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IMPACT Magazine Hosted The Women Of IMPACT Honorary Power Dinner Weekend Honoring Kandi Burruss

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7 years ago

April 1, 2018

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Atlanta, GA – March 28, 2018 – On Sunday, March 24, 2018, Editor and Chief of IMPACT Magazine, Tunisha Brown, hosted the third Women of IMPACT Honorary Power Dinner Weekend with special guest of honor, Grammy Award Winning Artist, Media Mogul, Entrepreneur, and Television Star, Kandi Burruss. The event took place at the elegant Ritz Carlton and was beautifully decorated by P Scott Events based out of Trenton, New Jersey. Honorees and attendees also experienced fine dining and complimentary drinks throughout the evening, with entertainment by violinist, Angelina Sherie and music by DJ Naturel. Honorees received a special customized semi-precious stone necklace encrusted with Swarovski crystals from Omoyeni. Sponsors for the event included: Young Living Essential Oils, Le Luxe Beauty Studios, SHEDAVI, Hollywood Glam Hair Extensions, and Gwennetta Wright Enterprises. The dinner was preceded by the Women of Impact Beauty Lounge on March 24, 2018 which took place at The League Tavern (located at 30 Ivan Allen Jr Blvd NW, Atlanta, GA 30308). At the beauty lounge honorees, sponsors, and guests were treated to body treatments by Massages By Mac featuring essential massage oils of Young Living Essential Oils, shopped fashion with Lady Lisa’s Chic Boutique. This event served as an official company launch for Luxe Platinum Label. In addition to the official photographer, Tiara Marei, premier media outlets in attendance included TV One’s Sister Circle, Hello Beautiful, Rolling Out, Sheen Magazine and over 20 more of Atlanta’s premiere media outlets.
For 11 years, IMPACT Magazine has been delivering news to empower, encourage, and to educate its readers to desire a greater life. Tunisha Brown specifically selected Kandi Burruss as the Guest of Honor because she is a powerhouse in her own right and shows what it truly means to be a woman of IMPACT. The full list of honorees included:

Multi-Media Personality, Rashan Ali
CEO of PPM Agency, Kim Blackwell
Three Time Olympian, Hazel Clark
Celebrity Hairstylist, Jasmine “RazorChic of Atlanta” Collins
Former President Barack Obama Administration Social Secretary, Deesha Dyer
Activist and Actress, Ernestine Johnson
CEO of 13th & Joan Publishing, Ardre Orie
Author and International Speaker, Koereyelle

Other honorable guests in attendance included Television Personality and mother of Kandi Burruss, Joyce “Mama Joyce” Jones and Actor and Author, Stevie Baggs Jr.

“I love to see women and business owners come together, network and support one another. It’s an honor for IMPACT Magazine to hostThe Women of IMPACT Power Dinner series because I get to show the importance of celebrating the phenomenal work of other women in different industries from all across the nation.” explained Tunisha C. Brown, Editor-In-Chief. The private celebratory dinner highlights those women whose values are in line with IMPACT Magazine’s mission and purpose is to empower, encourage, and to educate.

IMPACT Magazine will soon announce the next IMPACT dinner set to take place in June 2018. For additional information about the Women of IMPACT Dinner series visit www.TheIMPACTMagazine.com. For media inquiries for Tunisha Brown please contact [email protected].

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(Mama Joyce, Kandi Burrus, Kim Blackwell)

(Kandi Burruss)

(Koereyelle, Rashan Ali, Ardre Orie)

(Ardre Ore)

(Angelina Sherie)

(Kandi Burrus & Tunisha Brown)

(Honorees & Sponsors)

(Young Living Essential Oils & Brand Ambassador Stevie Baggs)

About IMPACT Magazine

Seeing the need in her community for positive imagery, Tunisha C. Brown, began the journey of bringing forth IMPACT Magazine. IMPACT Magazine is a lifestyle print and digital publication. IMPACT’s mission is to empower, encourage, and to educate readers through the power of images and words. Since its inception in 2007, IMPACT has been recognized for its intellectual, innovative, and revolutionary coverage of the community.
As the Editor, Tunisha believes magazines should get to the heart of a story; to understand and to communicate the root cause of a thing. To be the curator of each issue as if it’s a cultural time capsule is the desire of IMPACT Magazines focus. Brown has created a team of a great designer and writers who are hungry for their words to make a change in the communities it serves.
IMPACT has had the honor of speaking on issues with some of today’s influential thinkers and doers. Grammy nominated artists R&B Diva Angie Stone/Musiq Soulchild (The Husel)/Chrisette Michelle, NAACP Image Award Winner and actor Malik Yoba, and media mogul Karen Civil have all graced the cover of IMPACT Magazine.
2014 brought about a change for the number one urban inspirational publication. Well known for its events, IMPACT Magazine evoked on a journey for the reader to have a live experience with the cover features; wherein ‘IMPACT Magazine Presents: Cocktails & Conversations’ came to life!

Cocktails & Conversations launched in Atlanta, GA with Grammy Nominated R&B Diva, Angie Stone with approximately 200 guests in attendance. From the initial event, Cocktails & Conversations has expanded to include over 100 partners, including sponsors, bloggers, small businesses, and other industry professionals.

2015, IMPACT Magazine partnered with BE100 Radio where Cocktails & Conversations had a featured segment on the station. BE100 Radio is owned by music mogul and Love & Hip Hop ATL star, Debra Antney. The internet radio station is number one for indie artists and heard in over 36 countries.

2017, Tunisha decided to celebrate women who are making an IMPACT in their respective communities during IMPACT’s 10-year anniversary dinner where Karen Civil was the guest of honor. From the initial dinner, the Women of IMPACT mantra has become a movement hosting events in various states for women to attend the dinner not only to be honored, but to be in a space where talks to support each other will be initiated.

Tunisha’s passion is to awaken those to an understanding of the power they have within. To use their strengths to take charge of their lives and the communities that surrounds them. She brings her gift of inspiration to every reader, sharing her remedy for embracing the best application, both personally and professionally. Through this action, it will aide in finding the fulfillment and success in life to be an effective IMPACT to someone else.

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Set entirely in a public bathroom, The Writing on the Stall is anything but private. In this whip-smart and wickedly funny one-woman musical, Cook dives into the scrawled messages and mysterious wisdom etched on cubicle walls and turns them into something bold, bizarre, and unexpectedly moving. The songs are catchy, the jokes are razor-sharp, and the show isn’t afraid to get its hands dirty—literally.

Armed with a guitar and a knack for digging gold out of the obscene, Cook crafts a genre-defying hour that’s part stand-up, part cabaret, and all catharsis. This is confessional comedy with clever hooks, pitch-perfect melodies, and enough surprises to keep your eyebrows permanently raised. Expect satire, sincerity, and some surreal props—rumour has it a pair of slingshotted knickers makes a cameo.

Caitlin Cook isn’t your average musical comic. She’s Oxford-educated, New York-hardened, and streaming in the tens of millions. She’s also collaborated with some of comedy’s finest, directed offbeat hits, and performs as one-half of the musical duo 2/3rds of a Threesome. With this new UK run, she’s not just touring a show—she’s building a movement that blurs the lines between comedy, theatre, and performance art.

If you missed her during her Edinburgh frenzy, this is your chance to catch the musical everyone’s been whispering about in pub toilets and shouting about in five-star reviews. You might come for the laughs, but you’ll stay for the songs that (fair warning) may live rent-free in your head for months.