FUNTIMES JANUARY – FEBRUARY EDITION
FunTimes present our inaugural listing of30 under 30: People to Watch, spotlighting young people and their accomplishments across a range of…
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2017 FunTimes Gala and Award Ceremony
FunTimes Magazine celebrates its 7th Annual Gala and Award Ceremony on October 2017 at the Courtyard Marriott in Philadelphia, PA. Honoring our 3 awardees, Andy Wetherill, Rev. Dr Lorina Marshall Blake and Dr. Azubuike Ezeife.
Staci Scott and the Health Partners Foundation Doing the Right Thing
Simone Biles … Tiffany Haddish … Victoria Rowell. Because of the impactful #BlackGirlMagic, these successful Black women have become househo…
Jabari Jones
As the president of West Philadelphia Corridor Collaborative, Jabari Jones is strivingto help West Philly’s existing businesses become more profitable, so they can grow and hire, reducing poverty and unemployment.
Mike Edwards
Mike Edwards recently launched the Black Label Cigar the first Black-owned cigar line in England. Although he’s a newcomer at the cigar industry. Edwards launched his successful male grooming brand, the UK-based Aireyys Ltd. in 2015.
Nahla Bee
Bee has shared stages with artists such as Wale, Nick Cannon and others. She was a headline performer for Michelle Obama’s Reach Higher Initiative: College Signing Day at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, to uplift and encourage high school students to pursue higher education.
David D. Simons
As the CEO of Kingdom Social Media, an agency specializing in helping influential leaders dominate their market online through social media marketing, Simons has helped more than 20 Fortune 500 companies establish digital marketing campaigns.
Sofiya Ballin
Ballin’s work led her to being named the 2017 National Black Journalists Association (NABJ) Journalist of the Year (online) and a Caribbean American Thirty Under 30 Emerging Leader. She netted the NABJ Award for Best Features Series in 2017 for her project exploring the importance of a comprehensive Black history education, through a collection of essays.
Gabrielle Gibson
Instead of pursing the studentathlete path, she had grown to know throughout her younger life, Gibson continued her education without basketball to aid her studies in Business Informatics (Analytics) at Widener University in Chester, Pa. She was honored in two academic fraternities, Phi Eta Sigma and Beta Alpha Psi.