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Sacrifices have to be made

but you have to stand up for

something. -Pitts

THE MINDS

BEHIND THE

EST. 2011

ORIGINS

ABOUT MBTB...

The original concept was thebrainchild of Christina Gaspard. After

having conversations with several of

her friends at Howard University she

realized that there was not equitable

exposure in terms of connecting with

entertainment professionals.

Especially the people that worked

behind the scenes such as managers,

attorneys, accountants etc. Gaspard

approached fellow Howard University

student, Kiki Ayers with an event that

would showcase the careers of

prominent women in the

entertainment industry to come to

Howard University and speak to

students about their various career

paths. Both women are equipped with

entertainment industry experience

early on and have gained many

valuable resources. With their

combined efforts and a vigorous work

ethic, the event entitled: Women In

Entertainment: Minds Behind the

Business was brought to life. The

event primary focus was to utilize the

power of phenomenal women in

entertainment as an educational tool to

help empower students, allow panelist

to give back and educate, build

character, and ultimately further

develop the minds of students.

(L to R) BET 106th & Park host, Rocsi, Valeisha Butterfield, Kim Coles, Senior VP ofMarketing for Atlantic Records, Joi Brown-Pitts and Lil Waynes publicist, RichelleCross

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WOMEN IN ENTERTAINMENT: MINDS BEHIND THE BUSINESS (HOWARD UNIVERSITY STUDENTSLISTEN TO PANELIST SPEAK)

After receivin a reat res onse from facult anelists and most im ortantl students the realized tha

DISCUSSION TOPICS WORK ETHIC RELATIONSH

IPS

IMAGE SEXUAL

HARRASSMENT

What does it

take to make

it? What is a

typical

working day

like? Where do

people make

the most

mistakes?

How to

maintain love

and success?

How to

maintain

balance?

How important

is image?

What is the

best response

to a

situation?

Where do you

draw the line?

empower

.

HOWARDUNIVERSITY

Our mission for thesethree events is to educate

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be in the entertainment

industry, or any other

demanding industry, of

what to do in tough

situations, how to grow

from them, learn from

them, etc. We strategically

choose individuals who

represent various positions who have had to deal with

similar situations. We want

the right questions asked,

the hard questions

challenged, so at the end of

the event, we leave students

with a new sense of self

worth, promise, and

inspiration. What we want

to accomplish through

these events, is to finally

have a voice from industry

professionals who know

what it takes and also have

an incredible background

of hard work and

determination that has ledthem into the positions

they are in today.

INSPIRE.

Cross said it best stating, Passion

should be something that you would

do for free. Sometimes you have to

complete unpaid internships before

expecting to receive a position in any

industry.

EDUC

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