Philanthropy is my main passion in life. I recently joined the Global Citizenship Club at my school and every year they(we) choose a mission to embark on which will help the less fortunate in other countries. This year, our project is called Water 4 Life. Our mission is to build a well in Eastern Rwanda. [...]
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Water 4 Life…
October 21st, 2011 
Ari So Focused 
Posted in Inspiration 
Tags: Brookdale Community College, Global Citizenship Club, Rwanda, Water, Water 4 Life, Well 
No Comments »We Are Troy Davis!
September 22nd, 2011 Ari So Focused Last night, our nation watched as a man, who may have been falsely accused, was executed. The execution happened 4 hours and 8 minutes later than originally planned. We were all hoping that for once, justice would actually be served in this country. But NO…not America. Not the country with the motto “In God We [...]
Posted in Inspiration, Society Tags: America, Execution, GA, Georgia, Human Rights, I Am Troy Davis, Jackson, Judicial System, Justice, Start It Up, Supreme Court, Troy Davis, USA, Washington D.C., We Are Troy Davis No Comments »@Oprah Live On FaceBook TODAY!!!!
September 8th, 2011 Ari So Focused My auntie, Oprah Winfrey, will be answering a series of questions today via FaceBook at 4:30PM EST. Of course YSS has you covered with the live stream. If you have any questions for her, you can post them RIGHT HERE. Make sure you tune in and learn something!
Posted in Events, Inspiration Tags: FaceBook, Live, Live Stream, Oprah, Success, Winfrey No Comments »Beyonce: Year of 4 Documentary
July 1st, 2011 Ari So Focused Tags: Beyoncé, MTV Shows Beyonce is just amazing! Hate her or love her, you HAVE TO respect her work ethic and influence. I’m no singer or performer, but I learn something every time I watch ANYTHING to do with Beyonce from an interview to performance to documentary. Here are a few quotes that stood out [...]
Posted in Inspiration, Shows Tags: 4, Beyonce, Documentary, Mozambique, Tofu Tofu, Year Of 4 No Comments »TOMS For Two…
June 13th, 2011 Ari So Focused We here at YSS LOVE everything charitable! I’ve been thinking about getting a pair of TOMS for some time now. I decided to go online and actually order some this morning which resulted in me coming across their wonderful website. I was ecstatic to see that when I order one pair of TOMS, I [...]
Posted in Beauty & Fashion, Inspiration Tags: Argentina, Blake Mycoskie, Charity, Donate, One For One, One For One Movement, Shoes, TOMS No Comments »Her Agenda – Embody The Motto
April 1st, 2011 Ari So Focused I met Nesha 2 days before I launched my site in ’09. She was actually one of the inspirations for this site. Her website, herAGENDA.com serves as an inspiration/outlet to young women teaching/reminding them to never let anyone slow them down, hence the motto N.o one E.ver S.lows H.er A.genda. Nesha launched an amazing campaign [...]
The Little Things We Learn In Life <3
February 22nd, 2011 Ari So Focused If you follow @LadyBlogga on twitter, you see her drop gems from time to time. Those are all excerpts from her highly anticipated book that is finally here!!! Above is the description for the first book “Matter Of The Heart.” Make sure you head over to LadyBlogga.com and purchase your copy!! Incoming search terms for [...]
Posted in Books, Inspiration Tags: Lady Blogga, LadyBlogga.com, The Little Things We Learn In Life No Comments »WEEN Academy Summer 2011
January 21st, 2011 Ari So Focused WEEN is an organization that is very dear to my heart. I actually got my first industry opportunity from attending a WEEN event. Valeisha Butterfield and the whole WEEN staff are wonderful. They have put together an excellent 8-week program for young women who are interested in being in the entertainment industry. Info & requirements [...]
Posted in Events, Inspiration, Internships Tags: Valeisha Butterfield, WEEN, WEEN Academy No Comments »Justin Bieber – “Pray”
December 3rd, 2010 Ari So Focused Such a touching song *tear*. I think we’re going to have to make this the theme music for our Bone Marrow Drive. Incoming search terms for the article:I Pray Justin Bieber
Posted in Events, Inspiration, Music, Music Videos Tags: Bone Marrow Drive, DKMS, Justin Bieber, Pray, R.A.R.E. Media Group, Shannon Tavarez No Comments »Yonas – “I Could” [Video]
December 3rd, 2010 Ari So Focused I’m sure everybody has felt like this at some point in their life. Love the song & video! & I love it even more that he’s from my hometown, The Bronx!!! =D Directed by Nat Prinzi Incoming search terms for the article:i could yonasnat prinzi videosyonas i could video director
Posted in Inspiration, Music, Music Videos Tags: Bronx, I Could, Nat Prinzi, NY, Yonas No Comments »
