🔥Introducing Keshawn Nowling- Blue Heart 24-2025 Class President 🔥
Blue Heart Member Since August 2022
💙We are proud and excited to celebrate Keshawn Nowling, a dedicated member of The Blue Heart Foundation since August 2022. Over the past few years, Keshawn has shown tremendous growth, resilience, and leadership. As he prepares for his next chapter, we are honored to highlight a little bit about his journey in his own words:
"In my free time, I enjoy playing video games and spending time with my friends. One thing I’ve always been good at is working with my hands—I really enjoy hands-on activities and projects.
I have a strong passion for joining the military. It’s something I feel called to do, and I believe it will give me a great opportunity for personal growth, leadership, and the chance to serve my country. I’m excited to take this next step and build a future I can be proud of."
We are so proud of Keshawn’s commitment to his dreams and his courage to pursue a life of purpose and service. The Blue Heart family will be cheering him on every step of the way!
🎉 Come join us as we celebrate Keshawn at
Blue Heart’s 10th Annual Signing Day Celebration!
📅 Saturday, May 31, 2025
📍 The Venue @ Eastlake
871 Showroom Place #104 | Chula Vista, CA 91914
🕐 Program Time: 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM
We’re turning up for our Class of 2025 Seniors—and you won’t want to miss it!
Click the link to grab your FREE tickets and share with friends and family:
👉🏽 givebutter.com/SD25
Let’s show up and celebrate our young kings as they step boldly into their future! 💙👑
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🎉 Exciting News! We are thrilled to announce that Mr. Roosevelt Williams III will be our keynote speaker for this year’s Blue Heart Foundation Signing Day! 🌟
As a dynamic leader and champion for community empowerment, Mr. Williams brings unmatched energy and passion to every stage he steps on. We can’t wait for him to inspire our young kings as they prepare to take the next bold step in their journeys. 💥
Get ready to be motivated, empowered, and fired up! 🔥
Mr. Roosevelt Williams, III is a native San Diegan who is an industrious, conscientious, disciplined and self-motivated small business owner. He is also the 2025 CEO and President of Young Black & ‘ Business, also known as YB&NB. YB&NB is a community organization devoted to serving and motivating the overlooked and the underserved majority working together as one to be healthy, happy and successful.
A short but impressive list of his accomplishments thus far include:
Being a three time pageant winner for Mr. Gold Coast Classic in 2004, Mr. Black San Diego in 2008 and Mr. Heritage in 2010.
• Named Somebody You Should Know by the San Diego Union Tribune 2020
• Voted most influential in 2020
• NAACP IMAGE AWARD 2023
• Rise San Diego - People Champion Award
• 2023 Community Hero Award Joel Anderson Award
• 2024 Presidents Lifetime Achievement Award
• Named The Face of Black Owned Business & Community Service by Local Umbrella Media 2024
• Raised the Juneteenth Flag over SD County Building ( three years straight )
• Named Top Leader of the Year - Community Champion by BLU LAPIS Media 2024
• Front Page of the San Diego Weekly 2024
• Become a Bestselling Author - The Wild Life
• Ring the San Diego Padre Ceremonial Bell in honor of Tony Gwynn
• Kogo-Am 600 Radio George Chamberlin Award Recipient 2024
• 2024 Kenya Keynote Speaking Tour
• Received SD County Proclamation honoring YBNB
• 2024 Heroes Month Awardee by County Supervisor Joel Anderson
• 2025 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Legacy Award by The Los Angeles Tribune
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Come join us as we celebrate Blue Heart’s 10th Annual Signing Day Celebration!
Saturday, May 31, 2025
We’re turning up for our Class of 2025 Seniors—and you won’t want to miss it!
📍 Location: The Venue @ Eastlake
871 Showroom Place #104 | Chula Vista, CA 91914
🕐 PROGRAM TIME: 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Click the link to get your tickets for this FREE event. Share the link with your friends and family! givebutter.com/SD25
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🎥 A Mother's Reflection: Tammy Nettles on Blue Heart’s Impact
As her son Ayden prepares to graduate, Tammy Nettles shares from the heart about the transformation she witnessed. From a shy young man to a confident brotherhood member, Ayden’s growth is a testament to the power of community, mentorship, and belief.
