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- Divine Bradley (born October 9, 1982) is a social imagineer, business coach, youth mentor, motivational speaker, community leader, serial social entrepreneur who founded a youth-led non-profit organization at age 17 in New York City that led to the opening of several community centers with the purpose of providing students recreational activities as well as mentoring programs to promote financial responsibility and community leadership. In recognition of the approach he used for mentoring, he is a subject in The Hip Hop Project, which was produced by Bruce Willis and Queen Latifah. He partnered with organizations, like Ralph Lauren and Doritos, to market their products while spreading messages for positive change. For his work, Bradley has received an award from the city of New York and was a recipient of the Dosomething.org's 2007 Golden BRICK Awards. His community service was also recognized in 2007 by Senator Hillary Clinton at the Seventh Annual African American Heritage Celebration. He was also made a Community hero by The My Hero Project. He is an alumnus of Art Start and Public Allies. He was hired by , and works as Dream Director at Malcolm X Shabazz High School in Newark, New Jersey, considered one of the "country's most troubled high schools". His efforts there are mentioned in the book Most Likely to Succeed: Preparing Our Kids for the Innovation Era by Ted Dintersmith and Tony Wagner who wrote, "students at Shabazz rise to challenges, take on ambitious projects, and approach education and life with newfound purpose." Bradley later took on a leadership role at the Future Project and was named Chief Dream Director for New Jersey. (en)
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- —David Burstein, author of Fast Future: How the Millennial Generation Is Shaping Our World (en)
- —Elayne Clift, about Bradley and a few others (en)
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- Increasingly young people, some still in their teens, are committing time, energy and ideas to social causes. They are at the heart of social entrepreneurship, a growing movement nurtured by dedicated individuals who want to address social needs worldwide by launching organisations, creating new businesses, partnering with hedge funds, and fostering local self-sufficiency. (en)
- As the leader of an organization called Team Revolution, he works with these young people to turn them into leaders and entrepreneurs. He's working in a neighborhood and with a population—underprivileged youth—that federal, state, and local government have been discussing and claiming to help for years. (en)
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- Divine Bradley (born October 9, 1982) is a social imagineer, business coach, youth mentor, motivational speaker, community leader, serial social entrepreneur who founded a youth-led non-profit organization at age 17 in New York City that led to the opening of several community centers with the purpose of providing students recreational activities as well as mentoring programs to promote financial responsibility and community leadership. (en)
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