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<div><strong>Join Us And Honor the Legendary Sylvester in His Hometown of Los Angeles/Watts - (FAIRFAX DISTRICT/NEAR THE GROVE/FREE ADMISSION)</strong>
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<div><strong>DATE: September 6th 2026 (THIS IS THE CORRECT DATE)</strong>
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<div><strong>LOCATION: <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Greenway+Court+Theatre/@34.0814699,-118.3611663,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x80c2beccfafb5a0d:0x1b3611d99f743ac9!8m2!3d34.0814699!4d-118.3611663!16s%2525252525252Fg%2525252525252F1ptytkh24?entry=ttu&amp;g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDYwMS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%2525252525253D%2525252525253D" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Greenway Court Theatre</a></strong>
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<div>This is the very first time I, LZ Love, have ever been associated with a <strong>GoFundMe</strong> campaign. I come to you with a humble heart, deep love, and tremendous gratitude as I prepare to honor someone whom I love, adore, and miss dearly: the one and only Sylvester.
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<div>I had the extraordinary pleasure of singing background vocals for Sylvester for many years. To stand beside him, to witness his brilliance, and to share the stage with him was a gift I will carry forever.
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<div>Sylvester was born on September 6 1947. I was inspired to create a special birthday celebration here in Los Angeles, the city where his story began. Sylvester was born and raised in Watts, and although he later relocated to San Francisco and rose to international success, we believe it is time to bring his legacy back home to his roots.
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<div>This event will be the first celebration of its kind honoring Sylvester in his hometown, produced by myself as a tribute to an Icon who inspired me to be "Me."
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<div>The venue for this birthday celebration, plane tickets and hotel accommodations for several people who are part of this special event have been paid in advance. As it stand right now, I am a bit short for the funds needed to complete the celebration and make it the beautiful, powerful, unforgettable tribute that Sylvester deserves. Only you can make this possible by a love donation via this site.
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<div>Sylvester gave his all in everything he did on this earth. He gave his voice, his spirit, his courage, his artistry, his truth, and his love. He was more than a performer — he was a <em>trailblazer</em> who helped redefine music, fashion, freedom, and self-expression.
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<div>As one of the first openly gay and gender-fluid performers to achieve mainstream success, Sylvester created space for countless artists and generations of people to live, sing, dress, perform, and exist authentically. His courage helped open doors for artists such as RuPaul, Billy Porter, Lil Nas X and Adam Lambert just to name a few who boldly stand in the freedom He helped make possible.
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<div>Many legendary artists were connected to Sylvester’s musical journey, including The Pointer Sisters and The Weather Girls known for the #1 worldwide dance hit “It's Raining Man.”
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<div>His iconic song “You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)”, which Sylvester co-wrote with James Wirrick, remains one of the most influential songs in dance music history. Its impact can still be heard today in television commercials such as Starbucks, performances, and celebrations around the world. Sylvester also gave us global hits such as “Do You Wanna Funk”, and he appeared in Bette Midler’s film The Rose.
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<div>This celebration is "Our" way of saying:
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<div>Sylvester, you are loved.
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<div>Sylvester, you are missed.
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<div>Sylvester, you are remembered.
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<div>Sylvester, you are home.
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<div><strong><em>Your donation will help cover the remaining event expenses. Any additional funds will be denoted on his behalf to the San Francisco Aids foundation: <a href="https://www.sfaf.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">www.sfaf.org</a></em></strong>
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<div>No gift is too small. Every contribution is received with love and gratitude. Your support will help to create a celebration that reflects the joy, brilliance, beauty, and <strong><em>mighty real</em></strong> spirit that Sylvester gave to the world.
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<div><strong><em>With your help, this event will be another star in his crown.</em></strong>
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<div>Thank you from the bottom of my heart for supporting this historic celebration of Sylvester’s life, music, legacy and most importantly, His hometown roots, Watts!!!
