God Is GREAT!!! I can’t say it enough!!!! A couple of weeks ago I reached out to Demetria McKinney to be our guest speaker
for the teen girls in Youngstown, Ohio for ‘Teen Talk 2014’ and Stacey Berkley (Demetria’s Manager) responded that they would love to come and support the youth.
From the time they landed in Akron and for the entire 2 days they spent with us in Youngstown they both were just great people. God will always send you the right people to get the job done!
Demetria shared her story and encouraged the young ladies to follow their dreams. One thing that really stuck out to me was when Demetria told the young ladies that there are NO prostitutes in this room and for them to respect their bodies!
I came home to hundreds of emails, inboxes, and FB tags from parents that said their teens were really touched and that Demetria really had them thinking about their future. It’s always great to see the parents are following up with their teens and not just dropping them off.
I want to send a major THANK YOU to Demetria for taking time out of her schedule to come to Youngstown. Thank You to C.I.R.V. and Mr. Guy Burney for stepping up providing so much to help make this happen. Special Thanks to the Youngstown Dept. of Parks and Recreation for providing the Arlington Heights Rec Center Plus a major thank you to the Volunteers and Sponsors that stepped up for the youth in Youngstown!
Mr. Burney presented Demetria with a Proclamation on behalf of the city of Youngstown for all her hard work and dedication to the youth and the community.
Demetria also surprised the teens with an autographed single of her new release ‘100’ featuring DaBrat. I listened to this song about 100 times this weekend and I love it. she has a beautiful voice!!!!!
Check out the Full Photo Gallery from ‘Teen Talk’ below:
TEEN TALK PHOTOS
God Bless you and thank you for coming back home and bringing such a ‘positive’ program to the City, especially to our young ladies!! Hoping they will go back into the community and share the message! We need to reach ALL our youth but we must always let our young ladies KNOW they are ‘special’…lovely, created to continue to create but FIRST learn to love yourself, demand respect (self-respect), education and a personal relationship with God!! Don’t throw your life away… Hope to know there will be many more ‘programs’ here for our young ladies and young men!! We must ‘save’ them -they need to know there are options!!! (Consequences for actions)!! May God continue to bless you in all your endeavors!!! Thank you AGAIN!!!
Great job thanks for being a blessing to our city..
Had so much fun!
Anytime and anything to help you walk in your calling.
Great job Y Town stand up!
So cool! And those cupcakes look completely awesome too!!
Your welcome Meka….hope to see you soon!
Thanks Kesha you too
Thank you again for the opportunity! I enjoyed myself and loved the truth she spoke to all of us.
Kingsmen White Much luv homie. Its great to see a fellow youngstowner do their thang. Keep being u and keep doing what u do. I’ll see u when come back to town.
Ronnie Casey Jr thanks man! i had a great time hanging out w/ you
You’re welcome….anything I can do to help (especially for the babies) I’m there
Once again you did an awesome job and everyone who helped you. Demetria was great
Once again you did an awesome job and everyone who helped you. Demetria was great
Oh yeah the cupcakes were beautiful and delicious I had one lol!!!
Oh yeah the cupcakes were beautiful and delicious I had one lol!!!
Once again thank you all for everything….the girls def enjoyed themselves;)
Thank you for allowing God to use you. Thank you again for allowing us to be apart of this awesome event.
