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Dr. Shanta' barton-stubbs
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Dr. Shanta Barton-Stubbs is a professional consultant, a licensed therapist, a certified success life coach, a motivational speaker, and the founder of Under Construction Empowerment Services and the Founder & Director of New Image Youth Center in Orlando, FL. Shanta Barton-Stubbs received her undergraduate degree in Criminal Justice, a Master’s degree in Mental Health, and in 2015 earned her doctorate in Theology with an emphasis in Leadership Studies. Shanta has authored three books, There Is Good in My Hood, Yes, God, I’m Listening!, and co-authored the international bestseller Discover your Destiny, Live your Dream, Love your Life. Her new book Knocking Out Excuses is soon to be published. All of her writing has been driven by life experience and has that success, as well as her outstanding work in the community has led to many speaking engagements, including over seven commencement addresses, international speaking in the Bahamas, Cat Island, and Canada, and speaking engagements at local churches and community organizations.
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So You Want To Start A Nonprofit?
Let's Do Some Homework First.
Starting a non-profit is an excellent and fulfilling way to discover your life purpose. Take these tips and apply them to create the organization that you intend on starting, then add perseverance and dedication and you will be on your way to creating an outstanding, strong, and efficient non-profit organization!
There Is Good In My Hood
There’s Good in My Hood is a book that highlights how children living in poverty-stricken areas find ways to succeed, even when surrounded by seemingly insurmountable hardships. The author takes a look at the realities of the environment of impoverished families and demonstrates that there is always hope, sometimes just around the corner.
Not Just Another Story But Her Story
Victory, free for the taking, was there all along, it just wasn’t recognized. Once recognized, claimed and empowered, victory looked exactly like freedom and there was no turning back. This is the gift of Christ to each daughter of Abraham who tells her story here.
Yes God, I'm Listening
An enlightening collection of real life experiences, prayers, affirmations, and other pieces designed to reach out on a personal level and help bring you closer to God. These messages touch on everything from building faith to welcoming change to applying the wisdom of The Holy Spirit.
In 2004, Shanta founded the New Image Youth Center (NIYC), a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, in Orlando, FL at the age of 21 with only $1,500 and 8 children. The goal was to provide a safe haven for this poverty-stricken community’s neighborhood. Twelve years later, the success of New Image Youth Center has changed lives with over 18 high school graduates, a Morehouse College graduate, and many young businessmen and businesswomen. NIYC has grown to include two facilities in the Parramore community, along with a dance/exercise room and the addition of a community garden where Shanta and the kids grow organic food for the homeless. Shanta currently helps mentor over 65 children per day in the Parramore community. New Image Youth Center provides an after school program and summer camp for at-risk youth in the Parramore community of downtown Orlando. With the community’s specific needs in mind, the three key areas in which they offer year-round programming are academic support, social development, and health and wellness. Offering life skills lessons, tutoring, nutrition classes, family counseling, and much more, NIYC has become a safe haven for the children and teens of Parramore, providing a comprehensive range of services for nearly 100 students annually, all at no cost to participants. All participating NIYC seniors have graduated high school, six are enrolled in post-secondary coursework, no active participants have been involved with juvenile justice or have had a teen pregnancy, and over $500,000 in-kind donations have been received through volunteerism.
For her own achievements and commitment to community, she has been the recipient of several honors, including the Bank of America Local Hero Award in 2007, the NBA 2008 Orlando Magic Maker Award, the 2011 L’Oreal Women of Worth top 10 nominee, and winner of the national title Miss Corporate America in 2009. Shanta Barton-Stubbs is the first African American woman to win this title. She was also honored as the Emerging Leader of the Year in 2013 by the Women’s Executive Council, and as the 2015 Ms. Florida Excellence. She also judges the National Miss American pageant each year, along with others.
Dr. Shanta Barton-Stubbs is living proof that one person can truly make a difference.