Members of The Golden Fold will provide a presentation at this event.
The Golden Fold Mentor Movement serves 6th - 12th grade youth by providing seminar based Big-Brother-type activities in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Contact: thegoldenfold @ yahoo (dot) com or call 757-932-0177. The Golden Fold is a "Brothers and Others" Community Improvement activity of the Gamma Xi Chapter of Omega Psi Phi and the Gamma Xi Uplift Foundation.
Having a troubled childhood doesn't mean you can't grow up to be a hero, leaders say...
As a small boy, Kenny Miller (photo above) watched his mother cry when she saw police brutalize civil rights workers on television, and he promised her that he would become a police officer so that he could stop the abuse.
The problem, he said, was that an African American boy growing up in a poor neighborhood in New Jersey during the 1960s didn’t have much of a chance becoming a police officer. Still, Miller persevered, and today he a captain in the Virginia Beach Police Department.
Miller shared that story with teens and their parents who gathered at Green Run High School for a March 28 gathering of the Carter G. Leadership Sessions, a motivational series targeted to middle and high school boys.
“Building Your Inner Hero” was the topic; and the speakers, including Miller, spoke of the need to develop goals, to persevere despite setbacks, and to help others.
“A hero is someone who steps up when everyone else backs down,” said Jason Bosko, a Coast Guardsman who spoke of the courage of members who perform rescue operations or who intercept drug smugglers. (above photo - Officer Kenny Miller, Golden Fold member Zyon Adams (Green Run High), GMAC member Trequan Manning (Green Run High), Lt. Jason Bosco, Officer Filippone, and Mentor James Morton from The Golden Fold Mentor Movement.)
“I wouldn’t be here today if it wasn’t for the heroes in my life,” said Green Run football coach Justin Conyers, who shared some insight into his own troubled youth.
Both parents were drug addicts, he said, and his family often lacked the money to pay the electric or water bill.
“But my parents taught me that ‘if you want to have the same results that we’ve had, make the same choices,’” said Conyers. So, he sought positive role models in teachers and others who worked with youth. “These are heroes,” Conyers said. “And you can be a role model, too, so that every day you’ll have to be that hero.”
Sometimes, it takes awhile to learn what you really want, said boxer and Virginia Beach police officer Frank Filippone.
As a teen growing up in Norfolk, Filippone got into so much trouble that the neighbors didn’t want their own kids hanging around with him, he said. (Above photo - Bover Frank Filippone in the gym).
His juvenile record made it difficult for him to get a job as a police officer, but he was finally hired by Newport News, then by Virginia Beach, and was named “top cop” by Crime Line for Virginia Beach and Hampton Roads in 2016. (above photo - Officer Filippone)
As a boxer, Filippone received championship belts in the World Boxing Federation and the United States Boxing Union.
“Live the dream, no matter what it is,” Filippone told the attendees. “Now it’s your turn to take it and run with it.”
The Carter G. Leadership sessions are a series of presentations developed by Gentlemen Making a Change, a male mentorship program at Green Run High School, and by Golden Fold, a male mentoring program of Gamma Xi chapter of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity.
Scenes and audio from our March 2017 Leadership Session.
The Golden Fold Mentor Movement serves 6th - 12th grade youth by providing seminar based Big-Brother-type activities in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Contact: thegoldenfoldmovement @ gmail (dot) com . The Golden Fold is a "Brothers and Others" Community Improvement activity of the Gamma Xi Chapter of Omega Psi Phi and the Gamma Xi Uplift Foundation.
Tuesday 2/21/17 from 6:30 pm until 8:30 pm at Green Run High School in Virginia Beach. Green Run’s choir, JrROTC, and ICONZ Male Step Team will be providing motivation, and we’ll enjoy great guidance from three short presenters. Dr. Carter from Longwood University, provides male High School students with a FREE week-long experience at Longwood University in addition to providing sizable scholarships to minority males who study education. Be there !
The Golden Fold Mentor Movement serves 6th - 12th grade youth by providing seminar based Big-Brother-type activities in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Contact: thegoldenfold @ yahoo (dot) com or call 757-932-0177. The Golden Fold is a "Brothers and Others" Community Improvement activity of the Gamma Xi Chapter of Omega Psi Phi and the Gamma Xi Uplift Foundation.
Four of our Young Leaders were presenters at the African-American Male Summit !
The Golden Fold Mentor Movement serves 6th - 12th grade youth by providing seminar based Big-Brother-type activities in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Contact: thegoldenfold @ yahoo (dot) com or call 757-932-0177. The Golden Fold is a "Brothers and Others" Community Improvement activity of the Gamma Xi Chapter of Omega Psi Phi and the Gamma Xi Uplift Foundation.
Photo of some of our Young Leaders training in our three day 1st aid/AED/CPR training.
The Golden Fold Mentor Movement serves 6th - 12th grade youth by providing seminar based Big-Brother-type activities in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Contact: thegoldenfold @ yahoo (dot) com or call 757-932-0177. The Golden Fold is a "Brothers and Others" Community Improvement activity of the Gamma Xi Chapter of Omega Psi Phi and the Gamma Xi Uplift Foundation.
We saw Hidden Figures in January. This event was with our Young Leaders and their parents.
The Golden Fold Mentor Movement serves 6th - 12th grade youth by providing seminar based Big-Brother-type activities in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Contact: thegoldenfold @ yahoo (dot) com or call 757-932-0177. The Golden Fold is a "Brothers and Others" Community Improvement activity of the Gamma Xi Chapter of Omega Psi Phi and the Gamma Xi Uplift Foundation.