This is absolutely awesome! This is life changing for the youth and the adults. I can see this growing into something that’s spread across the nation or even world wide! Blessings #KMG
I loved it! It was special to see a lot of the young ladies from classes that I’ve worked in because we never have enough time to socialize and address issues; Sometimes it feels like their concerns are the only things that are saved by the bell. Miss McKinney has a very beautiful spirit. She kept it 100 but dainty. That’s what our youth need. She reminded each of us of our potential to rise above circumstances. I always talk to our young adults about their “diamonds” within and the importance of education & priorities. It is wonderful when stars mingle with us in our stone years in reference of how we are before we are completely through the fires of life. Thank you Sly, Miss McKinney and each individual and/ or sponsor and team player that helped the sun shine upon us. As an aside, if we all acknowledge the fact that we cannot spell Youngstown without YOU, then we are sure to rise as the city that God created us to be. 😉
I loved it! It was special to see a lot of the young ladies from classes that I’ve worked in because we never have enough time to socialize and address issues; Sometimes it feels like their concerns are the only things that are saved by the bell. Miss McKinney has a very beautiful spirit. She kept it 100 but dainty. That’s what our youth need. She reminded each of us of our potential to rise above circumstances. I always talk to our young adults about their “diamonds” within and the importance of education & priorities. It is wonderful when stars mingle with us in our stone years in reference of how we are before we are completely through the fires of life. Thank you Sly, Miss McKinney and each individual and/ or sponsor and team player that helped the sun shine upon us. As an aside, if we all acknowledge the fact that we cannot spell Youngstown without YOU, then we are sure to rise as the city that God created us to be. 😉
Lmbo!!!! You are a mess!!!
LaShonda Thigpen i took a selfie w/ mine and then i demolished it!
Those were too gorgeous to eat!!! She laid those out!!!!
LaShonda Thigpen i was trying to hide some of those cupcakes that Denise Twyman-Jackson made for later LOLOLOL
Loved her!!!! So down to earth and so real!!! Jada loved how she interacted with her!!!! I enjoyed myself too
RIGHT!!!!
you know what your calling is when you get excited about doing something. i love working w/ the youth. i wish we had this stuff when we were acting a fool in the streets
WE.ALL.HAVE.ONE!!!!
teen talk is a non-judgemental program. we don’t judge the teens or the speakers. we just hope that we can help each other by sharing our story
I love it
I was listening to Demetria tell her story about the abusive relationship she was in and I was thinking like wow. it takes a lot of courage to talk about stuff like that. did y’all hear what she said about the TREE?
Charles ChipBanks Colvin thanks for coming out. your photo is in the link
Thanks for inviting me to the dinner I had a great time!
Transforming our Children!!!
Great as always! Our youth really needed this in our city! I was up there last week and it really broke my heart to see a few things that I saw! I salute you my brother! I wish I could’ve made it! You always give your last to help those in need and you always encourage everyone to keep fighting the good fight! You continue to inspire me to do more to help others! You are a blessing to a generation Kingsmen White! May GOD continue to bless you, Your passions, and your dreams! #KMG
My manz. Only way to incorporate a change is to develop our youth!!!! Period.
Truly amazing the works you are doing!!! Honored to attend!!!!!
ChevyTruck Driver Saunders i know how you feel bro. you jumped on the road and drove 4.5 hrs to support the teens in atlanta so you know that i know!!!
I REALLY try not to become so emotional……. (if it even exists here), but the kids are my WORLD!!!! I love you for the effort you put forward CONSISTENTLY to assist those that are less fortunate. I can’t begin to put in words what it means to SO MANY parents, mentors, teachers, etc. Happy Father’s Day!!!! This post just widened my smile a couple extra centimeters. Thank you, Kingsmen White. Thanks to you and the whole culmination of bodies included, bro. I thank you ALL!!!!! Keep progressing forward, bro. #KMG
Great job as always! Our youth needed this in our city! This is an awesome display of what GOD can do for HIS faithful servants! I wish I could’ve made it!
James Elevating Jones you know you have to say something to those teens about your movement
Larry Thomas you been supporting since 2008 when we first took kingsmen on the road! #Salute
Beautiful thing I can’t do nothing but salute and respect what yall doing we need it this city needs it.Revival of our young black youth starts with them…a change an end to a cycle of decline in character, integriyy, hope, personalities, attitudes, morals, values, and love for self and each other
Larry Thomas we working on the boys next
ELEVATION!