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<div>With love and gratitude,
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Sylvester’s 79th Mighty Real Birthday Celebration - FREEDOM

<div>Hello Friends/ family I'm reaching out for help to cover my Share of Cost for Medi Cal so I can get in home supportive services  - caretaking - while recuperating with my broken hip.  I am bed bound, no weight bearing on my left leg in order for the hip to heal.  
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<div>I've contributed a lot during the aftermath of the Eaton Fire to my community, ensuring elderly and disabled were not ignored.
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<div>Especially here at Mirador Apartments. Anything is considered a blessing here so if you can't help by donating a share will be just as generous. your time is well valued while reading this to thank you for your efforts.
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Standing with Julie Through Her Healing Journey

<div>Hi! This is Rafa! I’m reaching out again asking for support. The Altadena Farmers’ Market has been providing free produce to the community for 17 months. Our voucher program is completing a year. And we just recently secured a new sponsor who will allow us to continue our free produce distributions until December. We’re also working in new projects to support our community’s long term recovery. However we’re out of money for payroll. Our staff, including myself were deeply affected by the fire. I’m a full time employee of the organization. I used to be the owner when the AFM was still a for profit. But I gave up on that so that as a nonprofit we could have a bigger impact in the community. We continue to apply for grants and funding, we have been successful getting funding for produce purchases to giveaway, but not much luck in getting funding for other costs like insurance, general operating expenses and specially payroll. Just in the  last few weeks we’ve applied for 9 grants. Large, small, state wide and hyper local grant opportunities, but we haven’t gotten any.  Specially when it comes to local grants, this constant “no” for an answer makes me feel like the work we do is invisible for those who have the funding and the tools to help us. 
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<div>Your contribution, no matter the size, will help us continue this essential work.
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<div>Join us in strengthening our community by donating to this cause. Together, we can make a lasting impact!
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<div><strong>A Message from Kate Gale, Publisher and CEO,</strong>
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<div><strong>and Tobi Harper Petrie, Deputy and Marketing Director:</strong>
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<div>Dear Friends,
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<div>For 32 years, Red Hen has published extraordinary poetry, fiction, and nonfiction, championing voices that might otherwise go unheard. Today, that work is under serious financial threat.
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<div>We are the biggest non-university non-profit publisher in Southern California. Every year, we publish 25 books, teach poetry to more than 350 students in our Writing in the Schools (WITS) program, host at least 30 international events, mentor 50 interns, provide eight publication awards, and publish almost 500 authors through the <em>Los Angeles Review</em>. To date, this comes to over 700 published books (including our imprints), 5,000+ WITS students, hundreds of events, over 200,000 hours of mentorship, more than 60 awards, and thousands of authors featured through the <em>Los Angeles Review</em>.
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<div>Without independent publishers like Red Hen Press, many authors’ incredible work might never find the audience they deserve. Our award-winning authors, books, and cover designs would go unseen. We love our authors and their incredible stories, and we yearn to champion their work, to spread it like morning glories to our community of readers eager to see themselves reflected in the pages they read.
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<div>In the past year, crucial federal funding from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) was cancelled, and we were similarly unable to secure funding from foundations that have previously had the capacity to support our work. We lost three major donors who represented nearly 20% of our annual support, and were turned down for a transformative grant from the Literary Arts Fund. Meanwhile, the windstorm that sparked the Eaton Fire blew off our roof, our building flooded, and thieves stole the copper from our AC units, causing a total of $160,000 in damage. We recognize that arts funding is stretched thin, and we are grateful for our ongoing supporters, yet these losses and damages have taken a toll.
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<div><strong>Together, these losses have created a funding gap of approximately $500,000. Half of which we need to raise by June 30. Without additional support, we will be forced to make critical decisions about Red Hen's future by July 1.</strong>
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<div>The future of our Press will not be determined by a grant rejection, a few lost donors, acts of vandalism, or the federal defunding of the arts. It will be determined by the community of people who believe that literature is worth preserving and investing in.
