The Dare Dreamer Movement by Julene Fleurmond

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Umm…can I just make up my own category of music: Comedy rap for kids? I was tired hearing my kinder and elementary kids sing songs that were totally age inappropriate so I took matters into my own hands – positive rap for the youngin’s – call me Queen J. Love (I think – I just made that up right now😅). I wrote and rapped this song “I Believe in Love” for fun for my teen girls (they kept begging me to rap for them🙄) and they were jammin’ and hyping me up so I’m going to look into producing it professionally for them. In the meantime here’s my homemade version… The theme is finding a higher love then what the world hypes up. Guess what? You’re loved, by the One above K? Believe it…
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“Once upon a little girl, I had so many dreams – I wore my crown all day couldn’t tell me I wasn’t royal -tea, life was a fairytale my very own Disney movie- then I got tripped up by something that they call reality cause, I believed in love, one day my prince would come, I had my dress picked out and one day I would find the one. The way my parents fought though…I’m not sure that’s how it’s done – what about a happy ending, what happened to the true love?” Stay tuned for when I drop the official version of this song…😎

Would you like to support this mission of creating more inspiring, substance-filled music for preteens and youth? Send me a message on the contact page or donate to the fund that will help us to produce more songs, movies, books and more for our youth.

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More About the Vision:

One of my passions is the entertainment industry, specifically in TV and films and creating those that inspire kids and teens to live empowered. In my journalism program at Southern Methodist University I did a project on role models for African American boys and girls in the media and how it affected their self-esteem and career choices.

I’m currently working on a screenplay with an African American teen girl lead with the goal of giving young people a way to see themselves in Hollywood where they are often not represented. While writing the script I was thinking – do other movies exist with an African American boy or girl as the lead? I could hardly think of any off the top of my head so I began digging in and came up with some. I decided to keep a running list of African American characters in movies and shows (appropriate for kids – I’ve been working as an elementary and middle school mentor and would love there to be more shows and movies that don’t have bad language or too adult situations) for them to watch. Here’s my running list so far:

Movies with an African American Kid or Teen Lead Character or Movies with Adult African American Main Character/s That is Appropriate for Kids / Preteens:

• A Wrinkle In Time (2018) Starring Storm Reid and directed by Ava DuVernay – I’m so looking forward to this one, it was one of my favorite books as a kid that inspired me to be a writer and dream big)
• Everything Everything (2017) Starring Amandla Stenberg
• The Hate U Give (2018?)
• Annie (2014) Starring Quvenzhané Wallis
• Akeelah and the Bee (2006) Starring Keke Palmer
• Let It Shine (Starring Coco Jones)
• The Cheetah Girls Movies (Starring Raven Symone)
• The Longshots (2008)
• Jump In! (2007) Starring Keke Palmer and Corbin Bleu
• Dr. Doolitle Movies Starring Kyla Pratt
• Hidden Figures
• The Gabby Douglas Story (2014)

Shows with an African American Kid or Teen Lead Character:

• True Jackson VP
• KC Undercover
• That’s So Raven
• The Proud Family
• Doc McStuffins
• Cory In the House
• A.N.T. Farm
• The Famous Jett Jackson

Can you think of any show or movie I left out? Leave it in the comments!

I’ve been a storyteller since I was a kid writing books and poetry. I’ve been working on bringing this dream of making inspirational entertainment like music and movies to life to create media that inspires young people and the youngin in each of us. Above is a little bit of my vision. I want to help you revive your dreams and redeem the child in you who believed that anything was possible…

“If you don’t bring your dream to life, your dream dies with you.”
– Josh Shipp

Josh Shipp is an entrepreneur I’m constantly inspired by; he’s an author, youth expert and speaker who is genuinely passionate about seeing teens succeed (I recently invested in his Rock the Stage motivational speaker resource to help to gain insight for my youth speaking career).

