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Pastor Brett Fuller is the Senior pastor Grace Covenant Church in Chantilly, Virginia, which also has a church located in downtown Washington, D.C. He is also the co-founder and president of the African-American Resource Ministry (AARM), an organization that provides resources to develop leaders who will aid in the restoration of African American families and communities. One specific goal is to provide financial resources and practical training necessary to impact the spiritual and social climate of the African American community through Historically Black Colleges & Universities (HBCUs). As of January 2007, he was appointed by President Bush as a board member to the National Advisory Board for Historically Black Colleges & Universities (HBCU's).
Kimberley Lamarque Kimberley LaMarque, a native of Boston, is not only an accomplished actress, she is a passionate director and educator. As a veteran of all facets of the theatre, Kimberley has devoted her life to educating others and developing her skills as a dramatist. Kimberley began her higher education at Columbia University where she received a Bachelor of Arts. She received a Master’s Degree in Acting from the American Conservatory Theatre. Kimberley studied classical theatre at the National Theatre of Great Britain and is currently an Assistant Professor of Theatre/Director of Forensics at Tennessee State University. As Director of Forensics, Kimberley coaches young student leaders who compete nationally in several areas of speech: Limited Preparation, Prepared Speeches and Literature Interpretation Speeches. All topics creatively embody current events and enhance the power of the spoken word. Her team currently holds the position of 1st in the Nation Small-Size Team and has garnered over 258 national and international awards this season. Kimberley embodies the essence of Rosa Parks in her original Performance Lecture entitled A Tribute to Rosa Parks, The Mother of the Civil Rights Movement. Through lecture and theatre, LaMarque recreates the life, times philosophy and character of Mrs. Parks. She recites Park’s own words reflecting on her arrest in 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama for refusing to give up her seat on a city bus to a white person. She also tells about Rosa’s family life and reveals many of her personal experiences with Jim Crow laws in the South. As Rosa, Kimberley reflects on the life and assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the rise of the civil rights movement, and offers a unique perspective on, “Which way we should go today?” As an actor, Kimberley has performed in a myriad of theatres across the country such as Alabama Shakespeare Festival, the Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles Theatre Center, Grove Shakespeare Festival, American Conservatory Theatre, Actors Theatre of Louisville as well as The American Negro Playwright Theatre and Tennessee Repertory Theatre in Nashville. In addition, Ms. LaMarque toured in Australia’s International Theatre Festivals in both Perth and Adelaide. As an accomplished director, Ms. LaMarque most recently directed Shakespeare’s Macbeth, with a “Matrix” flavor and Jar The Floor at TSU Performing Arts Center Theatre. Her other directing credits include, Julius Caesar with a hip-hop flavor, A Street Car Named Desire and Jane Eyre at the Poag Auditorium, Stuff at the Belcourt Theatre, Respect at the Dark Horse Theatre, as well as Three Sisters, Romeo and Juliet, and A Joyful Noise at The Tennessee Performing Arts Center. Her assistant directing credits include: Dance on Widows’ Row, Acted within Proper Departmental Procedures, The Old Settler, Blues For An Alabama Sky, A Raisin In The Sun, Two Trains Running, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, and Flyin’ West.
Marilyn Robinson Marilyn is the president of the National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Metropolitan Nashville Chapter, first vice president of the NAACP, Nashville branch. She serves as co-moderator of the economic and community development task force of the Tennessee Black Caucus of State Legislators, Legislative Retreat and Training Conference. She is also Nashville Coordinator of the African American Economic Development Coalition and Nashville Coordinator of Minority Enterprise Development Week. Marilyn is a member of the board of directors of the Tennessee Justice Center and a member of the community board of advisors for the Meharry Medical College, Center for Women's Health Research. She was appointed by Mayor Bill Purcell to the Nashville Electric Service board in 2000. She received Governor appointments to the Minority Business Development Advisory Committee and the Title VI-Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Oversight Committee. In 2005, she received the "Harriet Tubman Award" from Youth About Business, the Interdenominational Ministers Fellowship "Drum Major Award", the U.S. Department of Commerce, Atlanta Regional Office, "Director's Award", the Jefferson Street United Merchants Partnership "Candlelight Award" and the U.S. Small Business Administration, Tennessee District Office, "Small Business Advocate of the Year Award". She received awards in 1999 for outstanding contributions in business from both the Gamma Beta Chapter of Eta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc, and the (Nashville Club) National Association of Negro Business & Professional Women's Club, Inc. She has been featured in the Nashville Business Journal's 10th Year Anniversary Edition: "Small Business Advocate" and, NashvilleLife Magazine as one of Nashville's "100 Coolest People." She is a member of Leadership Nashville, National Coalition of 100 Black Women and a life member of the NAACP. Her interests include grass roots politics, traveling, reading, and collecting autographed literature of black authors.
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