SoundBender Institute

It was a night of impassioned pitches born out of powerful personal stories. 🎉 Congratulations, Anycia Grady for being the first Accelerate presenter to take home both the $5,000 grand prize and the $3,500 Technovation prize!

The other Finalists took home $2,000:
* Myesha Watkins
* Devin Cotten
* Stephen M. Prewitt & Keenan Williams (SoundBender Institute)
* Nancy Jones & Tracy Bellum
* Donte D. Jones

The Young Entrepreneur Institute Teen Accelerate $1,000 winner was Ella Witalee and Anshul Sharma took home the $500 runner-up prize.

Learn more 👇
https://www.cleveleads.org/clc-events/accelerate/accelerate-2023-presenters/

The Accelerate 2023 Education category pitches aim to:
* Improve literacy through free comic books (Comics at the Corner by Dawn Arrington)
* Inspire Pre-K learners through art + stories (Pre-K Picassos by Briana Cannada)
* Facilitate understanding and civil dialogue (Dogs for Democracy by Catherine Digel)
* Teach social-emotional skills in schools (Social Emotional Learning Curriculum Workbook by S.E.L With Pj)
* Improve children's mental health through DJing (SoundBender Institute by Stephen M. Prewitt & Keenan Williams)
Learn more about the presenters and their ideas 👉https://www.cleveleads.org/clc-events/accelerate/accelerate-2023-presenters/

Thank you, Nordson Corporation for sponsoring the Education category!

Dj 102 is now available

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Classes start 10/22/2022

Welcome to SoundBender Institute: the premier place for kids and adults to learn the skill of Dj’ing.