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Tavis Smiley Foundation's Official Web Site
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 The mission of the Tavis Smiley Foundation is to enlighten, encourage and empower youth by providing leadership training that will promote the quality of life for themselves, their communities and our world.
Since its inception more than 6,000 youth ages 13 to 18 have participated in the foundations leadership training workshops and conferences. Many teens in the program have entered and completed college, organized health fairs and voter registration drives, conducted teen town hall meetings, started businesses and interned with city mayors and presidential candidates.
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| 5,000 MILES TO PROMOTE HEALTHY LEADERS |
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| The Tavis Smiley Foundation team has set a big goal to walk 5,000 miles between now and August 16 to prepare for the Leadership Institute. Join our team and demonstrate your support for future leaders and the prevention of youth obesity. Lace up your sneakers and start walking. Post photos. Tell us your story. Registration is free. youthtoleaderswalk.walkertracker.com |
| LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE 2010 |
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Join Tavis Smiley and Dr. Cornel West at the 2010 Leadership Institute August 19-23 on the campus of UCLA in Los Angeles. The Leadership Institute gives teenagers the edge with tools for professional and personal success. Change your life. Register today. www.etouches.com/LeadershipInstitute2010. |
| 2009 LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE HIGHLIGHTS! |
 Watch archived webcasts and highlights! View webcasts.
The Institute took place on August 7-11, 2009 at the campus of UCLA in Los Angeles.
For more information click here.
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| ALUMNI IN ACTION UPDATE |
 Y2L Alumni Receive $1,000 Grant
Congratulations to Philadelphia’s own Youth Action for receiving a $1,000 grant to address the issue of childhood obesity. Youth Action is a non-profit founded by Youth to Leaders alumni. The grant was given by UnitedHealthcare through its UnitedHealth Heroes program. Youth Action plans to partner with local heath agencies and develop workshops and other interactive activities to give teens information about healthy eating and living. For more information about Youth Action and its outreach programs, please call 1-888- YOUTH- 90 or visit www.youthactionteam.org.
 Ginene Lewis of Philadelphia has been named to the Board of Directors of the West Philadelphia Branch YMCA
Ginene is a past member of the Tavis Smiley Foundation’s National Youth Advisory Council and a Smiley Scholar. She is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Spelman College and is currently attending law school at the University of Pennsylvania.
 Krystal Braden has organized the Houston for Haiti relief fund through her non-profit Ko’Noko Education Foundation
Her goal is to raise money for water and food supplies for the survivors of the hurricane. For more information, visit www.houstonforhaiti.org. Krystal is a past member of the foundation’s board of directors and a graduate of Howard University.
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| MEET A LEADER |
 AzuréRae Turner
AzuréRae Turner, 13, is making waves in the beauty industry as the creator and owner of her own fragrance line called, The Scent of Flawless. The perfume line is available in salons in her hometown of Woodbridge, Virginia and through her website at www.dreamazure.com.
She launched the line in 2009 after months of product testing and research. She has not only started her own fragrance line, but a portion of her proceeds are donated to HSC Pediatrics Center in Washington D.C., and she voluntarily speaks to teens at schools and non-profit organizations about entrepreneurship. She has spoken at Garfield High School, Freedom High School, and Neabsco Baptist. She recently won an entrepreneurship award from the She Matters non-profit organization.
If you are an alum or a teen who is an outstanding leader, you can be featured in this section too. Drop us a line and tell us how you're changing the world. Send to y2l@tavistalks.com. Put Meet a Leader in the subject line. |
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| SCHOLARSHIPS |
| Resource: Helpful links about available scholarships Click here for more information.
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| NATIONAL YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL NEWS |
| Meet the 13 members of the National Youth Advisory Council who are ready to change the world! Click here. |
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| 2010 LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE |
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| GIVE AND GET EMPOWERED! |
 Help usher in a new year of programs and events with a tax-deductible donation and receive a special gift.
If you donate a minimum of $20 you can receive your very own copy of STAND, the inspirational movie produced by Tavis Smiley. Donors also will receive a copy of the educational toolkit created to accompany the movie.
Set in the summer of 2008 in Memphis, the birthplace of the blues, STAND reveals the journey of a unique group of scholars, musicians, comedians and social critics as they gather for a rare reflection of brotherhood while confronting their own roles and responsibilities as pioneers of social progress.
While visiting places like the Lorraine Motel, where Dr. King died, and Stax records, credited with laying the roots of southern soul, Tavis Smiley and 10 of his friends explore the diversity and complexity of the Black male experience in America past, present and future.
The cast includes: Tavis Smiley, Dick Gregory, Michael Eric Dyson, Cornel West, Cliff West, Eddie Glaude, BeBe Winans, Wren T. Brown, Daron Boyce, Robert Smith and Raymond Ross.
This is the perfect gift for families, school, community and church groups. It is historical and educational.
To donate and get your gift now click here. |
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| THE TAVIS SMILEY FOUNDATION 10TH ANNIVERSARY |
The Tavis Smiley Foundation celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2009. This video features insights from our youth participants, supporters and friends. Learn what Hill Harper, Lalah Hathaway, Terri J. Vaughn have to say about working with the Tavis Smiley Foundation and what some of our alumni – Fred Shelton and Ginene Lewis – are doing now. |
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