NEWARK, N.J., June 10, 2010 – FEMWORKS is proud to announce that it has been selected to receive two business awards, “2010 Outstanding Small Business of the Year” presented by the Greater Newark Business Development Consortium, Inc. (GNBDC), and the “Professional Ally Award” presented by Newark Essex Pride Coalition (NEPC).

“FEMWORKS has distinguished itself as a leading-edge social entrepreneurial firm, with a highly valued specialty and triple bottom line focus; community, planet and profit. Tamara Fleming and I have poured years of passion and dedication into making FEMWORKS a sustainable business model that achieves success for its clients and has a positive impact in the local community.” says Kimberlee S. Williams, Principal and Marketing Director of FEMWORKS.

FEMWORKS principals, Tamara A. Fleming and Kimberlee S. Williams, will receive the award for “Outstanding Small Business of the Year” at the 6th Annual Opportunities & Awards Breakfast on Friday, June 18, 2010 at The Center for Law & Justice, Rutgers Law School, 123 Washington St, Newark, NJ. The event will run from 8:00AM to 11:00AM. To attend the event in support of FEMWORKS, register at www.gnbdc.org or call 973-242-5564.

In addition to receiving this regional business award, on Sunday, June 13 FEMWORKS was honored with the “2010 Professional Ally Award” presented by the Newark Essex Pride Coalition (NEPC). The Board of Trustees of NEPC presented this award to FEMWORKS for demonstrating service to the Greater Newark LGBTIQ community over an extended period of time, going beyond its typical scope of work and obtaining measureable achievements as a result of its service. The Community Impact Awards were a part of the week-long Newark Essex Pride festivities June 7-13, 2010.

About FEMWORKS, LLC
FEMWORKS is an integrated marketing communications firm that specializes in media that reaches multicultural consumers, building public / private partnerships, and empowering business to engage burgeoning urban markets. FEMWORKS core agency capabilities are marketing and advertising strategy, public relations, community relations, photography, social media management, graphic design and web development.

FEMWORKS is a certified Small Business Enterprise, Minority Business Enterprise, and Women Owned Business Enterprise by New Jersey Commerce and the Port Authority and NY & NJ. The National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce also certify FEMWORKS as gay-owned.

Media Contact: Kimberlee Williams, Principal and Marketing Director of FEMWORKS, 973-494-9705.

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Status Is Everything HIV testing campaign targets young African American men in Newark, NJ.

Status Is Everything HIV testing campaign targets young African American men in Newark, NJ.

To Increase HIV Testing Rates in Newark “Status Is Everything” Pioneers New Media, Text Messaging, and Social Media

NEWARK, N.J., Jan. 27, 2010 – On February 4, 2010, during a full day of events, the African American Office of Gay Concerns (AAOGC.org), Mayor Cory A. Booker and the LGBTQ Commission will kick-off “Status Is Everything”, a pioneering, Newark, NJ focused HIV testing social marketing campaign targeting African American men who have sex with men, aged 18-24. This is the first New Jersey public health campaign of its kind to utilize social media and text messaging to provide residents 24-hour instant access to local HIV/STD testing centers – text NJ+YourZipCode (NJ07102) to 36363. 1-866-HIV-CHECK access is provided by the New Jersey HIV/STD hotline.

Status Is Everything Social Media
Twitter – http://bit.ly/69k7mP
Facebook – http://bit.ly/SIEFacebook
YouTube - http://bit.ly/SIEBernard1
Causecast – http://bit.ly/SIECausecast

The multifaceted six month campaign features an interactive website StatusIsEverything.org that promotes seven “friendly reminder” e-cards and six video PSAs of Newark spokespeople; PSAs in movie theaters and on Cablevision Networks; bus wraps, a billboard, and light rail train signs.

WHEN: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2010

8:30AM until 10:00AM – CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST – Open To All To Attend
Newark City Hall, Rotunda, 920 Broad Street, Newark, NJ 07102
AAOGC staff and key campaign spokespeople will be available for interviews.

