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It has been a very silent time where I have not blogged here. A part of me wanted to stop sharing my journey until I was reminded that I should. A lot has happened that I am very proud of and I will take the time to share those amazing moments, lessons, people and breakthroughs. Salute!

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It's been along time,I shouldn't have left you,without a dope blog to step to...

Divine Bradley (off social media hiatus)

Malcolm X Shabazz High dreamers wanted a school mascot....

And well...

We got the school its first real MASCOT.

Ladies and Gentlemen..... SHABAZZ the Bulldog!

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Candids.

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In just a few months in Newark a new school joined the portfolio of work- West Side High! After a dynamic meeting with a Brick City champion Mr. Ray Chambers. He suggested we align our services at his alma mater mid way through the school year. At this point I have heard many mixed reviews about the school and thought to my self, this should be a healthy challenge. Thanks to Ray Chambers and the MCJ foundation for seeing the power of the Future Project.

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The Final Product.

Our schools, our partners,our students.

If you look close enough before the dunk, I make my quiet cameo.

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It was all a dream.

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Dream Directing SHAQ in Newark!

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48 Hours to make SHAQ's Dream Come True!

Once upon a time in October of 2013, entering my second month as dream director...

My comrade and lil sis Syreeta Gates tagged my name to an instagram post that legendary artist MadSteez posted. This guy has tens of thousands followers and a bigillion likes on most of his photos. He posted an image of a brick wall requesting wall space in Newark to paint a mural. I simply wrote on his post and told him I had plenty of Brick walls he could choose from.

I was of course talking about the lovely bricked hallways of Shabazz High. I also did not think Mad Steez would even look at my post. He would eventually see my post and respond to me in less then 20 minutes. Next thing I know, we are emailing each other and talking about painting a mural of SHAQ for a Reebok commercial in the next 48 hours!!!!

At this point,I made sure to put a few things into place to ensure I am able to Dream Direct Mr Mad Steez and his producer crew. They wanted to capture an awesome commercial for the release of Shaq's Brick City Sneaker. I asked if the shoot could take place at the two schools I was servicing and included the students I worked with.

Mad Steez and his crew was totally down to making this happen. He was ready to fly out from LA to come to Newark the next day to work. The final decision was to do the shoot inside Eagle Academy's school and playground and the mural of Shaq at the School for Sports and Careers MALCOLM X SHABAZZ, but not in the hallways.

This process was a rush! Getting two principals on board to turn a dream project for Reebok into reality in two days was work! The goal was have A giant image of Shaq on the front of the School on the main street.

What Principal do you know would come out close to midnight to start the project! Shout out to the crew! Mad Steez Fresh off the jet and into Brick City! We are making history!

The great thing about this process was my ability to make everyone's dream come alive every step of the way. Mad Steez agreed to having the art teacher bring her classes out to learn about portraits and murals.

Producer and Director Sway & Dre came out to show love to the aspiring video production students. The students were in aww meeting the guys responsible for most of RICK ROSS and MMG music videos.

Stay tuned for part two of this story!

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ONCE UPON A TIME I BROUGHT SHAQ TO MY SCHOOLS.

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I was able to make a bit of a difference in a short period of time. Word started to spread in the city. This would have more schools interested in The Future Project.

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