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Destiny’s Child Kelly Rowland Kicks off Disney’s Dreamers Academy

Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National CorrespondentMarch 17, 2022

Kelly Rowland proved an inspiration to 100 young and impressionable students who descended upon Disney World for the four-day 2022 Disney Dreamers Academy. Serving as this year’s celebrity ambassador for the program, Rowland led the students – called Dreamers – and others in a parade along Main Street in the Magic Kingdom. “This program really touches me,” Rowland declared. “I know how important it is, especially for students of color, when you think of the STEM aspect of this. We need STEM and STEAM because there’s such a big void there.”

Black American Music Association (BAM) Founders Michael Mauldin and Demmette Guidry Named Among Billboard’s 2020 R&B/Hip-Hop Powers Players

November 19, 2020

Every year the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Power Players list highlights the year’s most influential music executives and leaders in the industry.

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Kelly Rowland to Host Essence Black Women in Hollywood Awards

Associated Press -MESFIN FEKADUFebruary 5, 2019

NEW YORK (AP) — Kelly Rowland will host the 12th annual Essence Black Women in Hollywood Awards this month. Essence announced Tuesday that the Grammy-winning singer, who has had some acting roles, will host the Feb. 21 luncheon honoring actresses Regina Hall, Jenifer Lewis, Amandla Stenberg and Kiki Layne. Rowland says in a statement she’s happy to “shine a light on four exceptional women for their art and social activism.” Rowland has had roles on “Empire,” ″Girlfriends” and “Think Like a Man.” She will play Gladys Knight in the new BET series “American Soul,” which focuses on the iconic music

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Kelly Rowland On Love & Dating: “I Was Just Always In A Rush For A Relationship”

L.A. Sentinel StaffFebruary 7, 2017

Watch as singer-songrwriter Kelly Rowland reflects on what she would tell her younger self about love and dating, working on a female-led cast, the Women’s March and more. Rowland stars as “Margot Scotts” in the new Lifetime movie, “Love by the 10th Date”, which aired on January 28, 2017.

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Hearing the Harmony Beyond Music

Amen Oyiboke, Staff WriterDecember 16, 2015

For most 13 year-olds, daily routines consist of making plans on what to wear, what to do after school, and fitting in what to eat in-between. Dying after school isn’t usually a factor. Except for Harmony Samuels now 35, one day it was. That day began with a mother’s premonition and an ominous warning.