September - 2016

Black Diamonds Scholarship Fund's 2016 Recipient, Joyalise Shelton

There is hope. I breathe a deep sigh of relief as I click off from my conversation with the Black Diamonds Scholarship Fund scholarship winner Joyalise Shelton. Joyalise is a grounded, intelligent, focused teenager. Yep, teenager. I am wholly impressed with this young lady. Her future is very bright and it makes me see a bit of light at the end of the tunnel for this next generation. Joyalise’s winning essay expressed her interest in working in the entertainment industr

About the Publisher

This site is an evolving idea of founder Vernon R. Heard. The mission statement is simple.. to fill the void and absence of consistent, positive images of Black people in the media and national psyche. It was never my dream to create this kind of platform but I found it SO very necessary after growing tired of the character assassination of an entire race. Some of which, mind you, from its own members.