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During our 8th Annual SCJR CHICAGO YOUTH/JUNETEENTH HBCU Scholarship Runway Showcase on WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19TH, 2024 at 11 AM CST.
CO-EMCEES/INSPIRATIONAL SPEECHES FROM
 
SENIOR CORRESPONDENT/WEEKEND HOST “EXTRA” TV 
MONA KOSAR ABDI
 
LSU LADY TIGERS NATIONAL CHAMPION AND SUPERSTAR ROC-NATION RAPPER FALU’JAE JOHNSON 
 
THE MACK SISTERS NURIYA AND NIYA TEAM MANAGERS FOR HBCU FISK UNIVERSITY GYMNASTICS TEAM

MORGAN PRICE 2024 CAPTAIN OF HBCU FISK LADY BULLDOGS GYMNASTICS TEAM AND THE FIRST HBCU GYMNAST TO WIN THE NCAA DIVISION I INDIVIDUALS CHAMPIONSHIP
IVY LEAGUE’S COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY WBB LIONS SQUAD CO-CAPTAIN  JUNIOR SCHOLAR PERRI PAGE UNVEILS NEW CLOTHING LINE “PERRITAYLOR.COM” SEGMENT
NFL HALL OF FAMER/BUFFALO BILLS WR GREAT ANDRE REED
THE TV FASHION G.O.A.T KARYN PARSONS (A.K.A THE ORIGINAL HILARY BANKS) FRESH PRINCE OF BEL-AIR
ICONIC COMEDIAN REGINALD BALLARD (AKA BRAHHA-MAN FROM TV SHOW “MARTIN” GALVESTON, TEXAS NATIVE WHICH IS THE BIRTH OF “JUNETEENTH”
CYRENE TANKARD HBCU HOWARD ALUM AND BRAVO TV’S “THICKER THAN WATER”
COACH TOMEIKA REED 4X SWAC COACH OF THE YEAR AWARD AT JACKSON STATE WBB TIGERS PROGRAM AND NEW COACH OF UNC-CHARLOTTE WBB 49ERS BASKETBALL SQUAD
HBCU HAMPTON PIRATES CHEER SQUAD
HBCU BOWIE STATE BULLDOGS CHEER SQUAD
HBCU BENEDICT COLLEGE TIGERS CHEER SQUAD
HBCU LEMOYNE-OWENS MAGICIANS CHEER SQUAD
HBCU ALABAMA STATE HORNETS CHEER SQUAD
HBCU CHEYNEY WOLVES CHEER SQUAD
HBCU TUSKEGEE GOLDEN TIGERS CHEER SQUAD
HBCU FORT VALLEY STATE WILDCATS CHEER SQUAD
HBCU JACKSON STATE TIGERS CHEER SQUAD
HBCU DILLARD BLEU DEVILS CHEER SQUAD
MISS ILLINOIS USA 2023 JESSICA TILTON
MISS MINNESOTA 2023 SARAH ANDERSON
WGN 9 CHICAGO MORNING NEWS TRAFFIC REPORTER BRHETT VICKERY
AND
WGN 9 CHICAGO EVENING NEWS REPORTER/ACHOR JEWELL HILLERY
TIK-TOK SENSATION THE TRUMPET PAPI DANIEL FLORES
2024 ACADEMY AWARD-NOMINATED (FOR ORIGINAL SONG) MUSIC ARTIST BECKY-G
MISS NEW MEXICO USS 2023 BIANCA M WRIGHT
MISS KANSAS TEEN 2024 ERIN ROLFE
MISS OREGON 2023 ALLISON BURKE
MISS MASSACHUSETTS 2023 CHELSEA VUONG
SCJR JUNETEENTH CO-TEACHERS OF THE YEAR 
3RD GRADE MATH TEACHER AT CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA’S RENAISSANCE WEST STEAM ACADEMY SHELBY LATTIMORE AND
DUKE BLUE DEVILS WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL CO-CAPTAIN RACHEL RICHARDSON
HBCU RUNWAY MODELS PERFORMING FROM 
CLARK/ATLANTA UNIVERSITY
ALABAMA STATE UNIVERSITY
MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
HOWARD UNIVERSITY
FLORIDA A&M UNIVERSITY
HBCU CELEBRITY RUNWAY PERFORMANCES FROM 
CRYSTAL THE DJ NBA L.A CLIPPERS GAME-DAY ENTERTAINMENT OPS AND
SHEMIKA CHARLES CAMPBELL (AKA THE LIMBO QUEEN) 3X GUINNESS BOOK WORLD RECORDED HOLDER
FORMER UCLA BRUINS GYMNASTICS CAPTAIN/MET GALA RUNWAY MODEL  NIA DENNIS
 
SCHOLARSHIP PRESENTATION FROM FORMER MLB SUPERSTAR
CHICAGO- BORN HERO CURTIS GRANDERSON AND 
 
NBC’S CHICAGO FIRE CO-STAR MIRANDA RAE MAYO (A.K.A LIEUTENANT STELLA KIDD) THREE GIRLS ON FIRE SCHOLARSHIP PRESENTATIONS

Since the Fall of 2018, Chicago Youth Organization SCJR EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVE, LLC has given away 269 COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS to HBCU (Historically Black College and Universities) students through its Award Winning After-school FASHION RUNWAY Program.