Tammy speaks to how Blue Heart’s mission—to uplift, empower, and support young Black males—has not only impacted her son’s life, but their entire family. 💙
This is what building kings looks like—one heart, one family at a time. 👑✨
#BlueHeartFoundation #BuildingKings #FromMentorshipToManhood #FamilyLove
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Introducing Ayden Logan
Blue Heart Member Since September 2024
We are proud and excited to celebrate Ayden Logan, a bright and determined member of The Blue Heart Foundation since September 2024. In his time with us, Ayden has brought energy, drive, and a clear vision for his future. As he prepares for the next step in his journey, we’re excited to share a little about him in his own words:
"My name is Ayden Logan. I work at Legoland, my favorite sport is basketball, and I want to become a computer science engineer as my career."
Ayden’s ambition and work ethic truly stand out. His commitment to balancing school, work, and personal goals is a reflection of the leadership and discipline we aim to build in every young man at Blue Heart. We’re incredibly proud to support Ayden as he pursues his dreams and builds a future filled with purpose and impact.
🎉 Come join us as we celebrate Ayden at
Blue Heart’s 10th Annual Signing Day Celebration!
📅 Saturday, May 31, 2025
📍 The Venue @ Eastlake
871 Showroom Place #104 | Chula Vista, CA 91914
🕐 Program Time: 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM
We’re turning up for our Class of 2025 Seniors—and you won’t want to miss it!
Click the link to grab your FREE tickets and share with friends and family:
👉🏽 givebutter.com/SD25
Let’s celebrate Ayden and all our young kings as they take the next bold steps into their future! 💙👑
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🔥🔥Big News!🔥🔥
I’m beyond excited to welcome a dear friend and powerhouse public servant, Dayna Williams-Hunter, as the new Vice Chair of The Blue Heart Foundation!
💙Tracy and I first met Dayna back in 2015 when we collaborated on a powerful celebrity event she created in Los Angeles. Her energy, heart for the community, and fierce commitment to uplifting others made an immediate impact—and she’s been family ever since. From the City of Hawthorne to the heart of Blue Heart, Dayna brings a wealth of experience, deep passion, and a track record of servant leadership that aligns beautifully with our mission to build kings.
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Dayna Williams-Hunter is a dedicated public servant and community advocate, proudly serving as Hawthorne, California's first African-American City Clerk. Originally from Detroit, Michigan, Dayna spent her formative years in Los Angeles, where she graduated from Susan Dorsey High School.
She holds a bachelor's degree in communication and a master's degree in education. Dayna has been a successful entrepreneur for more than 15 years. Her ventures include a boutique public relations firm, a concierge beauty brand and an aerial photography company. She served as President for Our Commitment, Inc, a 501(c)3 organization for 7 years.
Dayna resides in Hawthorne.
#nextlevel
#thevisioncontinues
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❓Brothers, Y’all Good?’ is and amazing podcast hosted by none other than Blue Heart Foundation’s own Board Member, Judge Michael DeWitt Washington, alongside his dynamic co-host, Jason Shanley.
Together, they’re leading real, unfiltered conversations about mental health in the Black community — conversations that align perfectly with Blue Heart’s mission to empower our young kings to prioritize emotional wellness from an early age.
At Blue Heart, we believe emotional wellness starts early. 💙✨
The 'Brothers, Y'all Good?' podcast opens up powerful conversations about Black men's mental health—conversations we want our young kings to grow up ready for. Through our Mindful HEART SEL program we're giving our young men the tools to manage emotions, build resilience, and break the stigma around mental health in our community. 🧠👑 Because building strong minds starts now.
Check them out every Tuesday on YouTube!
#brothersyallgood
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🎓💙 SAVE THE DATE! 💙🎓
Blue Heart’s 10th Annual Signing Day Celebration
Saturday, May 31, 2025
We’re turning up for our Class of 2025 Seniors—and you won’t want to miss it!
