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E.Brown@LabelMeRoyalty.com (Profiles In Black History) — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 06:04:41 +0000

I Am Royalty: Profiles In Black History Volume 1 is the 1st published book in the I Am Royalty: Profiles In Black History Series. These books are biographical anthologies compiled to serve as bridges throughout many different communities.

One of the main reasons for the creation of these anthologies is shortages of positive role models in some Black American communities. Positive role models exist, but their roles are sometimes over-shadowed by negative messages or images that represent the successes that young people sometimes strive for. Doctors, teachers, spiritual leaders, small business owners, political leaders, and community activists are not promoted as much as negative aspects of life.

Other reasons are symptoms of this problem are:

- Distorted visions of reality and the future

- Lack of resources or ignorance to the existence of the resources that are available

- Over-looked opportunities

- Lack of support for common goals from people that disagree on specific approaches

Emmanuel Brown gathered over 35 individuals for this project and decided to use a direct approach in distributing the books. Emmanuel says "there are very few book stores in Black American communities" and he also stated that "the young people that he is attempting to reach are not the biggest supporters of bookstores. We must deliver these messages of hope to the young people, where they are, and by using ways that they will receive them."

Emmanuel has the books available at LabelMeRoyalty.com, Amazon, independent distributors, online and offline publishers; but he explains that purchasing the books through LabelMeRoyalty.com, independent distributors or from neighborhood events are the most effective. "Purchasing products from the website leaves us with more usable revenue for overhead, independent distributors or book stores support your communities, and neighborhood events support the people hosting the events. In many case community events are hosted by neighborhood organizations that directly depend on funding from grants or donations, these books are meant to provide possibilities and the possibilities do not exclude financial support for their efforts." Emmanuel also asks the question "if we do not support each other, who will?"

Understanding that many young people do not visit book stores, helped Emmanuel Brown decide to market the books through LabelMeRoyalty.com and to worry less about the sales that he would receive through major book retailers that the first 2 volumes are available on. Emmanuel says: "Many young people do not visit bookstores, so I am not focused on making sales through outlets like Barnes and Noble, Borders, and even Amazon. I believe that I can reach my target and keep more revenue for production by focusing on sales that originate from LabelMeRoyalty.com.

By marketing the books in this way they can be used as fund raising tools for Black American groups, organizations and churches. This also shares inspiration, hope and unity with the communities that are trying to be reached.

38 Black/African-American Men and Women have come together to create this volume. Volume 1 of I Am Royalty: Profiles In Black history includes the stories of Mikal El-Amin, Aleta L. Williams, Toni Y. Odom, Andrionna L. Williams, Frank Pete, Angela Murphy, Angela M. Thomas, Pasha Hunt-Golliday, Alan Gates , Vanessa Richardson, Winter Giovanni, Sherryl "SaythatPraiZe" Hooks, Jonathan Anthony Burkett, Yolanda Zellous, Ava Ross, Renda Rose, Cleous Young, Diane Latiker, Shani Greene-Dowdell, Ayani Meli, William Jackson, Jacqueline Amos, Pam Osbey, Kezia Davis, Garry Lawrence, Lolita Buck, Nicole Shelton, Sharlisse Rashied, Glenn Grace, Kanday Reign-Ali, Katrina Lola-Gurl, April L. Johnson, Deondriea Cantrice, Donald Payne, Carolyn Mattocks, Nita Dawson, Adrienna Turner and Emmanuel Brown.

Our mission is to take these stories into places that need positive light and spread these lights into some of darkest areas. We will share our stories throughout schools, churches, community groups, and throughout the streets to begin recruiting our youth for productive activities.

Emmanuel has collaborated with Black/African-American Men and Women that represent different backgrounds, upbringings, fields of business, and options (for the future) that can be followed.

He is currently administering a letter writing campaign that is focused on reaching the Black owned media to thank them for providing stories to the community and to offer them positive content to distribute that comes from the 100+ people that have contributed to the 3 volumes that have been published.

Emmanuel hopes that this campaign will give him the support of organizations like the National Pan-Hellenic Council and the Greek organizations that it is comprised of, the black churches and the National Black Church Initiative, black schools, black business people, black teachers, black grass roots organizations."

Emmanuel say "this project is bigger than me and I know that I can not do it alone, but I can keep contacting people to ask for them to participate. Everyone does not ignore my messages and everyone does not say "NO this is not for me."" He say that the rejections are motivating enough to remember that role models are not present and that those who step up deserve the support of the people.

