The Community Rise Up
Initiative 2021
Community Rise Up Initiative 2021
Event Highlights
What is the Community Rise Up Initiative?
The Focus of the
Community Rise Up Initiative is:
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Health and Wellness
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Financial Awareness
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Entrepreneurship
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Mental Health
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Reentry
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Youth wraparound services
We focus on community support & volunteerism. We support communities by being active through services & events that promote overall health and wellness.
Back to School Drive
El Shaddai Dominion Ministries Has been supporting youth and families through our Back To School Drives.
We give relief to parents during the Back to School process.
Scholarship Program
We build our future generation with monetary scholarship awards for High School Seniors.
2022 Scholarship Awardees
Angel Johnson
GPA 2.9
Attended:
Cristo Rey High School, Columbus, OH
Angel has been a very active in several activism committees and other organizations while at Cristo Rey. Her sophomore year, she organized and hosted a lunch and learn on systemic racism. She is currently the director of activism for JSA (Junior State of America) and has been since her junior year.
She also co-created a club, along with fellow classmates, “Melanated and Educated" during her junior year. She participated in several peaceful protests as well that year. She is currently a committee leader of student life for the yearbook committee. Angel will be attending Tuskegee University in the Fall and will be majoring in Finance.
Asia Baker
Attended:
Cardinal Mooney High School, Youngstown, OH
Miss Asia Synay Baker, born April 16, 2004 to Minister Patricie Gandy-Baker and Charles H. Baker.
She is a lifelong member of the Elizabeth Missionary Baptist Church under the tutelage of Elder
Joseph D. Heard Sr. Pastor.
She will be attending Eastern Gateway Community College in the fall to become a Veterinary Technician. “Being a veterinary technician would be like a nurse but for animals. I'll be able to care for animals and shower them with love” she says. “If I had to choose one million dollars or one million puppies, I'd choose the puppies. Because my love for animals will never go away.”
One of her favorite bible verses is Matthew 19:22 which reads; Jesus looked at them and said,
“With man this is impossible, but with God
all things are possible!”
Augusta McGee
GPA 3.471
Attended:
Walnut Ridge High School, Columbus, OH
Augusta originates from Liberia, Monrovia .
She will be attending Wright State University, to study criminology.
Augusta was accepted into 18 colleges receiving the 3,500-dream big scholarship and the $500 glass scholarship.
Victwhon Nixon
GPA 3.83
Victwhon Nixon will be attending North Carolina State College, pursuing Mechanic Engineering. He played football and holds the position of Senior Class Vice President
Billie Craig
GPA 3.6
Attended:
East High School, Youngstown, OH
While attending East High School Billie participated in sports, school
activities, as well as becoming the
2022 senior class president.
After graduation, she has plans to attend Eastern Gateway Community College where she will be able to obtain her real estate license over the summer months while striving for a degree thereafter at a university.
Jordan Daniels
GPA 3.1
Attended:
Jordan Daniels will be graduate with his high school diploma along with his Associates Degree in General Studies from
Lorain Community College.
He will attend Lorain community college for
a second Associates Degree and
plans to study business.
Jordan lives in Lorain Ohio, and in his spare time, he loves to attend his home church in Youngstown Cornerstone Ministries where his grandpa Roger Smith is the pastor.
Melvin Douglas Scott, Jr.
GPA 3.129
Attended:
Whitehall Yearling High School
Melvin Douglas Scott Jr., will be
attending Ohio University this fall.
He was the junior varsity and varsity
quarterback of his high school football
team as well as a member of the
2021-2022 varsity basketball team.
In addition to sports, he is interested in entrepreneurship and will study
business at the collegiate level.
Melvin will be the recipient of the
Ohio Excellence Scholarship.
Yasmin Moore
GPA 3.7
Attended:
Streetsboro High School
Yasmin attended Maplewood Career Center for Cosmetology through her home school, Streetsboro High School and maintained a 3.7 GPA while working two jobs working at Dunkin Donuts and Facet Salon.
Being a hairstylist is something Yasmin
enjoys. Her dream is to own her
own salon and be successful.
She will attend The University of Akron and
plans to major in Accounting as her
favorite subject is math.
She credits her success to her family's belief in her. She believed in herself and most importantly,
God brought her through!
Cierra Harris
GPA 3.71
Cierra Harris attends Post University online in Waterbury, Connecticut majoring in legal
studies with a 3.71 GPA.
She plans to receive her Bachelor's Of Science Degree in legal studies. In Addition, she plans to attend The University of Akron School of law to become a lawyer specializing in family law.
Markeysha Dozier
GPA 3.0
Markeysha considers maintaining a 3.0+
GPA during high school as her
biggest accomplishment.
She plans to attend Wilberforce University to obtain Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology to pursue her dream of becoming a Psychiatrist.
It has been a journey to get to the place
where she is today and she considers
herself more than blessed to receive all the
opportunities presented to her.
Myosha Thompson
GPA 3.2
Attended:
Walnut Ridge High School, Columbus, OH
Upon graduation, Myosha will attend Columbus State Community College to study Automotive Technology. After college graduation, she plans to relocate to Japan to work in the Automotive Industry.
Jevon W. Beshara
GPA 3.2
Attended:
Mineral Ridge High School, Mineral Ridge, OH
Jevon Weston Beshara is the son of Matthew
and Christine Snipes.
He has been a member of the Varsity football team for four years. He received the Newcomer Of The Year Award in 2018 and lettered. In addition, he participated in track and field and played saxophone in the school band
where he also lettered.
Jevon is a member of Agape Assembly in Warren, Ohio where he serves as the sound room engineer. He is a member of the Beta club and plans to attend Youngstown State University to earn
a degree in Forensic Science.
Tyrin Howell
GPA 3.0
Attended:
Cardinal Mooney High School, Youngstown, OH
Tyrin Howell has been selected by the University of Findlay for continuous education in the
field of Exercise Science.
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