2018 MLK Keepers of the Dream Award recipients included (left to right)  Jameil Blount; Stephanie Webb; Tyrell Clemons; Tanasia Jenkins; national recording artist Lesette, Willie Joyner (keynote speaker); Pastor Richard Hagans; Isaiah S. Harper and Kiara Lorraine Williams.

Spotlight on Jermaine McNair (right)
Jermaine T. McNair is a community organizer, outreach specialist and founding director of the nonprofit, NC CIVIL a nonprofit organization that supports grassroots development in underserved communities.   Hailing from a troubled background, Jermaine combines his personal experiences together with a growing study of social structures to build partnership programs that engage inner-city communities with the institutions that serve them for improved service delivery.
 
Along with being a proud and active father, Jermaine is currently enrolled as a Master’s student in the ECU School of Sociology.
 

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