California's Phil Isenberg, Memorial Auditorium, Sacramento, CA

Filmmaker Spike Lee, on the set of Sucker Free City, San Francisco, CA

Actor and Activist Malik Yoba of New York Undercover fame, Los Angeles, CA

Award-winning Filmmaker and Director Ashley James staging the Street Soldiers live television show, Oakland, CA

Two of my former bosses, Willie L. Brown, Jr. and Ed Emerson, Sacramento, CA

State of Black California with Futurist Phil Goings and Academician Dr. Melvin Oliver, State Capitol, CA

My students @ Cosmumnes River College, Sacramento, CA

California First Lady Sharon Davis, Truman Club, Sacramento, CA

California Governor Jerry Brown, then Mayor of Oakland

Screenwriter Michael Tse, on the set of Sucker Free City, San Francisco CA

Late filmmaker John Singleton, Oakland, CA

With Kem in San Francisco

Charity Golf Tournament at San Juan Oaks with Michael Merriweather (Retired NFL Pittsburgh Steelers) Harold Pressley (Retired NBA Sacramento Kings), Petri Hawkins Byrd, Judge Judy Show, Hollister, CA

Late Congressman Juanita MacDonald, Washington, DC

Thank you California Governor Gavin Newsom at the Governor’s Mansion, Sacramento, CA

Crime Victims Fund Gala, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA

Citizens of Courage Awards with late Sheriff Bill Kolender, and current Sheriff Bill Gore, San Diego, CA

Chaka Khan and the late James Ingram, House of Blues on Sunset

With Jay Leno at the Tonight Show

Charity Golf Tournament for the Crime Victims Fund, with the Charger Girls, Eastlake Golf and Country Club

Legendary singer Lenny Williams of Tower of Power fame, Oakland, CA

South African Jazz great Jonathan Butler, House of Blues on Sunset

City of Oakland's Assistant Police Chief Paul Figueroa, Oakland, CA

Latin Jazz great musician Pete Escovedo, Alameda, CA

Comedy great Sinbad, House of Blues on Sunset

Retired NFL star Michael Merriweather of the Pittsburgh Steelers, Minnesota Vikings, New York Jets, and Green Bay Packers, Omega Boys Club, San Francisco

Platinum Singer Johnny Mathis, San Francisco, CA

Screenwriter and Film Director Gary Hardwick, writer, producer and director of The Brothers, Deliver Us From Eva, and In The House, Sacramento, CA

With Actor Petri Hawkins-Byrd at the California State Capitol

Philanthropist Elizabeth Grossman's Brookfield Farms, Thousand Oaks, CA

Actors Terence J and Naya Rivera, Los Angeles, CA

Renowned Dr. Marian Wright Edelman of the National Children's Defense Fund, Washington, DC

Omarion of B2K fame, Los Angeles Forum, CA

California Assembly Speaker Willie L. Brown, Jr. and the Ambassador of Ghana, State Capitol, CA

Supreme Court Qualified Attorney Sarah Weddington, 20th Anniversary of Roe vs Wade, Sacramento, CA

City of Davis, Human Relations Council, MLK Day, Davis, CA

Photo Credit: Ed Nightengale

California's Roderick Wright at the El Debarge and Jazz Crusaders Concert, Sacramento, CA

Jazz legend Joe Sample, San Francisco, CA

Dr. Angelo Williams, California Assembly Chief of Staff and Debra Watkins of A Black Educators Network, Sacramento, CA

Executive Producer Preston Holmes, on the set of Sucker Free City, San Francisco, CA

Los Angeles Airports Chief of Police, Cecil Rambo and Senator Isadore Hall, California State Capitol

Actor and Activist Danny Glover, San Francisco, CA

With Darrell Steinberg at the California State Capitol

Actress and Model Zendaya, Sacramento, CA

Public Safety Appreciation Day with the San Diego Chargers, Qualcom Stadium, CA

Screenwiter Gregory Allen Howard, writer of Ali, Remember the Titans, and Harriett, Vallejo, CA

Recovery & Beyond, Media Relations Training, Pasadena, CA

Retired Oakland Opera's mezzo soprano Jacalyn McGee, Paramount Theater, Oakland, CA

With American Idol’s Ruben Studdard in San Francisco.