11:00AM – PRESS CONFERENCE – Open To All To Attend
Newark Municipal Council’s Chamber, Room 221, 920 Broad Street, Newark, NJ

Invited Speakers
Mayor Cory A. Booker, City of Newark
Mildred Crump, President, Newark Municipal Council
Laurence Ganges, MSW, Assistant Commissioner, New Jersey Department
of Health and Senior Services: Division of HIV/AIDS Service
Gary Paul Wright, Executive Director, African American Office of Gay
Concerns
Kimberlee S. Williams, Principal and Marketing Director, FEMWORKS
Danielle Bush, Counseling, Testing and Referral Services Manager, North
Jersey Community Research Initiative
Dwight Peavy, Executive Director, Newark EMA HIV Health Services
Planning Council
Timothy Daniels, Campaign Model and Spokesperson

2:00PM – 3:00PM – MOCK HIV TEST SESSION FOR B-ROLL – Media Only Please
NJCRI – 393 Central Avenue, Newark, NJ 07102

Interviews
Timothy Daniels, Status Is Everything Campaign Spokesperson
Danielle Bush, Counseling, Testing and Referral Services Manager, NJCRI
Brian McGovern, Executive Director, NJCRI
Gary Paul Wright, Executive Director, African American Office of Gay
Concerns

6:00PM – LGBTQ COMMUNITY SOCIAL MIXER AT THE SPOT – Open To All To Attend
The Spot, 45 Commerce, Newark, NJ 07102
Models, spokespeople, dignataries, elected officials, and partners will be in attendance.

WHERE: Various locations. Please see details above in the WHEN section.

Media Contacts: Contact: Kimberlee Williams, Marketing Director of FEMWORKS, (973) 494-9705 or kwilliams@femworksllc.com, or Robyn Butler of FEMWORKS, (973)494-9705, or rbutler@femworksllc.com.

Source: African American Office of Gay Concerns

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Kimberlee S. Williams, Principal, FEMWORKS, LLC, a Marketing Agency and Photography studio located in Newark, NJ.

The panel is lead by renowned statistician Dr. Gary Gates; He will present groundbreaking Census-based research on LGBT community

NEWARK, N.J., Dec. 8, 2009 – On Wednesday, December 9, at the LGBT Center in New York, Kimberlee S. Williams, FEMWORKS principal and marketing director, will participate on the 2010 Census LGBT expert panel. U.S. Census Bureau representatives and partners welcome such thought leaders as Dr. Gary Gates, Mrs. Williams and other guests to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Community Center for an exciting evening of discussion on the 2010 Census and the LGBT community.

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Dr. Gary Gates, a fellow at The Williams Institute at UCLA, will present his latest research on the LGBT community. The U.S. Census Bureau recently revised its policy in the counting of same-sex couples in its statistical operations, and as such, the discussion is particularly timely. His presentation will be followed by a lively discussion among a diverse panel of experts (see below), and will be moderated by members of the U.S. Census Bureau’s NY Region LGBT Working Group.

Kimberlee S. Williams is a marketing and public relations professional based in New Jersey whose company, FEMWORKS, is the premier multicultural and LGBT marketing agency in the region. She has over 10 years of business development experience in multicultural markets, media relations, and creating strategic alliances. Mrs. Williams helps shape the way corporations, organizations and individuals communicate with multicultural and LGBT men and women of color.

The Working Group is comprised of seven Census Bureau representatives, including Becca Palmer, June Dowell-Burton, and Ben Suazo, Partnership Specialists specifically working with the LGBT community in the region.

Census representatives are seeking to recruit members from the LGBT community in order to form a 2010 Census LGBT Complete Count Committee (CCC) in the region. Thousands of CCCs are forming nationwide to encourage full participation in the 2010 Census.

Refreshments and light snacks will be served compliments of the LGBT Center and Q-SINY, respectively.

