About Bea Williams, APR

brandi n. williams, apr (bea) is an award-winning and Accredited public relations professional with nearly 20 years experience. bea has worked with a wide array of clients, including Fortune 500 companies, non-profit organizations, government entities and in the urban entertainment industry. during this time she has established herself as an expert in creating and implementing pr programs that positively impact the community and company bottom-lines.

We are bombarded with statistics that detail the educational gap between black and white children. We hear that black families don’t value education. This little boy – and his parents – demonstrate that these things are not our total story. Our kids can learn and our families do value education. Not only can he recognize […]

R&B Diva Atlanta’s KeKe Wyatt is known as the crazy one, but one thing you can’t take from her is the girl can SANG! This video surfaced on Facebook recently (looks like an older video based on her hairstyle and size). You have to watch her sing “His Eye Is On The Sparrow.” Even through […]

  Thousands of residents in Detroit are living without water – and have been for weeks. The bankrupt city of Detroit issued cutoff notices to more than 40,000 residents who owed more than $150 in past due water bill charges. A spokesman for the city said while more than 40,000 cutoff notices were issued, only […]

There’s a challenge going around social media – the Gospel Challenge. How it works: You video record yourself singing a gospel song. Post the video to Facebook. Tag your friends and challenge them to post a video of them singing a gospel song. There have been many videos, but this is hands down the best […]

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GeneratiONE Church in Huntersville (NC) is a different concept in worship. It’s being billed as an urban, hip hop church. The intersection of religion and hip hop. Is it right? Just last year a Winston-Salem (NC) pastor was fired because he attended a Rick Ross concert. The Internet went haywire asking the question is it […]

This video came into my video stream this morning and I was blessed! It is refreshing to see a young black man who loves the Lord and is unafraid to share his joy and spread the Good News with others. He sings “God’s Been Good To Me” in his school cafeteria, showing us that we […]

Reports confirmed the death of North Carolina-based poet and author Dr. Maya Angelou this morning. She was 86 and had been experiencing health issues. Dr. Maya Angelou, a Winston-Salem resident who was a major figure in the Civil Rights Movement, has died.   Angelou, a Reynolds Professor of American Studies at Wake Forest University, was […]