Community Service

Board Memberships

  • :Community Leadership Board of the American Diabetes Association
  • The Crisis Center of Tampa Bay
  • Gentleman's Quest mentoring program
  • Board of Visitors, FAMU School of Journalism
  • Tampa Bay Juneteenth Coalition
  • Swope, Rodante Vanguard Award Selection Board
  • Hillsborough Community College Digital, TV and Media Production Advisory Board
  • Sigma Xi SIgma Chapter, Phi Beta Sigma, 2nd Vice President
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Emcee

Speaker

  • JW Mitchell HIgh School (2017)
  • Sligh MIddle Magnet School Awards (2017)
  • Abbyssinia Missionary Baptist Church (2016)
  • Great American Teachin/Wesley Chapel Elem. (2016)
  • Center for Girls (2016) 
  • Great American Teach-in Lighthouse School (2015)
  • Do the Write Thing; Poynter Institute (2014)
  • Madison  County High School Journalism Class (2014)
  • Jack and Jill Jet Setters Station Tour/Speaker (2013)
  • 5000 Mentors Induction Ceremony -Pinellas County Schools; Speaker (2012)
  • Deer Park Elementary School Mystery Reader (2012) 
  • Turner Chapel AME Church, Speaker (2012)
  • St. Luke M.B. Church Banquet, Plant City, Fl (2011) 
  • University of South Florida/Middleton High School Visit (2011) 
  • Jr. Rattler Club, Durant High School (2011) 
  • Sligh Middle School At Risk Student Graduation (2010)
  • Mt Pleasant Charter School (2010) 
  • Instructor NABJ Journalism Short Course , FAMU (2014, 2013,2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 1993)
  • Interviewed for TRUtv's "Forensic Files: Katrina Froeschle Case (2007)
  • Beulah Baptist Church –Tampa, Florida, Youth Service (2002)
  • Career Day Speaker, Hayes Middle School –Birmingham, Alabama (2000)
  • Career Day Speaker, Barrett Elementary School – Birmingham, Alabama (2000)
  • South Region Minority Business Council- Birmingham, Alabama  (2000)
  • D.A.R.E-Fairfield Alabama (2000)
  • Center Street Middle School National Junior Honor Society (2000)
  • Pell City High School Choral Appreciation Night – Pell City,     Alabama (1999)
  • Pleasant View Baptist Church Men’s Day-Birmingham, Alabama (1999)
  • Brown Elementary School Class Day- Birmingham, Alabama  (1998)
  • Florida A&M School of Journalism “Grads are Back” Panelist (2011)
  • Participated in Boy Scout Promotional Video

Various

  • Manatee Co. Adult Spelling Bee (2011, 2010)
  • Breast Cancer Awareness Event (2010)
  • USF Center for Equal Health Town Hall Meeting (2010)
  • Guinta Middle School Spelling Bee (2010)
  • Junior Achievement Luncheon (2011, 2010)
  • Leukemia and Lymphoma Light the Night (2011, 2010) 
  • Boy Scouts of America Luncheon (2010)
  • American Diabetes Association Step Out Walk (Tampa) (2012, 2011,2010)
  • Alpha Kappa Alpha Legacy of Leadership Awards Luncheon (2009, 2008)
  • Oliver Robinson Foundation Gala (2008, 2009)
  • Alabama Organ Center Volunteer; GospelFest (2009)
  • American Diabetes Association Step Out Walk (Birmingham) (2009)
  • City of Birmingham High School News Project (2009)
  • Celebrity Waiter for Kid One Transport (2009)  
  • Alabama Symphony Orchestra Veterans Day Event (Narrator (2009)
  • NAACP Birmingham 100 Year Celebration (2009) 
  • First Light Shelter Auction Prize (2009)
  • Foot Soldiers of the Movement Event Emcee (2009)
  • SCLC Birmingham Oratorical Contest (2008) 
  • Phi Beta Sigma Scholarship Dinner (2011, 2010, 2006) 
  • 100 Black Men of Tampa Bay Dinner (2006) 
  • Sigma Gamma Rho “Buds of Spring” (2011, 2010, 2006, 2004, many others)
  • Hillsborough County Urban League “Caught Doing Right” Youth Awards (2005,2004)
  • Hillsborough County Winter Festival (2005)
  • Hillsborough NAACP Freedom Fund Dinner (2011,2005, 2002)
  • City of Tampa Federal Black History Month Celebration (2004)
  • Black Women in Government (2004)
  • Palm Beach Association of Black Journalists, Luncheon (2004)
  • Lakeland NAACP Freedom Fund Dinner (2002)
  • Hillsborough County Urban League Sunday (2002)
  • Birmingham Housing Authority “Celebration of Life” Birthday Party (1999)