Celebs Join Ashley Christopher’s HBCU Week Foundation
Under an administration that recently has Cut Federal Financing for HBCUs, Ashley Christopher's HBCU Week Foundation does life work.
Foundation was made the Foundation HBCU-Week to promote HBCU enrollment to the high school students. Students are provided with an overview experience with exciting events such as educational panels, musical performances, and an annual college FAIR.
We made our way to Wilmington, Delaware, to share in the festivities – start with the Conservation of HBCU WEEPED that requiring Template K. Michelle and youth.
The vibes remained on the VIP reception, where Christopher is presented his first-Ever-Ever-Ever-Ever-Ever-Ever-Employment of the Organization's entertainment basement with femme the forward lower. The scholarship will support an incoming or current HBCU student that pursued a degree in the e-degree in the arts and entertainment indents.
“I tried to figure out what I wanted to do with my life. I had such a law, but also the entertainment Industry.” I could not make up how I could make that a job, and that is hobcu, to marry. But to marry if it to get supports and support to get through to get through your four-year settings. “
To view light on the power of HBCU Excellence in enteroper, celebrated guests, HBCU Alumni Lance Gross A. Smith, and current HBCU student, Laila Pruititt.
Prissitt, a current senior at Howard University and Star of BMF, Shared how her hbcu formed her growth as a woman in adulthood.
“There is a large, large fashion community on my school. To step a campus that you are just born a whole time, and it is really to see me in my style in my female side.”
The 21-yr-old also had words of encouragement for young creatives looking for Tor Passions While at school. “I will not suffer and say it is at times not difficult [and] that your weeks should not schedule in advance for certain things. You must be extremely communicative with who is behind you and in your corner. But, it is absolutely possible and it's what you can do when you lean and believe in yourself. “
COLLY HAARD BISON AND Father of 2, Lance Gross, discussed how his time at a HBCU shone him for a HBCU or Dad and Man.
“The just strengthen everything I knew. I came from a family with both parents, and I came to love my father and my mother, and a family,” he told madness. “So go to Howard, that was kind of fortified because I saw it in the relationships that I had at Howard [and] The relationships I had with my professors that are like aunt and uncles and uncles and push me to be great. “
ESPN Sports Analyst and Winston-Salem State University Graduate, Stephen A.Smith offered similar centerminations on the family nature of HBCUs family.
“I will never give a credit than I give to my mother, and it starts with her. What she is set, HBCUs, helped HBCUs, HBCUs, helped HBCUs,” he said. “Till today, there is a particular professor called Marilyn Roseboro who used to work at Winston Salem, can I know everyone because that is how much they mean to me.”
Snowfall and P-Valley Actress Gail Bean, a prarious supporter of Delta Sigma Theta, Inc., shared the importance of HBCUS and events such as HBCU Week.
“We need to create safe spaces [like] HBCUS, “she said.” These events are important so we can not work and share resources [while] Also make sure that we share knowledge when it comes to educate the youth, to keep our youth safe, and protect their mind. “
Education was certainly the following day at the top of the thousands of a thousands of high school students feed students for the 9th Annual HBCU Week College FAIR. At the honest affected students with HBCUs of the country and evened college acceptations in the place.
It would not be a HBCU-Equaric experience without good music, so MC Blairers were to keep all hits, if the students engaged in classic dancing, continue to continue the HBCU tradition.
Is it even a HBCU experience without a walk? This year, HBCU Week hosted his first-ever-running competition that offered the winning sorority and fraternity has $ 2500 each. After competing in a multi- Round Competition, Stacked with routines that combined new and Old School Music, The epa Sigma Theta Sorority and Psi Epsilon Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Took Home The Grand Prize.
Bossip was pleased to be in the building for such a celebration of HBCU Excellence and power. Even if HBCUS-face threats to their existence, HBCU week doesn't remain only his lawyer who does not only shows not for this historic settings, but for the youth they serve them.