He closes by saying that "children are watching us and they absorb the characteristics that stand out. We can not attack their culture and expect them to accept it, we have to provide them options. Telling them that We Are Royalty and that they should say Label Me Royalty so much that they hear these messages more than the negative ones is a great start, but only a beginning."

To support this project, make purchase at http://labelmeroyalty.com/store/ ... and don't forget to spread the word.

Share Your Story

E.Brown@LabelMeRoyalty.com (Profiles In Black History) — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 04:44:34 +0000

If you were directed to read these words, then you have a story that someone believes in. Your story is full of actions and activities that could be used as a form of guidance for someone that might need a little more focus or structure.

Please remember that not yet, maybe later or tomorrow is not always an available date. Just look at the news to see how many of our children do not get to see those dates.

Please submit your pre-written bio or inspirational testimonial and help us in our mission to take positive stories into places that need positive light. Help us spread these lights into some of darkest areas. We will share our profiles throughout schools, churches, youth homes, community groups, correctional facilities, media, programs and throughout the streets to begin recruiting our young people for productive activities.

These books will prove that there are positive alternatives to negative behavior or images. We hope to open the eyes of younger people so that can begin seeing options in life that include: education, politics, writing, publishing, social work, ministering, entrepreneurial spirit, communications, public service, media, and working with other youth just to name a few. We would also like to open doors to programs, groups, organizations and opportunities that they never knew existed or truly understood.

Please do your part by clicking here if you need a template to help get you started with your profile or click here to send a pre-written copy by email. (NOTE: A PICTURE OF YOU IS MANDATORY.)

Click Here To Share Your Story In The Next Volume Of I Am Royalty: Profiles In Black History

Profiles In Black History

E.Brown@LabelMeRoyalty.com (Profiles In Black History) — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 04:23:01 +0000

Label Me Royalty was created by Emmanuel Brown, the Founder of Seeing Growth in 2009. Label Me Royalty is the publishing label for I Am Royalty: Profiles In Black History. I Am Royalty: Profiles In Black History is a series of anthologies that share the stories of Black American Men and Women. We refer to each of these stories as Profiles In Black History.

Each Volume of I Am Royalty: Profiles In Black History serves as a bridge throughout many different communities. The purposes of these bridges are to close gaps that are left and to create productive routes for the young people who live within them. Over 30 Black American Men and Women come together to bring each volume life. We are actively recruiting Black Americans to continue this effort, making this project an on-going event. We are also showing that the support of positive things can create progressive results. We are not attempting to ignore the ills that plague our society. Our emphasis is on the successful parts and the positive images that create success.

These books reach the minds of young people by showing support in ways that allow them to see positive examples that Black Men and Women are setting in our communities. This initiative shares positive influences that will help over-shadow the negative images playing a dominant role in how Black Americans are seen.

We began publishing I Am Royalty: Profiles In Black History in 2010. This was done to reach the young people who are not focused on computers and book stores. Our focus is on reaching the young people that populate our communities through adults, and much less on populating places that are out of their focus. So we are constantly creating books that are filled with faces that might be more recognizable and stories of successes that seem reachable.

These books are targeting schools, churches, detention centers, group homes, youth programs and our street corners. Our books are finding their way to these places and we are doing our best to make sure that they have a more visually powerful presence in these areas. One of our missions is to take these stories into places that need positive light and spread these lights into some of darkest areas. We share our stories throughout schools, churches, community groups, and throughout the streets to begin recruiting our youth for productive activities.

We have collaborated with Black American Men and Women that represent different backgrounds, upbringings, fields of business, and options (for the future) that can be followed.

Please pick a copy today, share these stories with the youth that you come in contact with and share your story to help us continue spreading positive alternatives. Contact us for quantity discount pricing.

Introducing Label Me Royalty

E.Brown@LabelMeRoyalty.com (Profiles In Black History) — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 08:25:00 +0000

We have witnessed Black American Men and Women run for the Presidency of the United States of America. They did this because they wanted to awaken the sleeping giants, like the Black American Man that became the President of the United States. It takes positive and inspiring thoughts to take initiatives like these and it takes dedication to make them happen. All of these are "Profiles in Black History" and there are many more profiles about Black Americans ,that should be learned about. These are profiles that our children should see to understand that “We Are Royalty”.