FunTimes Magazine

Celebrating Philadelphia’s influential young people.

Blount is the founder of the “The Urban Thinker”, which symbolizes the connection between Black consciousness, Black philosophies and generating questions. He is the vice president of I.M.P.A.C.T (Intelligent Men of Color Purposefully Accomplishing College Together), a member of the Black Alumni Association of Arcadia University and the Association of Black Social Workers.

His parents, Oba and Idm Awan, also known as Robert and Beverly Lloyd, were pioneers of African consciousness in Cleveland, OH, where they chartered the Abundant Life Christian Academy, an African American-themed elementary school. Sankofa says he is fighting for the liberation of all people of the African Diaspora

Tempest Carter is passionate about eradicating poverty and improving the quality of life for comunities through education, community building, youth empowerment, economic development, and art. She is looking for positions that will use her skills to support the creation and maintaining of opportunity rich and culturally vibrant communities

MarjoLagah Bona is the founder and CEO of Cocorobics Workshop, an international traveling dance and fitness program which features a mixture of dance from different part of the world, mostly African, and is fused with Aerobics.

Hazim Hardeman made history as the first Rhodes scholar to graduate from Temple University. He was one of 32 students and recent graduates selected from more than 850 applicants to receive a 2018 Rhodes Scholarship, the oldest and most prestigious international award available to Americans.

Norris currently serves as the CEO of Techbook Online Corporation, a news and event company that published original content across channels and platforms.

Samuel Cole is regarded as a young, emergin leader as the founder of the Sierra Leone Youth Association (SYLA), a Philadelphia-based nonprofit organization.

Chinazo Enigwe isthe founder of KAMSI Magazine, an African digital fashion magazine for the young Black millennial woman, aspiring to build the self-esteem of Black females through the magazine.

Ifeanyi Chukwueze serves as the vice president of the Nigerian American Young Adults Association (NAYA), which encourages Nigerian youth in the Philadelphia, South Jersey, and Delaware region to network with those aspirating to become successful in their careers.