Usually on my birthday I travel out of town and party, party, PARTY, well this year while all my friends are partying at Essence Music Festival in New Orleans, at The Taste of Chicago or at a beach I’ll be enjoying a full day in Bar Review class down in Dixie (insert sarcasm here).
Since I won’t be out partying, sunbathing (yes I do lay out at the beach) or traveling with my friends, I figured I’d celebrate my “BIG 3 Day” by revving up support for a good cause… Education!!
June 2010, I featured Rustin “Roundup Russy” Moore as “A FINE SOUTHERN GENT” and well, he’s proving just why he deserved that title. Russy’s latest venture is to raise funds to film a documentary of the FIRST 48 Hours of an incoming freshman’s experience at North Carolina A&T.
WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT…
Whether you’re an HBCU alum, a current student or a teacher, friend or family member of the former, this All Access Documentary of an HBCU incoming freshman will hit home. Meet Kaiya Watson from Los Angeles, California. She will be leaving home this August to fly across the U.S. to begin her undergraduate studies at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. Russy will be spending the first 48 hours with her from the time she lands in North Carolina, and arrives on campus.
SO WHAT’S YOUR WISH SOUTHERN SOCIALITE?
My wish is for everyone who reads this blog to donate a $3 as a “birthday wish” to this project.
HOW CAN YOU DONATE:
Click here —->First 48: HBCU Yard Edition If you would like to donate $25 or more, don’t be shy about it!!!
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This is great.. Thank you for the support Juli!