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Young Activists Honored At Apollo Theatre

Young Activists Honored At Apollo Theatre

More than 1,000 supporters gathered at Harlem’s Apollo Theater June 4 to honor five outstanding youth at the Do Something Awards “Sweet 16” annual celebration. The big winners of the evening were Marvelyn Brown, 25, an HIV/AIDS activist; Eric Glustrom, 24, the founder of Educate! which teaches leadership across Uganda; Maggie Doyne, 22, a human-rights activist who assists orphans and displaced children in Nepal; David Burstein, 20, a voting activist; and Darius Weems, 19, an advocate for disability rights and Duchene Muscular Dystrophy funding. Each of the nominees won $10,000 for their cause. Doyne won the $100,000 grand prize, which she plans to use toward building a school in Nepal.

Finding the Right Franchise

In 2002, Desmond Stanback of Bear, Delaware, was frustrated with the corporate environment. As an information technology executive at J.P. Morgan Chase, he had survived a merger that led to...

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