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1621 Days
“If there’s a book you really want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.” ― Toni Morrison, Nobel Prize and Pulitzer Prize-winning author After one thousand, six hundred and...
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Amplifying Our Stories…New Lines of Sight, New Voices
Here’s yesterday’s interview with Charles, me and host Frank Stasio on WUNC’s public radio program “The State of Things.” Please listen. Photo credit: Charles W. Thomas, Jr.
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Five Things
New Generation of African American Philanthropists is relying largely on word of mouth and grassroots marketing to publicize the release of Giving Back, so we’re asking readers to help spread the word....
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Booking It
Charles and I have had the good fortunate of booking upward of a dozen Giving Back book events across Charlotte and other communities. A recent book signing was hosted at my hometown church, Gaston...
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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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#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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Revving Up Entrepreneurial Engines in Uptown Charlotte
The May-June 2013 issue of Pride Magazine focuses on business and includes a guest column by Charles Thomas, photographer of Giving Back. In addition to being a professional photog, Charles is...
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