and rejuvenated to prosper another weekend. What better way to fuel that progress than supporting our community’s.

There are two amazing events launching this weekend.

The Blink Campaign Charity Event at the Ole Lounge, Sunday May 1, 2011

Blink’s mission is to select several hundred charities or organizations in cities around the United States and raise money for them independently. While other fundraisers have raised money for an overall charity as an entity, we want to cater to the specific financial needs to raise awareness and prevention for the commonly spread disease while planning to join with Community Bases Organizations around the United States

When: Sunday May 1, 2011 

Time: 6:00pm-9:00pm 

Location: Ole Lounge 
2812 N. Lincoln Ave. Chicago, IL.



GIMMIE D.A.P. OFFICIAL “LAUNCH &LEARN” EVENT

Saturday, April 30 · 6:00pm – 10:00pm
2946 W. Madison
Gimmie D.A.P.

D.A.P.’s sole purpose is to affect the psychology of every young person.
Vision: “Recreating the World, One Vision at a Time”

Mission Statement:
To mentor/guide the minds and hearts of young adults: exposing them to the idioms of society, their gifts and shaping their future.

Contact Nick Henton via Facebook for more information




















Ms. Chanel Ambitious Ballard
Chief Inspiration Officer

Ralph Marston on Taking Advantage of What You Have NOW!, Video The New Harlem, Community Highlight

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Right now is the only time you have to take action. Try as you might, you cannot get something done tomorrow, because tomorrow isn’t here. And no matter how much you may regret the past, there is nothing you can do to change it.

Now is the time to act. Now is where all your opportunities live. Now is where you can be effective. Wishing won’t make anything happen, and neither will procrastination. Whatever you do right now, will get done. Now is the time. There is no other.

Right now, there is something you’ve been wanting to do. Right now, there is something you’ve been needing to do. Right now, you can get started. In an instant, you can be on the road to the accomplishment of your most treasured desires. Before this moment is passed, you can be actively solving your most troubling problems. Don’t let the moment pass you by. Now is the time to act.

The New Harlem Renaissance
http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9?isVid=1

Power in Our Community Hightlight
Kidz Korna www.kidzkorna.com

Kidz Korna is an Urban Voice in Action for Youth, especially at-risk through

– Motivation
– Education
– Inspiration
– & Care

* Reaching them by way of the Kidz Korna Television Show & Teaching them by way of the Kidz Korna Youth Organization with a priority in youth violence and child abuse prevention.

To make a donation, volunteer or learn about services contact
       Mailing Address:
     7901 s. Ashland ave.,  
        Chicago IL 60620 
email: thekidzkorna@hotmail.com
               
Phone:  773-957-6422 fax:   773-874-9520

Rise2Power Project 

Learn from Millionaire Entreprenuer’s How to Benefit from Failure

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Failure doesn’t mean you should give up, it means you’re getting closer to your dreams. We learn more from our failures than our successes, so keep dreaming, believing, trying and failing. One day you’ll wake up in your DREAM!

People you should know.

Warren Buffett is without question the most successful investor of our time (and possibly of all time). His savvy deal making abilities coupled with his creative and cheerful personality allowed him to achieve success like no other. He’s Richer than Jay-Z and Beyonce!

Don’t just get gone off Patron:Learn Lessons from the Tequila King Pin

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It’s important to not only admire wealthy people that look like you but those that grind like you. Everyone encounters struggle, rejection and disappointment. Hardship doesn’t discriminate, the difference is the way we pick ourself up and direct our energy.

Learn from the Hair Care and Tequila king pin John Paul DeJoria, Founder of John Paul Mitchell Systems and the Patron Spirits Company.

 Not only is he rich but he is wealthy! He has created a company culture of community service, respect and loyalty. We can all take a note from his rags to riches journey.

Live Revolution Young Women’s Conference April 23rd

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Ladies, Beautifully Broken would like to invite you to a Young Women’s Conference call “Live Revolution” on Saturday April 23rd. The conference will be at the Mother Church, (1636 N. California & Wabansia) doors open at 10am. The conference is free! There will be Speakers, Giveaways, and a concert. If you would like more information please call the office at 773.384.6617.

Check out the trailers below. You don’t want to miss this event it’s guaranteed to be life changing.

Expectations Vs. Truth – Letting Others Dictate Who You Are.

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I lived in the city most of my life before I moved to college and my mother died; The Westside Austin Area was my home. My mom wasn’t big on letting her lil girl roam the streets so she overloaded me with books and gave horrible warnings about being in the street for no reason. “Ain’t nothing open after 9 except legs.” She said. My mom gave me the run down on what bitches, hoes and no good men were about.

But what she forgot to warn me about was the other four letter word. LOVE.
I learned early to stay out the streets but let’s be real just because you’re taught something is no guarantee you’ll avoid the situation. Despite my mothers warnings I had sex by 15 years old and had an abortion by 17 years old. In my opinion I wasn’t being fast (as the old people would call it) I was in love. I trusted the boy I loved to protect me but of course he was out for himself.  (There were many lessons learned from that relationship).
My mother’s expectations of what I should be were overwhelming to the point that I fought against them. My boyfriend’s expectations on what a girlfriend should be consumed me because I gave in. It drove me crazy to the point I wanted to kill myself. I just felt it would be better if I weren’t alive, and then no one could push his or her thoughts about what I should be on me. Just like the girls I see on the bus with buzz lighteryear and spongebob back packs, I considered myself smart and old enough to handle my situation, but clearly I was a pawn in the game of life. It’s hard trying to live for the expectations of others. Especially when you’re trying to discover what you expect of yourself.
My message to you is that just because you’re from the hood doesn’t mean you have to be a teenage mother. Just because you grew up without a father doesn’t mean you have to join a gang. Just because you did a bid in jail doesn’t mean you’re a criminal. Just because you like someone doesn’t mean you have to sleep with him or her. Just because you have a drug connect doesn’t mean you have to sell drugs. Just because you’re slick with words doesn’t mean you have to be a pimp or shyster. Just because you have a big booty doesn’t mean you have to be a video chick. Once we do one unworthy or worthy thing we are labeled and pressured to live up to those expectations.
Don’t allow anyone to push you into being something you don’t want or weren’t meant to be. I’ll admit sometimes it’s hard to determine if you want it or if others want you to be it. Here’s a tip to know the difference. If you are more worried about what others will think of you instead of how you will feel after You’re trying to live up to someone else’s expectations.  
Become passionate about finding the truth about yourself and when you find the truth you’ll be able to say “NO” I’m not doing that or “NO” I’m more than a nigga from the hood. You’ll begin to break barriers and move into your purpose. You’ll see yourself differently. You’ll be like “dang what have I been doing all this time.”
I hope my life experiences help you with your journey to progression.
Remember changes don’t happen over night but small progression is still progress.
Chief Inspiration Officer
Ms. Chane”Ambitious” Ballard
Rise2Power Project
“Annoying teens and young adults into progression since 1984.”
http://www.bgrise2power.com

We all need a peace of mind – Serenity Prayer

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The Serenity Prayer
God grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can;
and wisdom to know the difference.
Living one day at a time;
Enjoying one moment at a time;
Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace;
Taking, as He did, this sinful world
as it is, not as I would have it;
Trusting that He will make all things right
if I surrender to His Will;
That I may be reasonably happy in this life
and supremely happy with Him
Forever in the next.
Amen.
–Reinhold Niebuhr