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

Late Congressman Juanita MacDonald, Washington, DC

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

Actress and Model Zendaya, Sacramento, CA

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

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

California Governor Jerry Brown, then Mayor of Oakland

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

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

With Actor Petri Hawkins-Byrd at the California State Capitol

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

Platinum Singer Johnny Mathis, San Francisco, CA

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

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

Recovery & Beyond, Media Relations Training, Pasadena, CA

Omarion of B2K fame, Los Angeles Forum, CA

Actor and Activist Danny Glover, San Francisco, CA

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

Jazz legend Joe Sample, San Francisco, CA

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

Comedy great Sinbad, House of Blues on Sunset

Crime Victims Fund Gala, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA

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

My students @ Cosmumnes River College, Sacramento, CA

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

Late filmmaker John Singleton, Oakland, CA

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

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

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

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

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

California Assembly Speaker Willie L. Brown, Jr. and the Ambassador of Ghana, State Capitol, 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 Kem in San Francisco

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

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

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

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

With American Idol’s Ruben Studdard in San Francisco.

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

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

With Jay Leno at the Tonight Show

With Darrell Steinberg at the California State Capitol

Latin Jazz great musician Pete Escovedo, Alameda, CA

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

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

Actors Terence J and Naya Rivera, Los Angeles, CA

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

Photo Credit: Ed Nightengale

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