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Watch [Philanthropy Reframed]
Charles W. Thomas Jr., photographer New voices. New vibe. New video. New view on philanthropy. Watch our new 2.5-minute video trailer for the Giving Back Project and its centerpiece publication, Giving...
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Quick Biopic ‘On Writing and Giving Back’
In November 2011, right after the release of Giving Back and during filming for the book’s trailer [ philanthropy reframed ], we created this 3-minute piece….I call it my micro biopic. After a year, we...
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#GetYourGiveOn
Here’s your invitation! We’re Bringing ‘Giving Back’ at Poor Richard’s Book Shoppe is a free and family-friendly gathering, centered on Black Philanthropy. The evening of the 23rd will include: Book...
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UnlimiTED Ideas Take Shape in CLT
Today Charles and I co-present to a sold-out audience of 500 at TEDxCharlotte. Titled A Picture Reframed, our TEDx Talk centers on our experiences and epiphanies while developing Giving Back. In the...
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presenTED
“When you reframe something, you must first deconstruct what was once there. That can be excruciating, when that something is you.” — quote from my recent TEDx Talk with Charles Thomas Valaida...
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Picturing Home
View from around Morganton, my beloved hometown. This iPhone photograph was taken through a screened-in porch, hence the pixelated effect. Looking at this photo takes me home again. Taken with...
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Re:versed
dazed by days of prose april comes showering poems state reversed by verse April is National Poetry Month! I’ve always had a thing for poetry—reading it, hearing it, writing it and savoring it. So, I...
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Nothing Finer
Abundant home-state pride spurred me to instigate a friendly photo-fueled feud via my Twitter feed. The conflict centered on the prettiest and best-est springtimes ever: New Jersey vs. North Carolina....
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Queen of The Trumpet Remembered Still
A friend’s mom had her send me the link below, after hearing an interview on NPR with two young jazz musicians. Here’s her note to my friend: For the first time I heard Valaida Snow’s name mentioned on...
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Turns Around The Sun
moment sublime, smile compose dog day sunlit gaze tick! time is tender — ava wood
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