DATE/TIME: Wednesday, December 9, 2009, 6:30pm – 9:00pm

PLACE: LGBT Center, 208 West 13 th Street, New York, NY

FEATURED PANEL:

Dr. Gary Gates, Fellow, The Williams Institute of UCLA
Kimberlee Williams, Principal, Marketing Director, FEMWORKS, LLC
Timothy Olson, Asst. Chief, Partnership Program, Field Division, U.S. Census Bureau
Terri Boggis, Director of Center Kids and Families
Tokes Osubu, Executive Director of Gay Men of African Descent
Glenn Magpantay, Co-director of Dvlp., National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance

About the 2010 CENSUS
The 2010 Census is a count of everyone living in the United States and is mandated by the U.S. Constitution. Census data are used to distribute Congressional seats to states, to distribute more than $400 billion in federal funds to local, state and tribal governments each year and to make decisions about what community services to provide. The 2010 Census questionnaire will be one of the shortest in history and consists of 10 questions, taking about 10 minutes to complete. Strict confidentiality laws protect the confidentiality of respondents and the information they provide.

About FEMWORKS, LLC
FEMWORKS is an integrated marketing communications agency and photography studio based in Newark, NJ. Our agency’s capabilities include marketing, public relations, photography, graphic design, and web design. FEMWORKS offers over 10 years of professional experience in multicultural and urban markets. FEMWORKS is an innovative community focused agency providing services that enable businesses and organizations to reach multicultural people and build strong relationships that empower the entire community.

Contact: Kimberlee S. Williams, Marketing Director, FEMWORKS, 973-494-9705.

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Newark Mayor Cory Booker with swear in the city's first LGTIQ commision

The Historic Event Begins at 1:00PM in the City Council Chambers at City Hall – 920 Broad Street

Newark, NJ – Newark, NJ., October 28, 2009 – You are cordially invited to join Mayor Cory Booker and The Newark Municipal Council as the members of the inaugural Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning (LGBTQ) Advisory Commission take the Oath of Office on Wednesday, October 28, 2009 in the Municipal Council Chambers, Room 215, Newark City Hall, 920 Broad Street, Newark, N.J. at 12:30 p.m.

The inaugural Newark, NJ, LGBTQ Advisory Commission members are as follows:

Reverend Janyce L. Jackson
Rooney Long
Darnell L. Moore
Joseph Panessidi
Perris Straughter
Margaret L. Woods
Gary Paul Wright

Your presence at this event will be uniquely special for the members of the LGBTQ Advisory Commission members and Mayor Booker. Thanking you in advance for your support of the LGBTQ Advisory Commission and the City of Newark!

Source: Liberation In Truth Unity Fellowship Church

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Newark, NJ, October 21, 2009 – Art in The Atrium (ATA) opens on Thursday, October 22 and kicks off the 2009 annual “Open Doors” Art Festival. The ATA opening includes an opening reception on Thursday, October 22, and after-party at Brick City Bar and Grill, and concluding on Sunday, October 25, in Newark. Featured works are by Chris Cumberbatch, of Above the Surface Design, located in Long Island, NY, also an ATA exhibiting artist whose focus is on eco-friendly, sustainable products. The showcase, located in the LPCCD “green” building at 460 Washington Street, Newark, is free and open to the public. The hours for the weekend are Thursday and Friday, 5:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.; Saturday, 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. and Sunday, 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

For ATA, the Open Doors Weekend event is a pre-show activity in advance of its 18th annual art exhibit and sale of fine art by African Americans in Morristown, the largest show of its kind in New Jersey. The collaboration with LPCCD is an opportunity to spotlight the work of Chris Cumberbatch as an emerging artist and to increase the visibility of Art in The Atrium to northern New Jersey audiences.

Lauren Craig, a spokesperson for ATA states, “We are excited at Art in the Atrium, Inc. about our participation in this year’s Open Doors event. ATA has enjoyed a long-time connection to the Newark art community through Newark native, the late Russell A. Murray, a prolific artist who was an ATA founder and curator and a teacher at West Side High School, as well as through the many artists that live and work in Newark who have exhibited in our annual exhibition for the past 18 years.”

Many of Cumberbatch’s works are painted on found objects, using Mystic paint, an environmentally sound product. The exhibit includes sculptural trees and large wall hangings. The artist explained, “My focus is the duality of eco-consciousness and spiritual consciousness. It’s an awareness of the richness of the earth and all that it contains for humanity…I want to hit a pulse of …emotion and spirit by fusing figures and nature, especially trees.”

Mr. Cumberbatch’s firm, Above The Surface, provides creative designs in decorative painting—wall illusions that resemble stone, marble and granite, and colorful murals—for several celebrity clients, among whom are Comedian, Actor, Radio Personality and Author, Steve Harvey; Singer/Rapper and Actor LL Cool J, and Sean “Diddy” Combs, legendary rapper, screen and stage actor and successful entrepreneur.

Anthony Smith, director of LPCCD Community Affairs and Operations said, “Lincoln Park is leading the way in eco-urban development. The environmentally-friendly art of Chris Cumberbatch is directly related to the LPCCD mission to develop an urban eco-arts district. When ATA expressed a desire to collaborate with us in presenting this artist’s body of work to this year’s Open Doors event, we agreed with enthusiasm, viewing it as an opportunity for broader exposure for the important work that is underway in the Lincoln Park Arts District.”

Art in The Atrium, Inc. is a non-profit, volunteer art organization founded in 1991 and is tax exempt under Federal Tax Regulation 501(c)(3). The organization derives most of its operating dollars from corporate donations, foundations, community organizations and private citizens. For more information about the art exhibit and sale, visit the website at www.artintheatrium.org.

Lincoln Park Coast Cultural District (LPCCD) is transforming a low-income neighborhood in Newark, New Jersey, from blighted lots into an urban eco-village. Leading the revitalization of an emerging arts and cultural district, LPCCD is a model that demonstrates the nation’s best practices in sustainable urban development. The project includes US Green Building Council (USGBC) Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certified housing units, green collar jobs, music festivals, historic restoration projects and the Museum of African American Music, a Smithsonian Affiliate. Visit the LPCCD website at www.lpccd.org

Source: Art In The Atrium

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This breakfast summit will focus on the state of the green future in Essex County, local business innovation, and job opportunities. It will also identify Attainable- Measurable-Sustainable steps to become more sustainable.

Event Overview:
9:00 am Continental Breakfast
9:30 am Opening Remarks
10:00 am The State of the Green Future of Essex County
11:15 am Local Business Innovation and Job Opportunities
12:30 pm LPCCD Green Job Training Graduation

Speakers to include:
Cory Booker – Mayor of Newark, NJ
M. Teresa Ruiz – New Jersey Senator
Donald Payne, Jr.- Councilman, City of Newark
Dr. DT Ogilvie- Director of Rutgers Center for Entrepreneurial Development
Frederick Lynk – Manager, Market Strategy and Planning, PSEG
Jeana Wirtenberg, PHD – Institute of Sustainable Enterprises at FDU
Jerry Fried – Mayor of Montclair, NJ
John Fox – President and CEO of Innovation Fuels, Inc.
Philip LiVecchi – Director of Public Works – County of Essex
Robert L. Bowser – Mayor of East Orange, NJ

Source: Lincoln Park Coast Cultural District

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For more information about this event or the Family Love Organization please contact Jerome Young at 973-818-2497.

This event is sponsored by Newark Now

Check out exclusive unseen photos from the Brick City Premiere archives – the Red Carpet and After Party at the Brick City Bar and Grill.

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“A viable avenue for a growing firm to participate in the green business movement is to audit its own energy use plan. Create a business operation that is streamlined and more energy sustainable. Another opportunity for a new firm can include providing professional services specifically targeting other green businesses with your products and services,” comments Kimberlee S. Williams of FEMWORKS.

About The Institute for Entrepreneurial Leadership
The Institute for Entrepreneurial Leadership (IFEL) supports economic development through entrepreneurship. IFEL’s mission is to stimulate economic development in New Jersey’s inner city communities by accelerating the growth of the small business sector – the business segment that has the greatest potential to positively impact job creation and wealth building. For more information about IFEL call 973-353-0611 or visit www.ifelnj.org

About FEMWORKS, LLC
FEMWORKS is an integrated marketing communications agency and photography studio based in Newark, NJ. Our agency’s capabilities include marketing, public relations, photography, graphic design, and web design. FEMWORKS offers over 10 years of professional experience in multicultural and urban markets. FEMWORKS is an innovative community focused agency providing services that enable businesses and organizations to reach multicultural people and build strong grass relationships that empower the entire community. For more information about FEMWORKS visit www.FEMWORKSLLC.com or call 973-494-9705.

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