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<div>Unlike larger organizations, we do not have an endowment or operating reserves. <strong>Overall, less than 1% of nonprofit funding in Los Angeles, and less than 2% nationwide, goes toward literary organizations. </strong>Especially now, we rely on the support of readers, writers, and people who believe that literature matters.
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<div>Through fires, floods, and uncertainty, our remarkable staff and authors have shown up with passion, determination, and a belief in the importance of our literary work—changemaking work that can shift lives and stir souls. Stories that provide courage, clarity, and hope. Books that uplift underrepresented communities, that highlight expansive realities, that give readers the bravery to stand in their truth. Narratives that save lives.
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<div><strong>While this is a daunting challenge, we face it with confidence and resolve. From this crisis, we are blessed with the opportunity to find the deep roots of our shared community. To listen to our supporters and to move forward with strength and hope into a brighter future.</strong>
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<div><strong>We are resilient, and we will persevere. </strong>
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<div>We are pursuing every available avenue of financial support, but to make it through the current moment, we need your help. We rely on the passion of readers, writers, and people who believe that literature matters.
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<div><strong>Please make a gift today if you are able, or renew your support if you have already given this year. If possible, consider becoming a monthly donor to help sustain our work.</strong>
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<div>Please share our mission with friends and family who care about books, literacy, nurturing young writers, and the future of the literary arts.
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<div>With your help, every contribution—large or small—keeps writers finding readers, poets finding publishers, and the next generation of literary voices growing.
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<div>And if all you can do right now is grab a Red Hen book from your local bookstore or our website—thank you. You are the reason for our work. You are our purpose.
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<div>Thank you for believing in books. Thank you for believing in writers. Thank you for believing in Red Hen Press.
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<div><strong>HELP TURN ALTADENA’S STORIES INTO A BOOK</strong>
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<div>My name is Sunny Mills. I am an Altadena resident who lost my home and art studio in the Eaton Fire in January 2025.
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<div>Six weeks after the fire, I returned to the ashes of my home with a donated camera and a darkroom built into the back of my car. I made a self-portrait there. Seeing myself in that image was powerful. It memorialized my loss, but it also witnessed my survival.
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<div>I shared that experience with the Beautiful Altadena community and offered to make portraits for anyone who wanted to be photographed where their home once stood. I expected a few responses. Instead, I heard from hundreds.
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<div>From March through July, I returned to Altadena almost every day. Navigating dump trucks, water trucks, and widespread destruction, I made nearly 400 tintype portraits in the burn zone and listened to hundreds of stories of loss, grief, endurance, and hope.
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<div>Each tintype was made by hand, one at a time, using the slow wetplate process. Every image was exposed, developed, and fixed on site in the back of my car. The slowness mattered. It created space for people to be seen, heard, and witnessed. These moments became acts of shared presence and, for many of us, a form of healing.
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<div>This project has always been about the community.
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<div>I now want to turn this work into a book.
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<div>This book will be a <strong>collective Altadena memorial</strong>. It will be a permanent record of what we lived through together and a reminder that even after immense loss, we remain a community and we will rebuild for that community.
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<div>Disasters often reduce places to headlines and statistics. This book refuses that flattening. These portraits hold dignity, resilience, and humanity. They deserve to live beyond social media, beyond news cycles, and beyond the moment when attention moves on.
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<div>The book will be an intimate 8 × 10 inch volume, approximately 120 pages, pairing portraits with fragments of testimony, silence, and space. It will be quiet, deliberate, and lasting.
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<div>I am working with fellow Altadena resident <strong>Nicholas Fahey of the Fahey/Klein Gallery,</strong> and the foreword is being written by <strong>Jim Ganz, Curator of Photography at the Getty Museum</strong>. Together, we are committed to honoring this work with care and seriousness.
