Photo Credit: Ed Nightengale

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

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

With American Idol’s Ruben Studdard in San Francisco.

Recovery & Beyond, Media Relations Training, Pasadena, CA

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

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

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

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

With Darrell Steinberg at the California State Capitol

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

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

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

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

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

Omarion of B2K fame, Los Angeles Forum, CA

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

Comedy great Sinbad, House of Blues on Sunset

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

With Actor Petri Hawkins-Byrd at the California State Capitol

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

Latin Jazz great musician Pete Escovedo, Alameda, CA

Actors Terence J and Naya Rivera, Los Angeles, CA

Late filmmaker John Singleton, Oakland, CA

My students @ Cosmumnes River College, Sacramento, CA

Jazz legend Joe Sample, San Francisco, CA

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

With Jay Leno at the Tonight Show

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

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

California Governor Jerry Brown, then Mayor of Oakland

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

Late Congressman Juanita MacDonald, Washington, DC

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

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

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

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

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

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

With Kem in San Francisco

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

Crime Victims Fund Gala, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA

Platinum Singer Johnny Mathis, San Francisco, CA

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

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

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

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

Actor and Activist Danny Glover, San Francisco, CA

Actress and Model Zendaya, Sacramento, CA

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