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Keyonnna Jones

Keyonna founded Congress Heights Arts and Culture Center (CHACC) home of #soufsidecreative, located at 3200 MLK Ave. SE, with a mission to bring something new and necessary to the East of the River community in the District of Columbia. She also serves on the board of The Creative School as Vice President.

BeyondBeyond herher manymany effortsefforts atat CHACC,CHACC, KeyonnaKeyonna hashas givengiven seriousserious energy to her many hobbies, transforming many of them into entrepreneurial ventures. She's a tattoo artist, published Fashion Stylist, photo enthusiast, graphic designer, and avid gardener.

InIn JuneJune 2020,2020, KeyonnaKeyonna hadhad thethe honorhonor ofof beingbeing 1 1 ofof 7 7 artistsartists toto paintpaint the 'Black Lives Matter Plaza' which catapulted her into mural work in and out of the city. She's collaborated with the Washington Mystics, the Washington Commanders, Pharrel's Something in the Water Festival, and many more. In September 2022, Keyonna received the 37th Annual Mayors Arts Awards for Excellence as a Community Arts Advocate. Instagram.com/kayemjay6Instagram.com/kayemjay6 luke lawal jr.

An American entrepreneur from Washington, D.C. He is the founder and CEO of HBCU Buzz, a media outlet with a primary focus on HBCUs. In 2016 he was recognized at #96 on The Root’ s 100 Black Influencers List

Instagram.com/luke.lawal

marc bravo

Recording Artist, Music Curator, Entrepreneur & Founder of Creative House DMV.

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matt jackson

Head Of Digital Media THFCTRY, Music Curator, Music Pusher & Radio Personality. Instagram.com/mattjxsn Myles “Minishotta”

Award Winning Photographer and at 9 years old is the youngest ever to be 35 Under 35.

Instagram.com/myles _ minishotta

Mikael Selassi

Ethiopian native, DC Metropolitan area raised, Mikael Selassie of MGA Visions LLC. & Ethio Optikx Photography. starting from his time at Bowie State University to having his work featured in Vogue Japan, House of Delegates, Sheen magazine, Aspire TV, and Ebony Magazine Instagram.com/mikaelselassiInstagram.com/mikaelselassi nature boi

DMV based artist Nature Boi represents the culture in its totality. With skills including producing, dee-jaying, and curation his talents shine every step of the way. With all these skills combined, Nature’ s natural habitat is nurturing artists as much as it is creating on his own art. In 2017 he created Open Gem USA, which started as a open mic and evolved into a ecosystem . Instagram.com/natureboimusic

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