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<div>Book production will begin in Spring 2026, with publication planned for Summer 2026.
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<div><strong>A NOTE TO SUPPORTERS</strong>
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<div>I cannot complete this project alone. Support from the Altadena community and those who believe in preserving shared memory will ensure this work is held with the care it deserves.
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<div>By contributing or sharing this campaign, you are helping safeguard a visual and oral record of Altadena at a defining moment in its history. Your support transforms grief into something held, honored, and remembered. 
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<div>Thank you for being part of this.
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<div>Help a 102-Year-Old Grandmother Save the Home She Has Lived in for 37 Years
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<div>Mamie Hansberry is nearly 103 years old and facing the heartbreaking possibility of losing the home she has lived in for 37 years. Instead of living her final years in peace, she is living in fear and constant stress inside her own home. Mamie should be enjoying peace, not fighting to protect her home.
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<div>Mamie owns a small two-unit duplex where she has lived all these years. The only other unit in the building is occupied by a tenant who has refused to pay rent for years, taken over part of her property, and refuses to recognize her as the landlord. The situation has left her feeling intimidated, overwhelmed and unsafe in the home she worked her entire life to keep.
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<div>Mamie has tried to get help. Sadly, different lawyers and eviction services have taken her money, but once the tenant requested a jury trial they required tens of thousands of dollars more to continue, leaving Mamie with no legal representation.
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<div>She survives on a small fixed income while bills continue to mount and the tenant is receiving publicly funded legal aid. A jury trial dramatically increases the cost of the case and makes it nearly impossible for Mamie to continue the legal fight on her own. There is no legal aid available for landlords.
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<div>Over the past few years, Mamie has also endured devastating personal loss, including the disappearance and recent death of her only daughter, while facing financial and elder abuse during one of the most difficult periods of her life.
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<div>Now, at nearly 103 years old, she is being forced to fight just to stay safe and remain in the only home she has.
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<div>We are raising funds to help cover the legal fees, court costs, expenses required to complete the eviction process and address the enormous bills that have piled up due to years of unpaid rent.
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<div>Every donation helps give Mamie the peace, safety, and dignity she deserves in her final years. If you are able to give, your support will help protect a nearly 103 year old grandmother from losing everything. If you cannot donate, please consider sharing this campaign so others may help.
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<div>I am Mamie's granddaughter and will be handling the funds on her behalf.
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 Help a 103-Year-Old Grandmother Save Her Home of 37 Years

<div>My mom's and my house burned down in the Altadena fires, and we are trying to survive. <strong>We need a safe place to live, and if you could support us, we would appreciate it.</strong> We pray that all Altadena people have luck and good futures for generations to come. From <strong>Brayden and my mom, Eshele</strong>

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Support Brayden and Eshele's New Beginning

<div>It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Michael R. Moore, who succumbed to a massive stroke on Sunday, June 9th. Michael was a generous, kind, and loving man, known for his stylish demeanor and bright, engaging smile.
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<div>As a brilliant photographer, he captured the essence of every moment, whether in life or through his lens. His legacy lives on in the powerful images he created, which continue to inspire and move us.
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<div>As Edward Bulwer Lytton once said, "Genius does what it must, talent does what it can."
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<div>“May you continue to do what you MUST!" – Frederique Porter Photography, LLC
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Michael R. Moore: A Photographic Artist's Final Journey

<div>If you’re reading this, you probably know — or know of — my friend “Wild Apache.” She has been a force of nature, always out there living her life out loud and fighting the good fight online, including on Tribe.net, Facebook, and other social media accounts, as well as being a good friend and neighbor, and striving to be an independent voice, wherever she happened to be. And now she needs our help.
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<div>Wild is now home from the hospital and currently has access to much-needed oxygen and is recovering from Covid, however, she is still the sole caregiver of her father and still needs to be able to take care of herself. She needs respite care, help with housekeeping and other needs for herself and her father. She will also need help with transportation getting to and from bi-weekly blood transfusions and help figuring out her life going forward.
