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The True Star Media brand represents the voice and vision of urban youth. It is a platform for youth to inform, inspire, entertain, and educate their peers. True Star Media offers an alternative to the negative images of urban youth in today’s media. Through various programming, the organization offers unique opportunities for youth to create and be the center of their own media. With this, they learn skills in advising and executing business strategy, advertising sales, marketing, and the conclusive direction of the brand and media.

For the second year in a row, True Star Media has partnered with local sponsors to host the annual From The ‘Go Fest. The festival is curated by Chicago youth celebrating all aspects of media and its young creatives within our communities. From The ‘Go Fest will be held at the DuSable Museum campus located in Washington Park on the corner of 57th and Cottage Grove on Saturday, July 23rd, 2022 from 1:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

The event will include performances by a variety of artists and DJs, content creation opportunities, a vendor fair for local youth entrepreneurs, and interactive activities. From The ‘Go Fest will be headlined by Calumet City’s own Calboy and co-hosted by actress Genesis Hale of the hit Showtime series “The Chi” and True Star influencer Danny Barksdale. The event is curated for ages 13-19 and free for all. Other acts taking the stage include DJ HotRod, DJ B-Man, HappyBirthdayCalvin, 8matiklogan, Big Mouf’Bo, Senite, and more!

Dr. Kenneth Nole was the Founding Program Manager of "My Brother's Keeper". President Barack Obama started the My Brother’s Keeper (MBK) initiative in February 2014 to address persistent opportunity gaps facing boys and young men of color and to ensure all youth can reach their full potential. Today, the work continues as the MBK Alliance, an initiative of the Obama Foundation. The MBK Alliance has impact communities in major cities in the United States, with Chicago being one of the largest. He is now the Program Manager of Story Telling and Youth Justice at Public Narrative.

Yaseen Abdus-Saboor was also a program coordinator at "My Brother's Keeper". He is now the Education and Story Telling Program Manager at Public Narrative.

L. Anton Seals Jr., a South Shore Chicago native, is a strong cultural voice of his generation. He is an organizer, entrepreneur, educator, community connector, Impact producer. Anton’s work is dedicated to service and active engagement through the use of media arts, community organizing, and empowerment to dismantle oppressive systems impacting divested and oppressed communities. Anton started Seals360group to focus on audience community engagement, advocacy/policy, and social enterprise development.
Anton is currently the Lead Steward (Executive Director) of Grow Greater Englewood a social enterprise focusing on building an equitable and resilient local food system that fosters protections of vacant land in divested communities and focuses on connecting those residents with community wealth-building opportunities.

Anton was a staff member at the Egan Office for Urban Education and Community Partnership at DePaul University (where he is also an Alumni) training and teaching with a cross-section of small and large organizations, using Asset Based community development (ABCD) Institute, also located at DePaul University Steans Center. Anton is a 2018 Next City Vanguard Fellow and 2010 German Marshall Fellow, connecting local and global voices to create new systems helping solve complex issues around global resource allocation as it relates to the African diaspora position within the United States and Europe.
Anton is one of the founders of the Revival Arts Collective, a group of artists committed to using arts and culture as a catalyst for community redevelopment.