• Received federal grant for IT job readiness training programs for "at-risk" mothers
  
• Established the Annual Slave Memorial Ceremony and the Nikki Giovanni Youth Writer's Project
• Created a program to assist "at-risk" students entering St. Augustine's, a Historically Black College (HBCU)
• Featured on the Oprah Winfrey Show and the CBS Sunday Morning Show
  
• Accepted US and International interns from Brazil and Switzerland for "hands-on" learning experiences at BWUFA
• Published article on "Welfare Reform and the Black Community" in the Harvard Journal of African American Public Policy
  
• Created a historical storytelling quilt, donated to Fairfax County
  
• Served as a community resource for White House Initiative on Race Commission and presented a "Dialogue on Racism"
• Co-produced, with Fairfax County Public Schools, an educational video depicting local historical sites