February Newsletter
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A NIGHT TO BE REMEBERED: RAE2022
"Rappers and Entrepreneurs" RAE was a private documentary screening event that showcased male African American community leaders, entrepreneurs and musicians from the D.C. metropolitan area.
The event featured a short documentary on the issues faced by the participants and revealed which strategies they used to overcome personal and professional obstacles. The purpose of the event is to empower both the storyteller and the audience.
Unfortunately, Chef Rob recently passed away and the film was dedicated to him.
Participants: Victorious Hall, Malik Dope, Sean Boyce Johnson, Chef Rob
For more pictures please visit the RAE webpage.
Prince Issa: On a mission to be self-sustained
This year Issa began selling cookies during the Valentine’s season to support his music lessons. Issa celebrated his 3rd year guitar anniversary on 11/15/21. On a mission to be self-sustained his initial goal was to sell $140 a month. The monthly cost of lessons. He exceeded that goal last month and continues to wake up early to fulfill orders.
After only 10 days in business Issa received big news. He has been invited to participate in the National Young Scholar Program at Wake Forest University for Summer 2022! This fiscal goal is much more than music lessons. With Wake-Forest in mind he has raised funds through donations and cookie sales. To learn more about how to order cookies or the Wake Forest program click here.
In honor of Black History month Issa and I hosted the, “ Issa and Mommy in Morning Show” a live feed on Facebook and Instagram. The format included a reading followed by a song.
Issa read from Vashti Harrisons, Little Legends: Exceptional Men in Black History and played a one familiar melody before or after each reading. The highlight of doing the show together was a repost from Tom Higgenson encouraging Issa to keep on playing.
Lastly, Issa participated in a school fundraiser. A penny drive for the Prince William County Pet Shelter. He was able to collect 1,800 pennies otherwise known as $18 for the drive that ended 2/17.
What is a leap year and why is it necessary?
Is it just me or does today feel like the 29th? I found myself saying, “What is the date?” all day. When I started seeing posts that read, “today is my birthday although it really falls on Feb the 29th”, it reminded me that I don’t have that extra day this year.
We may have learned about leap years in elementary school but do we remember all of the rules and exceptions? I headed to timeanddate.com for some clarity.
According to TimeandDate.com
“Leap years in the western calendar were first introduced over 2000 years ago by Roman general Julius Caesar. The Julian calendar, which was named after him, had only one rule: any year evenly divisible by four would be a leap year.
This formula produced too many leap years, causing the Julian calendar to drift apart from the tropical year at a rate of 1 day per 128 years. This was not corrected until the introduction of the Gregorian calendar more than 1500 years later, when a number of days were skipped to realign our calendar with the seasons.”