📍 Location: The Venue @ Eastlake
871 Showroom Place #104 | Chula Vista, CA 91914
🕐 PROGRAM TIME: 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM
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This year, we are proud to celebrate our graduating seniors:
🎓 Keshawn Nowling
🎓 Jayshaun Robinson
🎓 Ayden Logan
These young kings have shown strength, growth, and leadership throughout their journey with Blue Heart—and now it’s time to send them off with love, celebration, and community as they reveal their next chapter. Whether it’s a 4-year university, a 2-year program, or straight into the workforce—they are ready. And so are we.
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💫 What is Signing Day?
Every year, The Blue Heart Foundation honors our seniors as they graduate from high school and publicly announce their post-graduation path. It’s a tradition rooted in celebration, transformation, and Black excellence.
During the event, our seniors will share their chosen life course and reflect on how their time at Blue Heart has shaped them—taking the tools, lessons, and love they've received into the next stage of their journey.
From mentorship to manhood—we are proud to witness the next steps.
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🎉 Come ready to cheer, cry, clap, and celebrate. It’s going to be a beautiful day.
#BlueHeartSigningDay #ClassOf2025 #BuildingKings #TogetherWeRise #CollegeChangesCommunities
Click the link to get your tickets for this FREE event. Share the link with your friends and family! givebutter.com/SD25
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💪🏽Today’s Career & College Prep Workshop was on 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥l!
Our very own Youth Coach, Dr. James Crawford, led a powerful session featuring First Fifty—a dynamic crew of Black professionals who are all about educating the community on Public Safety and showing up for the next generation.
🙏🏽 We were honored to hear from:
• Zach Brewster, President of First Fifty
• Andrew Strong, Deputy Chief Administrative Officer for Public Safety at the County
• Loan Shillinger, Attorney & President of the Earl B. Gilliam Bar Association
• Garrett Frank, Federal Agent
• Judge Michael Washington
• Roosevelt Williams III, Entrepreneur & President of Young Black & In Business (YB&B)
💙 Each speaker came through with real stories, real advice, and a whole lot of wisdom—dropping gems on how they got where they are, the why behind what they do, and what it really takes to walk in purpose.💎💎
They kept it 💯 on what to do (and what not to do), encouraged our young kings to look within, and reminded them that their greatness is already inside—they just have to activate it.
👂And listen… Roosevelt Williams CLOSED it out with straight fire.🔥
He broke down what it means to F.O.C.U.$ on L.I.F.E. & Financial P.O.W.E.R.💪🏽
🎉Major shoutout to Jessica from Corner Bakery who came through with lunch combos for the crew—those chicken, ham, and turkey sandwiches hit the spot!😋
And finally—huge love and respect to Zach Brewster for founding First Fifty and bringing this incredible group of leaders to Blue Heart. This is what community looks like.👏🏽👏🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽
#ItTakesAVillage
#TheBlueHeartFoundation
#BuildingKings
#TogetherWeRise
#FOCUSonLIFE #FinancialPOWER
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This past STEM Saturday was next level!💙
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✊🏽 Much love to our partners at Black Tech Link, led by the powerhouse Elizabeth Cotton-Harps, for coming through with the tools and knowledge to light up our boys’ minds.
💪🏽With support from Qualcomm, the team guided our young kings through building mini computer systems from scratch using Raspberry Pi kits—and let’s just say, they understood the assignment.
⭐️This wasn’t just about plugging in wires. It was about problem-solving, critical thinking, and planting seeds in the next generation of Black innovators.
This is what tech empowerment looks like. This is how we’re Building Kings.👑👑
🔥And we’ve gotta show love to our new Visual Storyteller, Rashad Autman—a rising star behind the lens who’s already capturing the essence, energy, and excellence of Blue Heart.🎉
⭐️His eye is sharp, his vibe is on point, and his work speaks volumes. We’re proud to have him on the team as he helps bring our story to life—frame by frame.
✊🏽Stay tuned… you haven’t seen his work with us yet—we’re saving the best for last.💪🏽
#STEMSaturday #BlueHeartAcademy #BlackTechLink #Qualcomm #BlackExcellenceInTech #NextGenInnovators #BuildingKings 💙
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🔥🔥 🔥 Affirmations are one of the cornerstones of the Blue Heart Leadership Academy.
Like Morehouse College we believe in the power of speaking life into our young men—and watching them rise.🙏🏽💙
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