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“You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.” – Maya Angelou

I love the message and visuals of this video (doesn’t it make you smile?). From India Arie’s album “Voyage to India.”

“Runnin’ ’round in circles, lost my focus / Lost sight of my goal
I do this for the love of music / Not for the glitter and gold

“Got everything that I pray for / Even a little more
When I ask to learn humility / This is what I was told

“It’s the little things / And the joy they bring, it’s the little things
It’s the little things…” – India Arie, “Little Things”

Here’s an opportunity for journalists to submit original pieces for a chance to win some great prizes. If you miss the first round you can still submit for the second round until April 4. At the end of Round 2 the Pulitzer Center will select 1 winner who will receive a Sony VAIO Notebook with the All New Intel® Core™ Processor. Visit http://projectreport-3.appspot.com for more information:

Description from website:
In partnership with the Pulitzer Center, YouTube presents Project: Report, a journalism contest (made possible by Sony VAIO & Intel) intended for non-professional, aspiring journalists to tell stories that might not otherwise be told.

This year there will be five grand prize winners, each of whom will receive at $10,000 grant to work with the Pulitzer Center on an international reporting project.

Winners in each round will receive technology prizes from Sony & Intel.

FOR MORE ABOUT THE PULITZER CENTER VISIT
http://www.pulitzercenter.org

Ever since I began seriously pursuing my childhood passion of writing and dream of publishing books, I began collecting various resources for writers. Here I’ll be sharing some links for those of you with a passion for writing that may help you on your journey. I’ll be updating it as I find more of them. Stay tuned for the list…

Update: Click here for the Writing & Storytelling Resources page that will be constantly updated.

Throughout the years I’ve found that my passion in design is in creating projects for special events, gifts and designing apparel. I’ve loved being able to design materials like invitations and mementos for my friends’ weddings, baby showers, birthdays, college events and other occasions, so I’ve decided to specialize the design portion of my business Envibrance in these along with creating a line of inspiring t-shirts and products. I’ll still be doing other types of design projects on the side but for now will focus on these areas.

If you know anyone who needs freelancing for their next event feel free to send them my way. I’ve also opened a store, Envibrance Dream Creations, selling some of my designs. Stay tuned for more designs from the store and more information. (I came up with the name Dream Creations in 2003 when I started a handmade greeting card company in high school, I guess I always knew deep down I’d be doing this again).

In my research for my project to create a youth program, I’ve come across and been inspired by role models who think out of the box to motivate young people, especially those youth who might be going through tough circumstances. Check out these videos below of some stories I’ve come across:

Ron Clark Academy

I’ve written of Ron Clark before in this post about the video, “You Can Vote However You Like,” by his students and his efforts to inspire youth to learn in creative ways. Check out this video below introducing his school Ron Clark Academy (Picture above from the Ron Clark Academy website):

Capital Prep School From CNN’s Black in America

This segment from CNN’s special Black in America 2 introduces Principal Steve Perry at Capital Prep School in Connecticut, who motivates students to reach higher:

Chicago Hope Academy

Here’s an inspiring story of the principal of Chicago Hope Academy who helps teens going through difficult circumstances: