About Us
Lights Camera Discover Inc. (LCD) is a 501c3 nonprofit organization devoted to developing strategies to bring about the positive skill sets of our youth. Our mission statement is simple, turning imaginations into opportunity.
We provide youth ages 7 to 17 years of age opportunities to develop self-confidence and understand work ethics by giving them a platform to showcase their creative side through writing, film and much more. One of the highlights of LCD is to have students showcase their strengths and build up where one is weak. We look to help develop and understand self-value through our workshop series. Our workshops are based on the concept that one size doesn't fit all and we interject and work with our youth from where they are at that given time. Our workshops consist of all stages and various aspects of performing and digital arts.
The main aspect of our performing arts symposium is capturing the young man or woman’s creativity. With this in mind we give them a stage to display their thoughts, their views, their love and most importantly their self-worth.
We want our students, to feel free to express them to be themselves and understanding who they are allowing them to bring a new positivity to their life, and communities. Our focus will be on a new positivity of self, rather than making the wrong decisions that lead to a negative environment.
One aspect that is Lights Camera Discover is helping students develop the importance of teamwork and responsibility, in order to reach their goal they themselves has set.
Lights Camera Discover is made available to those students who have some economic challenges by offering affordable workshops.
Over time, Lights Camera Discover will strengthen the students in the communities and empower them by offering priceless opportunities that will give each student valuable skills and character.
We provide youth ages 7 to 17 years of age opportunities to develop self-confidence and understand work ethics by giving them a platform to showcase their creative side through writing, film and much more. One of the highlights of LCD is to have students showcase their strengths and build up where one is weak. We look to help develop and understand self-value through our workshop series. Our workshops are based on the concept that one size doesn't fit all and we interject and work with our youth from where they are at that given time. Our workshops consist of all stages and various aspects of performing and digital arts.
The main aspect of our performing arts symposium is capturing the young man or woman’s creativity. With this in mind we give them a stage to display their thoughts, their views, their love and most importantly their self-worth.
We want our students, to feel free to express them to be themselves and understanding who they are allowing them to bring a new positivity to their life, and communities. Our focus will be on a new positivity of self, rather than making the wrong decisions that lead to a negative environment.
One aspect that is Lights Camera Discover is helping students develop the importance of teamwork and responsibility, in order to reach their goal they themselves has set.
Lights Camera Discover is made available to those students who have some economic challenges by offering affordable workshops.
Over time, Lights Camera Discover will strengthen the students in the communities and empower them by offering priceless opportunities that will give each student valuable skills and character.
MISSION
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Through performance and digital arts, we seek to invest and develop in our student’s a since of pride, self-worth, strength and sense of community commitment. LCD is bringing about a holistic approach to the growth of students within our community. LCD will be one of the catalysts to infuse a cooperative spirit that will bring forth the creativity of oneself.
We are offering them an environment for one to express their creativity without fear of rejection. We are providing the tools for them to gain a stronger skill set and find their voice to combat life’s adversities and grow from their challenges in life. |
Our Team
Kema Charles
Founder & Executive Director
Kema Charles brings 19 years’ experience to our team. Kema has appeared on TV shows such as Sheena, ER, It’s All Relative and the Bernie Mac Show. She has appeared in stage plays as well as the movies Johnson’s Family Vacation, Impiety, Jamaican Me Crazy and Handle Your Business. She has produced the movie Fatigues and music video for Raz B formally of B2K for Phalanx Entertainment. She was also the Director of Operations for a filmmaking workshop in Abuja Nigeria in 2010.
Founder & Executive Director
Kema Charles brings 19 years’ experience to our team. Kema has appeared on TV shows such as Sheena, ER, It’s All Relative and the Bernie Mac Show. She has appeared in stage plays as well as the movies Johnson’s Family Vacation, Impiety, Jamaican Me Crazy and Handle Your Business. She has produced the movie Fatigues and music video for Raz B formally of B2K for Phalanx Entertainment. She was also the Director of Operations for a filmmaking workshop in Abuja Nigeria in 2010.
Trey Murphy
Co-Founder & Program Coordinator
Trey Murphy brings 19 years’ experience to our team. Trey is known for his work on Thank You for Smoking, View in Black & White and Vanquisher. He wrote the movie Fatigues for Phalanx Entertainment. He was also Head of the Acting department for a filmmaking workshop in Abuja Nigeria in 2010.
Co-Founder & Program Coordinator
Trey Murphy brings 19 years’ experience to our team. Trey is known for his work on Thank You for Smoking, View in Black & White and Vanquisher. He wrote the movie Fatigues for Phalanx Entertainment. He was also Head of the Acting department for a filmmaking workshop in Abuja Nigeria in 2010.
Crystal Onyema
Communication Director
Crystal Onyema has a background in communications, sales, fundraising, and publishing. She has written editorials and features for nonprofits, such as AARP Texas. In addition, she was staff writer, social media and campus ambassador for Study Breaks magazine and was featured in The New York Times bestseller, “The Ajax Dilemma”. A fellow lover of the arts, she has taken classes in playwriting and producing. In 2011, she was featured as a main character in the critically acclaimed stage play, “The Vagina Monologues”. Crystal has a Bachelor of Science in Public Relations from The University of Texas at Austin and her Masters of Business Administration at The University of Phoenix.
Communication Director
Crystal Onyema has a background in communications, sales, fundraising, and publishing. She has written editorials and features for nonprofits, such as AARP Texas. In addition, she was staff writer, social media and campus ambassador for Study Breaks magazine and was featured in The New York Times bestseller, “The Ajax Dilemma”. A fellow lover of the arts, she has taken classes in playwriting and producing. In 2011, she was featured as a main character in the critically acclaimed stage play, “The Vagina Monologues”. Crystal has a Bachelor of Science in Public Relations from The University of Texas at Austin and her Masters of Business Administration at The University of Phoenix.
Janelle Jones
Student Outreach & Instructor
Janelle Jones is a Choreographer, Writer, Actress, Improvist and Model. Janelle started praise dance, hip-hop and salsa at the young age of 11, and has been acting in local plays and theater since she was 15. She has toured both nationally and internationally with “REMNANT” a performing arts troupe dedicated to reaching youth through the. She is most known for her creative concept dance videos and her comedy web series “ The Misadventures of JJ exploring the mishaps of dating in the 21st century.”
Student Outreach & Instructor
Janelle Jones is a Choreographer, Writer, Actress, Improvist and Model. Janelle started praise dance, hip-hop and salsa at the young age of 11, and has been acting in local plays and theater since she was 15. She has toured both nationally and internationally with “REMNANT” a performing arts troupe dedicated to reaching youth through the. She is most known for her creative concept dance videos and her comedy web series “ The Misadventures of JJ exploring the mishaps of dating in the 21st century.”
LCD Board of Directors
Lillie Rutley
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Liz Neal
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Nicolas Murry
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Christina Eve Vidales
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