The District Channel

Keeping it natural is always best, according to Nadia. Nadia Constanza is a 22 year old, proud Afro-Latina from Lanham, MD. She is a senior ECED/ SPED major at Bowie State. Apart from being a sister, friend, feminist, leader, and activist, she also is an entrepreneur. Nadia is the founder of Pelo Natural, a hair company that provides homemade hair masks using natural ingredients. These masks can be used to restore, hydrate, nourish and moisturize natural hair for both women and men. They are affordable, effective, and durable for all hair types. Masks are available for pick-up and delivery.

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Stephen Boyd is a veteran educator and student engagement agent, sharing ways the community can help ensure youth are engaged this school year. Stephen Boyd has over 20 years of experience in the classroom and as an administrator. He’s documented what has worked and what hasn’t worked in the classroom to design professional development that addresses the needs of students no matter what they bring to the classroom. He meets students where they are and through humor and love, he’s discovered the secret sauce to increase engagement and lessen student boredom.

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Moving to a new town is hard, now imagine moving to a new country? Thats a life changing experience. We appreciate our intern Morelys Urbano sharing her experiences of living in a new country and chasing her dreams. Morelys works with the "Mi Espacio" (My Space) program from Casa De Maryland, a Latino and immigration advocacy-and-assistance organization based in Maryland. Morely's is our intern helping in our marketing and community building. Tune in to hear about her experience and how she's playing a vital role in creating her own future but also creating the space for future Latinos and Ethnic Groups to fight for their dreams.

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Combining both passions of planning events and helping others, Jay Simms founded J. Simms Events and J. Simms Public Relations + Marketing. Now, with over 10 years of professional event planning and communication experience, she's branched out to share her story of motherhood, entrepreneurship, and navigating corporate America while creating interactive experiences with other entrepreneurs and organizations. Her work has been featured on Fox 5 DC, Let's Talk Live DC, Wake Up Washington, Great Day Washington, and more! Check out more at https://www.jay-simms.com and https://www.jsimmsevents.com

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Raven Jenkins is the founder of Sugar by Wallflower. From sweets to empowerment, Sugar by Wallflower has all you need to uplift your soul. Raven Jenkins is on a mission to empower her community and others by any means necessary. In these trying times this is what we need.

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Juan Luis Salazar Cano, Founder and CEO of the social enterprise La Coop Coffee Company, has deep roots in the Guatemalan Coffee Industry. An agronomist and the son of a coffee farmer from Union Cantinil, Huehuetenango, Guatemala, Juan Luis brought together a group of coffee farmers from his hometown in 2006 to form the Asociacion de Caficultores de Union Cantinil (Association of Coffee Growers of Union Cantinil or ASOCUC), with the goal of empowering farmers to earn a fair price for their specialty coffee.

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We continue our series Behind SFA, where we will take you behind the scenes to one of the DMV's upcoming brands, Strength From Above. We sat down with founders Arvin Reyes and Ricky Garcia for Episode 2 on their rise to success. 

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Hey everyone! What a crazy last few months it has been, but we hope you are all well! We wrapped up our last Season in sudden with COVID-19 changing things up but now we are launching Season 3! With that our first guest is an amazing stylist. Meet your new stylist, Lucy Bedewi. Lucy is a Personal Stylist, Copywriter, Blogger & Traveler. She founded Wanderlust Wardrobe with the inspiration to style others. Check out more about Lucy and her transition to styling people online. Instagram: lucy.bedewi  www.wanderlustwardrobe.com/instagram

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Our new series Behind SFA, will take you behind the scenes to one of the DMV's upcoming brands, Strength From Above. We sat down with founders Arvin Reyes and Ricky Garcia to know more about how Strength From Above came to be. 

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Last week, legislation action was taken to invest into police trainings, banning chokeholds and a national system to track police misconduct. The voices on the street are not pushing for investment but for change, for a system to be redesigned. A system that was built on oppression is not a system we need in our country, in our community nor for our people. People are demanding change, they want it, not only that but black lives need this system and many others that fail them, to change. 

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