
TOO PRECIOUS TO LOSE
4.11.21 2:00 PM
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Too Precious To Lose
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CELEBRATING 153 YEARS! REBUILDING FOR 150 MORE!
The Pleasant View Historic Site is comprised of the Quince Orchard Colored School, the Pleasant View Methodist Episcopal Church, and the Pleasant View Cemetery. These buildings were once the center of the African American community of Quince Orchard, MD. They stand as a testament to history. This event is an opportunity to preserve and restore the physical church and schoolhouse.
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EVENT SPEAKERS & GUESTS

Co-founder of Muse Recordings, Mike is a Music Executive, Pop Culture Expert, Political Expert, and Change Agent. By intersecting politics and pop culture, Mike uses his platform to create social change. As an industrial engineer turned media entrepreneur. Mike is host of SiriusXMās award winning show, āThe Mike Muse Show,ā Co-host of āSway in the Morning,ā Co-Host of ABC previous talk show āReal Live,ā now an ABC Contributor.

A fifth generation descendant of Quince Orchard, Maryland, Green recognizes that he would not have been afforded the opportunities he has but for the sacrifices of those forward thinking few in Quince Orchard.

Tiffany is from Orangeburg, SC. She is a lawyer with the Federal Government. As a Duke Undergraduate, she only knows one type of blue. She has been singing in church since she can remember, and is now a member of a local a cappella group, Capital Blend.

Once a Quarterback, always a quarterbackā¦Jordan calls the plays for the team so we can score for our Attollo Scholars. Nothing is off limitsāstaff all-nights, 7:00 AM team basketball games, and 5 Before 5 (running 5 miles before 5AM) ā as he asks nothing of his team that he wouldnāt do himself. Between CDCF, UniVision (the bilingual Day Care Center he co-founded), and Xylem (a mentoring app company he co-founded), Jordan takes his dreams and turns them into reality.

Ryann Richardson made history when she became the 50th Anniversary Miss Black America, taking up the mantle of the countryās first pageant and nationally televised celebration of women of color. Before that, the tech marketer-turned-founder and Diversity & Inclusion leader spent 10 years building brands and shaping internal culture for companies spanning from early-stage startups (Victor) to billion-dollar "unicorns" (Uber) to the Fortune 500 (T-Mobile/Deutsche Telekom).

KhinƩ Bonner is a producer, editor, colorist, and media literacy educator. He also was a 2018 Docs In Progress Fellow. He's designed and developed youth media and filmmaking curriculum for a myriad of nonprofit organizations in the Washington metropolitan area and he's also the lead editor at TEK Creative, a small production agency based in Washington, DC. KhinƩ's clients have included the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, the Luce Arts Foundation, the Greater Washington Boys & Girls Club.

As the Head of Global Public Relations for Global Citizen, a movement of engaged citizens who are using their collective voice to end extreme poverty, eradicate climate change and end gender inequality by 2030, and most recently as the Director of Communications for Discovery Education, where she oversaw targeted press engagement for ed tech impact initiatives that aimed to uplift 51 million students around the globe, Charmion believes that āservice is the rent we pay for life.ā

CEO, author, and media commentator, Joshua DuBois is one of our countryās top voices on community partnerships, issues impacting African Americans, and religion in the public square. Joshua led the White House Office of Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships under President Obama. In the White House he brought together community leaders from across the ideological spectrum to tackle some of the nationās biggest challenges. Joshua is now CEO of Gauge (gauge.ai), a market research company.


Jerome Price is a teacher of Advanced Placement United States History and African American History for Montgomery County Public Schools. He founded and continues to coordinate the Jaguars Scholars Leadership Program (JSLP), an award-winning organization that aims to build the leadership capacity of its African American and Latinx student members at Richard Montgomery High School. Student leaders meet weekly and are provided opportunities for mentorship.

A Quince Orchard, MD native, Dr. Davis received her undergraduate degree from Duke University, received her M.D. from the University of Connecticut, was Chief Resident during her residency at the University of Maryland, and earned a Masterās in Public Health from Johns Hopkins University.


AN ARTS EDUCATION PROGRAM PRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN



Led by Docs In Progress teaching artist, Khiné Bonner, and assistant, Mariam Salahvarzi, in this online documentary workshop Students learned the artistic and technical skills of filming a documentary. Below are the two short films Miles H. (Grade X) and a joint project between Muhummed B., Sulevman B., and Yusef Q. (Grade X). Thank you to everyone who participated in this project and contributed to building the next generation of storytellers.