OMG Photography 2nd Gala
Scholarship Gala
Everyone welcome to our 2nd annual gala ! This year we will be giving out scholarships to the class of 2014 ! However, we still need your support with ticket sales, or by being a vendor or sponsor ! To find out more informaiton please visit our website http://omg-photography.org/
Once tickets have been purchased there is no refund.
Please print out your tickets the day of the event.
For more information please email makeba.green@gmail.com
Copy of OMG Photography presents our 2nd annual photography gala
Saturday, Apr 26, 2014, 06:00 PM
OMG PHOTOGRAPHY 2ND annaul GALA, 45 Washington Avenue, Irvington, NJ
Hosted By : Makeba Green
Born on the 27th day of August in 1994, Makeba Green began taking pictures at the age of five. As a child, Makeba was always told that she wouldn’t make it in life and was discouraged by many people as she was growing up. Although Makeba was berated by negative people, she didn’t let that discourage her. Instead, those same people motivated her to be the young Entrepreneur that she is today. With the support of family and friends Makeba pursued her dream to open her own photography business along with her other dream to become a Doctor. Her inspiration came not only from friends and family but from the various programs she attended throughout her childhood and adolescent years. These positive outlets showed her that her dream of becoming a business owner at a young age wasn’t as farfetched as many people believed it to be. Makeba also relied on the history of her people as sign of encouragement. Through reading and becoming familiar with her history, she realized that the trials and tribulations she faced weren’t issues that she endured alone but were issues she shared collectively with her people. This inspired Makeba to never give up on her dreams, no matter how outlandish they may sound to some people. She had the chance to show the world a little bit about how wonderful she is by being a guest on Channel 12, where she talked about her photography business and her ups and downs with her business. In the spring of 2013 she will be hosting her own photography gala along with her own photography classes. She will also be hosting an All White Affair and so much more. She feels that her business is like a relationship, in order to make it work you have to commit everyday to your goals and when the road gets tough you can never give up on your business. Quitting is the easiest thing to do, but Makeba has proved she doesn’t want the easy way out of life, she would rather have a challenge.
Keynote Speaker and Guest of Honor : Radio Personell
Barbara De Laleu – The Beautiful Stranger the ace of entertainment & pop culture. Ms. Delaleu is an entrepreneur, radio personality of 106.1 WBLI, and radio producer at 107.5 WBLS and blogger.
With a history of leadership in the radio industry, community service, academia and not-for-profit organizations, Barbara is definitely a contender in the ever- growing entertainment industry.
In Barbara’s emerging career as a radio personality and producer, she has held a title of Vice President and Programming Committee Chair of the Alliance for Women in Media developing her reputation as the organizations “rising star”. She has also been the recipient of numerous awards including PopCrunch Media’s 50 Hottest Women in Radio, the 2005 recipient of Who’s Who Among American Colleges and Universities and the 2008 recipient of AWRT’s BELL (Bringing Excellence at a Local Level) AWARD. While holding down roles as an Independent Sales Consultant for Access. 1 Communications, and engineer and producer at 107.5 WBLS NYC, and weekend/overnight on air personality at 106.1 WBLI FM; Barbara currently embarked on a new project, a social outreach program called the Kulture Movement alongside her Hot97 Morning show radio personality and producer Shani Kulture.
During the Summer of 2012, Barbara participated in the International Field Program in Buenos Aires Argentina where she had the opportunity to work with a local radio station and NGO on environmental and community outreach issues. At the end of this experience, Barbara completed a Masters Program in Media Studies at The New School University while concurrently graduating from The Organizational Change Management Program in Milano to the School of Management and Urban Policy Programs in Spring of 2013. She will begin her PhD in the Fall. She will also brag in being a proud 'Johnnie' and has immense pride in her undergrad alma mater St. John's University Queens campus.
Barbara has shared her vocal talents with BET, Black Enterprise Magazine, WBLS, WLIB, WBLI, Aetna, American Impact Media, Sports Illustrated and interviewed some of top names in entertainment and music today.
Barbara is currently working on her ultimate career goal of owning radio stations in both Haiti and the US.
For more on The Beautiful Stranger, visit her website at www.msdelaleu.com
Guest Speaker
with more than two decades of broadcast journalism experience. Knowing since the age
of 11 she would become a television news reporter, she’s worked in many cities around
the country in front and behind the camera. After graduating from Syracuse University’s
S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, she started her career in one of the
toughest news markets in the country at WTTG-TV in Washington, D.C. Her first job
was behind the scenes as an assignment editor. After Washington, she received her first
on air job at the ABC affiliate in Salisbury, Maryland. Along the way, she reported in
Rochester, New York and Charlotte, North Carolina. In Dayton, Ohio, Ms. Tyler was
‘the most watched’ solo weekend anchor for the CBS affiliate.
While in Ohio, Ms. Tyler won a CBS award of excellence for her franchise assignment
“Kids in Chaos” which was a year-long examination of youth violence.
Community involvement in Ohio also included hosting the annual UNCF and
Children’s Miracle Network Telethons.
Finally Ms. Tyler has returned to her hometown-New York. She was raised in Harlem,
and for the past decade was a reporter on WPIX-TV’s 10 o’clock news. Currently she is a
freelance news anchor for the FiOS 1 News team.
Ms. Tyler is the winner of a New York Associated Press Award, and winner of a New
York Emmy. She was also honored with six Emmy nominations. Ms. Tyler also won a
National Association of Black Journalists award. And the Garden State Association of
Black Journalists has honored her with two first place awards, one for her reporting on
community impact. She was also an Adjunct Professor at Essex County College- passing
on the knowledge of the news industry to those interested in pursuing a career in
broadcast journalism. And for many years she was the voice on the recorded material for
Heightened Independence and Progress, a New Jersey community organization serving
the physically and visually impaired.
Her community commitment continues by sitting on two boards: YCS- a statewide
organization serving children in need and their families. And she is a recent past board
member for the ARC of Essex County, an organization helping those with developmental
handicaps.
Ms. Tyler is also launching a simultaneous career as a Children’s book author and
animation producer. And under her newly created production company VT|TV
Productions, she is the creator/executive producer of unique programming content.