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“On Thursday, January 15, 2026, Washingtonian Magazine held its annual ‘Washingtonians of the Year’ celebration at the Willard InterContinental hotel in Washington, D.C. One of the ‘Washingtonian of the Year’ honorees, Yasmine Arrington Brooks [Leading with Conviction™ 2019], Founder and Executive Director of ScholarCHIPS, Inc. (For Children of Incarcerated Parents) gave a moving acceptance speech as a call to action!”
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This is less about the recognition but more about positioning for purpose.
“It’s nearly impossible for someone like me to make the ‘Washington of the Year’ list. Or, at least, it felt like it was. But I saw years ago in my prophetic vision, I believed it was possible. I believe that I am worthy, and I refuse to take no for an answer. …
“Though this is less about the recognition but more about positioning for purpose. This isn’t as much as a moment of glory, but it’s about the movement. …
“According to the Annie E. Casey Foundation, nearly 5 million young people in the United States have an incarcerated parent, and in Washington, D.C. alone, that number is nearly 10,000. … ScholarCHIPs has been in survival mode for far too long, and this season many nonprofits are being forced to close their doors or conduct mergers and disappear forever into larger entities, because of lack of finances, donations, resources, and advocates.
“For ScholarCHIPs, our track record of success and proven model has been established since 2012, but there is a ceiling of an invisible limitation on my bloodline and this organization for far too long. We just lost another funder yesterday. I’ve met multiple famous millionaires, but none who could see my potential. I believe in my heart that today will be different today. I will meet someone or people of great influence and wealth, who will eventually change my life and thus the lives of millions of children of incarcerated parents not only in the United States, but across the globe. I need to meet you, to shake your hand, to sit at your coffee table. My friends, it’s time.”
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