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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.

 Devonharris.com

 Author: Madona Cole-Lacy, MA Ed.

 Founder: Your Time For Creative Empowerment, Inc.

 Program Director/ Facilitator: My Time Has Come Program

 

 

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