Devon Brown is a seven-teen year old young man, who at a younger age was targeted as an up and coming Baltimore youth statistic. Devon struggled with having a drug addicted mom and dad and lived in foster care with his grandparents. In 2002 while in the six the hands of fiat lead Devon in being accepted into an all boys boarding school in East Africa called the Baraka school for one whole year. The Baraka School changed Devon’s life dramatically and was publicized to the world though the documentary “The Boys Of Barakaâ€, in which the film inspired so many people. The documentary won numerous awards, including The NAACP Award in which Devon attended.
Since the movie Devon Brown is able to continually inspire many youth and adults though out the country speaking about his life and promoting youth opportunity. He also was featured in "The Wire". Devon was featured on the entire local news stations in Baltimore: WJZ, Fox 45, ABC, and Channel 11. He was also featured on 92Q, Haven 600, WYPR, The Tavis Smiley Show, CNN and other radio and TV station in other states. Devon Brown formally hosted a show on the public access channel called Baltimore 30-Minute Spotlight. Devon Brown has also work with the first lady of the state of Maryland mentoring youth and also had lunch with the governor and his family numerous of times. Without God none of the things Devon do is possible. Devon serves as the vice president of the youth ministry and the percussionist at Zion Baptist church. Changing lives step-by-step and day-by-day is his daily routine.
Word Of The Day
This is For The Females Part 1of2
I wrote this word of the day to the females who read this. There is a part two becuase there's a lot i want to say, but i don't have space on my page lol. You are gorgeous and beautiful the way you are. Whatever God made you that’s who are and should be proud of that. Females are the backbone of the world, which means that you have to stand strong and stop degrading yourself and letting men and your friends degrade who you are. You might be asking yourself what is he talking about. Well I’m glade you asked. Why do you have to show your body just to get a boy to like you? Oh me being a guy, it looks good for minute, and yea I think about doing a lot of things, but after a while, I seriously wonder if you care about yourself. It hurts me to see young ladies present themselves as hoes and things like that. Sorry for using that word, but I’m being real. This is the thing that gets me. Why do you allow men and boys, call you out your name. When in the mall, you allow a boy all the way across the store call you “A girl in the green shirt†and you turn around and answer. Is that your name? You allow a boy to call you “A- shortlyâ€. Is that your name? But you answer to that, instead of letting him come up to you and say, “Excuse me, you are so gorgeous, I just had to come over and figure out what your name is†and then go from there.
Now here is where I really get mad. When you don’t give him what he wants or give your number, he gets mad and say I didn’t want you any way B. And you think its ok sometimes because you are use to be talked to that way and you don’t care any more. Even if you did stand up for yourself, how can you get mad at him, if you call your girl friends Bs too. Just know that you are ladies and its ok to act like ladies, because the word on the streets is that by the time a inner city black females turn 21 she will already have a baby and we all know that’s not true. But you make it true by allowing yourself to act in that manner. So here on out, start acting like the queen you suppose to be. Don’t let no man or even your friend and families label you as being a whore or being to fast. Treat your self with respect and dignity before you wait on someone else too. Love your self and be true to yourself. And I promise you will feel like a different person. Part 2 of this will be coming soon because I’m not done teaching you ladies how a real young man suppose to treat real young lady. Spread the word. Remember you will always miss 100% of the shots you don’t take. So don’t be afraid to take the shot.
God bless always
Devon Brown