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<div>I am setting up this GoFundMe account for Wild so that she has access to funds to help her with her transportation as well as for home health, respite care, and housekeeping needs that she and her father require.
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<div>Hi, my name is Tracy and I am grateful for my life.
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<div>I was diagnosed with colorectal cancer at the end of 2022 before the holidays.
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<div>I find myself in an unexpected position after having surgery and also having endured the exceedingly brutal side effects of one round of chemotherapy. I'm humbly asking for assistance in the form of donations of any kind for additional medical treatments and medical bills.
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<div>I am a coworker, a daughter, a sister, a mother, a grandma, a wife and I'm a friend. In my life, I have been a producer/director in all of my positions, I believe everything is a production of importance. A person who likes working closely with people to pursue creative narratives, while finding solutions for results where you see smiles on many faces. I am currently on medical leave. I have worked at a five-star restaurant, I have owned a production company and done real estate. I've traveled to a good many places on the planet near and far from home. I have met some amazing people and I've had some memorable life experiences.
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<div>I must take a moment to encourage anybody over 45 years old to schedule a colonoscopy examination, this may assist with catching any issues to avoid having the big C word in your life. Please consult your trusted physician.
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<div>I am doing my best to stop feeling embarrassed that I am not prepared better in my life for rainy days. After being diagnosed with colorectal cancer, it certainly has been a surreal uncertain walk through hills and valleys. I am moving forward with strength, belief &amp; faith. I am looking forward to getting through this with your assistance. I am sending love energy flow with a smile to all that read this.
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<div>I continue to put good energy towards my healing and sustaining a healthy happy life. I am humbled and I pray for the Grace of God. I accept and appreciate the caring love &amp; support I have already received from family &amp; friends.
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<div>Thank you kindly,
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<div>Tracy
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Feeling the Loving & Healing Prayers, Thank You

<div>Dear Friends, 
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<div>I’m sad to share that on Friday, May 6th, 2022 this world lost a legend. Melvin "Mel" Louis Grayson lost his long, hard-fought battle with cancer. Mel was an amazing friend, a devoted brother, uncle, son, and father, but more than anything, an extraordinary teacher and a true icon in the fashion industry. 
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<div>He had a long and diligent career in fashion and interior design, paving the way and opening many doors to those who came after him. As a professor at FIDM for many years, he enjoyed passing on his vast wealth of knowledge to the next generation who loved him and would eagerly learn from this industry giant. Given out by the student body, Mel was the recipient of the Outstanding Faculty Member award- a huge honor. His pure talent, gift for gab, and sense of style took him far in his field. His opinion, his eye, and his intuition were always sought-after. He was a natural teacher, both in and out of the classroom. After spending time with Mel, you would always leave a bit smarter, better informed, and genuinely inspired. Right to the end he, remained positive, spreading his love and light, uplifting words, and great advice to the people he cared about.  
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<div>Unfortunately, the start of the pandemic also brought more bad news regarding his own health and suddenly, he was no longer able to work. He began struggling financially but told no one. He didn’t complain &amp; he never asked for help. He didn't want to be a burden. Instead, he continued helping other people. He continued to inspire. He continued doing what brought him the most enjoyment in life. Through his example, he taught us what it meant to be kind and truly generous. He passed away, leaving that legacy behind. 
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<div>The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively. -Bob Marley
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<div>With humble gratitude, we ask for donations to assist Mel's family with a memorial, a burial,  and moving expenses from his home. 
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<div>We thank you so very much. We hope you’ll be able to join us in a memorial to celebrate Mel's well-lived, well-loved, fabulous, legendary life.
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<div>Melvin "Mel" Louis Grayson
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<div>12/03/1950 - 05/06/2022
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<div>Rest in Peace
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We Miss You Mel Grayson

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