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Bill plays the tenor saxophone on Arsenio Hall show and touches millions of young saxophonist hearts. June 2, 1992

 

MUSICIAN

 

Challenged with expanding the enlightenment of music and gospel, Askew love for music was developed through years of training as  a saxophonist and tenor vocalist (1987-present). 

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While traveling statewide to sing in a gospel ensemble in the mid to late 90’s, the commitment led to the management of  the oldest fraternal organizations in the history of music. 

 

Often heard laughing and saying "I Love My Big Brothers." Mr. Askew served as a charter member and 1st President-elect of the Omicron Delta Chapter of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Fraternity of America.  Phi Mu Alpha was founded in New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, Massachusetts. 

 

Askew can be credited with compiling the necessary application material for the transition of the musical colony into the Omicron Delta chapter of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Musical Fraternity. The Omicron Delta Chapter  at Alabama A&M was chartered in 1995, and re-organized in 2011.

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Askew wins the John Phillip Sousa Director's Award for Outstanding Leadership (Instrumental and Marching Band). 1993, l. banks

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Lowest teen birth rate in 60 years

"In his 1995 State of the Union Address, President Clinton challenged Americans to join together in a national campaign against teen pregnancy. The birth rate for teens aged 15-19 declined every year of the Clinton Presidency, from 60.7 per 1,000 teens in 1992 to a record low of 49.6 in 1999."

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ENTREPRENEUR

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Investing in our clients is the foundation of the organization's mission. We seek to discover your expectation and then super-cede them. In 1997 and again in 2005, at the request of colleagues residing in other States, p35 investment company re-surface.

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Askew developed a government support firm (Psalms 35 Investment Firm), which aides companies in building capacity and/or seek solution based results through technical support.  P35 has maintained customer relations in all areas of the local/federal government, not-for-profit, and faith-based organizations. 

 

Though, Askew has implemented some of the most noteworthy change management strategies for at-risk local agencies in the area of Finance and Administration in Alabama, District of Columbia, Commonwealth of Virginia and US Virgin Island, his most significant professional and personal impact-ful accomplishment was the execution of a youth development agri-business campaign titled “Ending Food Deserts…..Growing Green Richmond.” & the development and the transition of the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Initiative from the Executive Office of the Deputy Chief Administrative Officer to the Richmond City Health District under the administration of Mayor  L. Douglas Wilder and  Mayor Dwight C. Jones.

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PURPOSE DRIVEN 

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Askew's intent is to clearly define “what is a state of self-sufficiency” for both Children, Youth, Adolescents, Families, Senior and Disabled populations.

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In 2010, Askew pushed forward with the development of “Lineage Institute.” A Network of Community Investors developed to maximize the usage of his models throughout urban and rural communities. As a result, in 2012, Askew developed a "Family Focus Planning Platform' called the Georgia and Carrie Foundation (non-profit), which builds on social economic empowerment of the family.

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FINDING Your LAUGHTER is the mission we seek to embrace and embody as our national campaign against poverty.  It is our hope that your interaction with our Community of Investors will produce partnerships, alliances, and citizens who find an abundance of Laughter.  

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