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

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

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

California Governor Jerry Brown, then Mayor of Oakland

Photo Credit: Ed Nightengale

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

Actress and Model Zendaya, Sacramento, CA

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

Actor and Activist Danny Glover, San Francisco, CA

Jazz legend Joe Sample, San Francisco, CA

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

Late filmmaker John Singleton, Oakland, CA

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

With Jay Leno at the Tonight Show

With Kem in San Francisco

Comedy great Sinbad, House of Blues on Sunset

With American Idol’s Ruben Studdard in San Francisco.

Crime Victims Fund Gala, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA

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

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

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

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

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

With Actor Petri Hawkins-Byrd at the California State Capitol

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

Latin Jazz great musician Pete Escovedo, Alameda, CA

Recovery & Beyond, Media Relations Training, Pasadena, CA

Actors Terence J and Naya Rivera, Los Angeles, CA

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

Omarion of B2K fame, Los Angeles Forum, CA

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

With Darrell Steinberg at the California State Capitol

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Platinum Singer Johnny Mathis, San Francisco, CA

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

My students @ Cosmumnes River College, Sacramento, CA

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

Late Congressman Juanita MacDonald, Washington, DC

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

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

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

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

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