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He's 'The Millionaire Maker' with a secret... bringing a life-changing message to every eleven-year-old across the globe. Empowering. Eye-Opening. Registered Investment Adviser turned educator Steve Mazda is on a mission: to raise the expectations of every child through his dynamic one-hour math class '401(k) Magic'. Steve leverages a lifetime of business experience to inspire girls and boys -- helping them realize their dreams through an easy-to-implement action plan and hard work. Hear life-changing true stories designed to ignite the love of learning. After Steve's class, many students realize they've acquired the secret to making the best possible investment throughout their lives. 401(k) Magic is the right message at the right time -- a fun and entertaining sixty minutes designed to pay lifetime dividends.

Founded to develop Youth/Teen Authors as Impact Communications Specialists who author original written works in poetry, monologues, rap, editorials, essays and lyrics from life stories and societal predicaments. We develop forums in collaboration with professional and renowned artists, who with us, will engage the world through spoken word on stage and screen and with design and publication.

Filmmaker Graham Streeter embeds himself in East Los Angeles, where he befriends Julio, Edgar, and Abel: three Latino high school seniors; each attempting to navigate through the daunting transition between high school and college in their own unique ways.

The 2012 Programme for International Student Assessment ranks the United States 17 in reading, 21 in science and 26 in mathematics. U.S. scores remained flat while other countries improved, placing us 36 out of 65 countries. Meanwhile, teacher turnover increased 50% in the last 20 years, 33% of new teachers leave within 3 years and 46% leave within 5 years. The cost of this revolving door exceeds $7.3 billion a year. To improve public schools we must have teachers, the people on the front line, define issues impacting the quality of education and teacher retention. I TEACH focuses on nine teachers, with almost 200 years of collective teaching experience. With their assistance we can develop plans to improve our schools.

For those of us who live and work in cities across the United States, we hear a lot about gentrification and shortages in affordable housing. Finding stories of average citizens who have successfully resisted the encroachment of developers with the intention of pricing them out of their homes are hard to come by. Here is one such story.