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The Gye Nyame Empowerment Project would like to thank all of our sponsors, performers and community supporters!
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NOT JUST TEA, LLC.
Not Just Tea, LLC is a boutique specialty tea company that specializes in hand-blending the finest whole-leaf teas for maximum taste and healthy benefits. We specialize in fruit and flavored tea blends as well as custom blend for personal or retail use. Please visit our website at http://www.notjusttea.com for delicious tea blends and unique tea accessories.
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MALENE YOUNGLAO
If one were to combine passion for life, the energy of the streets and powerful creative expression into one being, you would have the artistically gifted Malene Younglao. Her music is exemplary of the sights, sounds and smells of the inner city. An eclectic mixture of hip-hop, gansta rap, rock and soul, Malene's music strikes the listener with the bitter sweetness of life and survival.
www.rebelradiomusic.com
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AKUA TAYLOR
A voice of the time. A vibration you can feel. Sensual. Sweet. Freeing. Empowering. Awe inspiring. Akua Taylor is a young vessel of music. She performs regularly with rappers Jah-med, Chen Lo, and Faro Z of Liberation Family Music Group and has opened for Brand Nubian and M1 of Dead Prez. Akua was recently featured with Jah-med on MTV's Lower East Side Takeover New Year's Eve Show 2007 and she frequently graces the stage of Solomon's Porch Café in Brooklyn but can be seen at colleges and clubs in all boroughs of New York City.
www.akuataylor.com/
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STYLEAHOLICS PRODUCTION LLC.
Behold a new era- the fusion of technology, fashion, arts, culture and entertainment. Ushering in this new era is the talented, the outrageous, the outspoken, Najwa Moses, CEO and proud creator of Styleaholics Productions LLC.
Najwa began changing how the world interacts immediately after graduating with a BS in marketing from F.I.T in May 2001, when she began working as a Business Development and Marketing Assistant for the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce's Brooklyn Style. Here, she honed her skills and helped independent designers develop their business acumen. During her tenure, Najwa conceptualized the Shopping Party, and a movement was born. The event was designed to assist emerging designers compete in the marketplace and gain coveted access to press and industry professionals. The first Closet Shopping Party took place at Spa Nightclub in 2002, with over 600 consumers including media and industry in attendance. Notoriety soon followed.
www.styleaholics.com
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AKUA DOKU
Akua is a poet whose work thrives on environmental and social influences. She was a member of the 2004 Mesa Arizona National Slam Team, a member of the Urbana National Slam Team in 2005 and 2006, the winner of the 2004 Arizona State All-Star Slam Competition, and she ranked number 15 in the 2005 Individual World Poetry Slam Competition held in Worchester, Massachusetts.
Akua released her first album in 2004 called Silent Anger and will release her second album in 2008. Akua is a dynamic performer whose words resonate with who hears her work.
www.myspace.com/akuadoku
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ALISON CARNEY
Alison Carney is bold, crazy, silly, spicy, soft, crass, funky, on first glance, Alison Carney appears to be the girl-next-door "girly" chick, but lets keep it real, she is everything but! Everybody has tried to put her in a box, but how do you contain something that's ready to explode? Take a little bit of progressive soul, a little hip-hop, and mix it with crazy flow. She's going to give you more than what you want. She's going to deliver what you've been searching for.
Alison was a lead vocalist in the nine-piece Soul experience Yamama'Nym and with them spent four years hitting hot spots up and down the East Coast and Midwest, recording live shows for XM Radio, writing for and performing on two studio albums (2AM and Due Time), and touring both Japan and Korea. The band evolved to become Solystik (soul-LISS-tick), a sleek five-piece band that has given Alison more creative control than any artist can ask for. Alison was "stunning and a crowd favorite" at the First and Second Annual J Dilla Tribute in Washington, DC has she shared the stage with phenomenal artists including Grammy-nominated Raheem DeVaughn, Dwele, Slum Village, Wes Felton (W. Ellington Felton), Asheru, Muhsinah, Wayna, Kaimbr, Kokayi, Chokolate, DJ Roddy Rod, Jlaine and many others.
www.myspace.com/alisoncarney
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If you are interested in being a sponsor, contact info@EmpowerMeGNEP.org.
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