Spotlight On Devon Harris
by Madona Cole-Lacy on 06/24/13
Congratulations to Devon Harris, motivational speaker,
author and founder of the Keep On Pushing Foundation, on being honored for his
community service by New York’s Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano at the
Caribbean American Festival on Saturday, June 15, 2013.
Mr. Harris also of Jamaican Bobsled fame, has for the
past two years been an avid supporter of Long Island’s non-profit, Your Time
For Creative Empowerment, Inc. and the My Time Has Come Program. These long island based programs have been
served well by Mr. Harris' captivating and spirited motivational presentations
to parents and youth.
Also honored were:
Mr. Ron Clahar -
Principal of Pat -Kam School and Early Childhood Center
Ms. Lorna Lewis -
Superintendent of the Plainview Old Bethpage CSD & Adjunct Professor at
Hofstra University
Mr. Lennox O.
Price - Consul General of Barbados to New York.
We congratulate
all of these honorees for the exemplary work they are doing in their respective
fields.
Your Time For Creative Empowerment, Inc. engages in
activities designed to empower youth &
families by providing tools for handling the challenges and pitfalls of life
in the 21st Century; through the use of the arts, fashion and culture
alongside creative personal development and behavioral modalities.
My Time Has Come Program is an art-related cultural and
social enrichment enterprise which offers workshops to teachers, students and
community organizations. My Time Has Come Program promotes tolerance to racial,
cultural, ethnic and generational differences; fosters a sense of belonging,
accomplishment and pride gained from the creation of well executed culturally
inspired works of art; and develops skills in the use of hand-crafted textile
designs and contemporary, and multi-cultural visual arts techniques.
Author: Madona
Cole-Lacy, MA Ed.
Founder: Your Time
For Creative Empowerment, Inc.
Program Director/
Facilitator: My Time Has Come Program
