Monday Morning Shout-out
So grateful for all the folks who participated in our “Giving Back” video shoot last Friday. Over 20 people, including several children and teens, took part in the shoot for a trailer for the book...
View ArticleWatch [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...
View Article‘Cause That’s How We Do
Today our book trailer [ philanthropy reframed ] reached 1000 views on YouTube! Watch it (again) and share it to hear a new voice, to feel a new vibe, to experience a new video and to gain a new view...
View ArticleQuick 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...
View ArticleMy New Eyes
“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.” — Marcel Proust It requires “new eyes” to see a picture reframed. This quote sums up much of our TEDx Talk,...
View ArticleStraight To Video
Exactly one month ago, our TEDx video, titled “A Picture Reframe: Philanthropy, Identity and Epiphany,” premiered on YouTube and then BlackGivesBack.com, so as this post’s title indicates . . .
View ArticleAnother NEW View, Vibe, Voice and Video on Philanthropy
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View ArticleSeeing Through An Altered Lens
We not only alter the lens on philanthropy, we also amplify Black voices in a myriad of ways. Here’s a link to the latest Giving Back Project (GBP) e-blast, with highlights, pics and video on our new...
View ArticleCharlotte’s ‘Art & Soul’
Former Charlotte Mayor Harvey Bernard Gantt at Jazzy 2016 As the Harvey B. Gantt Center for African American Arts & Culture revs up for its major fundraiser, Jazzy Holiday Gala 2017—which, by the...
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