Josh is also an INC Magazine 30 under 30 honoree and host of the show Jump Shipp which premieres October 21 on Halogen (find it on your TV or watch online at halogentv.com/shows/jumpshipp). On every episode of Jump Shipp Josh helps a young adult leave their dead-end job to follow the career path of their dreams; you can watch the promo for the show above to get a look at Josh’s real and relatable way of motivating people into action.

Jump Shipp is also having a giveaway for an Apple iPad and a $100 Visa Card, you can go here to enter: http://wfi.re/cr4vn

To kick off the show, Josh Shipp had a live online Dream Job Town Hall (click here to hear the call playback) where he gave a valuable talk about how to make the leap form your dead-end job to your dream job. Here are some of my notes below, I hope they inspire you as they did me to make a leap of your own into your dreams (P.S. there’s a lot more detail and depth to the actual call, click here to take a listen):

Josh Shipp – 7 Strategic Steps To Getting Your Dream Job

1. Define Your Dream Job

• Don’t be vague – the more specific you can be, the better – the more likely it is to come true
• If your bank account was full of money would you still go to work?
• What kind of work would you do if you weren’t doing it for the money
• What do you like? What are you good at? – Ask others who are close to you

2. Dream Job Reality Check – Do a gut check

• The motto “Dream it, do it” is impractical – misses so many steps in between
• Ask yourself the hard questions
• Do it now before you invest time, money, energy
• What is your dream job REALLY like?
• What will it cost you?
• Try to talk yourself out of it, is there any reason why this would be a bad idea?

3. Test Drive Your Dream Job – Do a hands-on gut check

• Commit to 15 hours on the Dream Job Experience – You need to try it out first
• Meet with three professionals who have your dream job – mentors are a must
• Send them a piece of snail mail – cuts through the clutter of email
• Introduce yourself, ask for an informal ten minute chat
• They might say no but you have to get used to potential rejection
• Study the origin of their success story not just the success
• What advice would they give to themselves just starting out?
• Ask if you can do some dream job experience with them, to study them, help them, learn from them

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Here’s a great opportunity for young women who are into journalism and media:

NikeWomen.com is searching for the One. A girl with crazy charisma and sports savvy to become the next Nike Field Reporter. She’ll hop across the continent to interview sports stars, music stars, rising stars and super stars.

She’ll chill with them. She’ll chat with them. She’ll challenge them. And report it all back in the form of videos and blog posts on
nikewomen.com.

Learn more about the contest and enter at:
http://inside.nike.com/blogs/nikewomen-en_US/2010/03/31/about-the-gig

Deadline: Contest ends April 30, 2010

Who’s eligible: A one-of-a-kind 18 to 24 year old with crazy charisma and sports savvy.

Check out the promo video below to see clips from past field reporters:

Syndrome Studio, made up of three artists, Micah Hancock, James Larese, and Mars Sandoval, is one of the design studios whose work really inspires me. Syndrome specializes in motion design for multiple mediums, and their work is amazing to view, raging from directing music videos for Estelle, Danity Kane, Day26, Black Eye Peas, Talib Kweli, Lupe Fiasco, Wyclef, Jo Jo, Mickey Avalon and many more. They also did motion graphics for the movie ATL, and for networks like Disney, HGTV, and MTV.

Here’s an interview I found with them at Convey Magazine where they described their struggle “to get to the point where we were considered ‘directors’ as opposed to, ‘those graphic guys that also direct.’ Their portfolio shows that you can find a way to create a niche within the entertainment industry, or any industry doing what you love and do best, while working hard to make your way to the top. Their success was only achieved with “tenacity, passion, having a precise game plan and believing 1000000% in ourselves… if you don’t believe in yourself, no one else will.”

I love how they merge motion and 3D work with video production and directing, and how they work in so many mediums to make a finished product. You can click here to view their website with samples of their incredible work. One of my favorites was Keke Palmer’s “Keep It Movin'” music video, below, which they animated and directed.

“Don’t lose your passion. The second you are chasing a check instead of a vision could be the beginning of the end.” – Syndrome Studio in an April 2008 interview with Convey Magazine