Your Next Level Life

The Big Leap by Gay Hendricks meets The Year of Yes by Shonda is how author Karen Arringtom sees her book. As founder of The Miss Black USA Foundation and Pageant and a mentor to thousands of young women, Karen Arringston shares her secrets to success for all black women.

About the author

Karen Arrington is the founder of the Miss Black USA Pageant. More than a pageant, it's a movement-celebrating the talents and achievements of today's black women and

awarding over $450,000 in college scholarships each year. Since founding the pageant in 1986, Karen has mentored over 1,000 young women, helping them get into top medical schools, land major modeling and recording contracts, secure life-changing grants and sponsorship deals, and more.

In addition to running the pageant, Karen is a philanthropist and humanitarian whose work has touched millions of lives. She's the co-founder of Diabetes Awareness Day in West Africa and was named a Goodwill Ambassador to the Gambia and to the Re-public of Sierra Leone.

Karen has received numerous awards including leadership awards from The Lifetime Network and Jones New York, the Trailblazer's Award by Zeta Phi Sorority (the highest award that is bestowed in this sorority which has over 21,000 members), Mary-land Black Mayors Honors for commitment and dedication to the community, and she was a Woman's Day Magazine Red Dress Honoree along with CNN's Sanjay Gupta and Olympic gold medalist Dana Vollmer.

Karen has been interviewed in places like The Washington Post, Woman's Day, Jet, and on BET. More info about Karen's work can be found at karenarrington.com and missblackusa.org.

Summary

The Big Leap by Gay Hendricks meets The Year of Yes by Shonda is how author Karen Arringtom sees her book. As founder of The Miss Black USA Foundation and Pageant and a mentor to thousands of young women, Karen Arringston shares her secrets to success for all black women.

Foreword

• Karen is an incredibly accomplished and well-connected woman who rolls with celebrities, media personalities, politicians, philanthropists, university presidents—a very im-pressive circle of influential people.
• Karen produces the Next Level Women’s Summit, a conference for ambitious black women. She hosts Summits in five or six countries per year with around 200 women in attendance each time. (She would love to put a copy of Your Next Level Life into every woman’s gift bag at these events!)
• Karen is a sought-after speaker. She has 12 speaking engagements confirmed up for 2019, including the Harlem Book Fair. (Note: I put a list of confirmed speaking engage-ments and dates on the following page).
• Many of the Miss Black USA contestants and winners have large fan bases and social media followings and would happily promote Karen’s book. (Karen is a beloved men-tor/fairy godmother to these women!)
• There are so many books on personal and professional growth, achieving goals, and creating a successful life written by white men and white women—but not as many books on these topics are published non-white/minority authors. It’s time to fix that! Black/minority readers want to see themselves represented in movies and TV shows and on bookshelves, too.

AUTHOR’S CONFIRMED 2019 SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS Karen is excited to promote her book at all of the following events. At some events, books can be purchased in bulk and put into gift bags for 100-200 VIP event guests. At others, she can promote the book from the stage, from her booth, in an email blast, etc.

• Karen is hosting Next Level Women’s Summits in Athens, Greece, Dubai, Bali, Cape Town and Croatia in 2019 and would love to include the book in gift bags at these events.
• Karen is speaking at the Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Annual Convention in July 2019.
• Karen is speaking at the Harlem Book Fair in July 2019.
• Karen is speaking at at Ubiquitous Expo in Washington, D.C. in August 2019.
• Karen is speaking at the Congressional Black Caucus Author’s Pavilion in September 2019.
• Karen will be a Judge at the Miss HBCU Hall of Fame Queens Competition in 2019.
• Karen is speaking at the Empowerment Business Seminar at Ghana Fashion Week sponsored by Mercedez Benz in October 2019.
• Also, Karen is attending a Holland America Cruise in January 2019 where Oprah Win-frey will be on board—and Karen is going to do everything in her power to secure a book endorsement from her. (Definitely a long shot—but if anyone can do it, it’s Karen!)

AUTHOR’S PLATFORM AND INFLUENCERS Here’s a list of Karen’s friends and colleagues who can write a book endorsement and/or mention the book to their audiences and spread the word…

• Alpha Tyler - Casting Director, Tyler Perry Films
• Robin Hailstorks, PhD. Associate Executive Director, American Psychological Asso-ciation
• LaDedra Drummond, Chief of Staff, Congresswoman Sheila Jackson-Lee
• Osas Ighodaro, former Miss Black USA and Actress
• Jasmine Jones, Miss District of Columbia USA
• Dr. Dawne Carroll, Owner, Fit for Your Life Medical Center
• Clarissa Lester-Kente, Personality, The Ladies Room
• Michelle Cross-Fenty, Former First Lady of the District of Columbia
• Kalilah Allen-Harris, former Miss Black USA and Actress
• Daphne Lee, former Miss Black USA and Ballerina for the Dance Theater of Harlem
• Deya Smith, Author, former Miss Black USA, Producer of the Tom Joyner Morning Show and Speaker
• Natascha Saunders, The Youth Career Coach
• Madison Gibbs, former Miss Black USA and Attorney
• Dr. Syleecia Thompson - Entertainment Agent and Professor
• Nakia Sanford, former WNBA star and finance coach
• Pat Long, Owner, Keller Williams Franchise
• Sheila Dantzler, former Miss Black USA
• Stevie Baggs Jr., The Bachelor on Match Made in Heaven and former NFL player and motivational speaker
• Dr. Tiffany Lloyd, Professor, Texas University
• Vicky Orem, Judge, Prince George’s Courts
• Tommy Henderson, RandB Manager, Babyface
• Lisa Walker, Esq. General Counsel to Miss Black USA
• Dr. George French, President of Miles College
• His Excellency Bakarie Stevens, US Ambassador, Embassy of Sierra Leone
• Her Excellency Isatou Njie-Saidy, former Vice President, Republic of The Gambia, West Africa
• Kyona McGee, Attorney and former Miss Black Michigan USA
• Mayor Jackie Goodall, City of Foresthights, Maryland
• Mayor Karen Weaver, City of Flint, Michigan Audience numbers
• Karen’s website and the Miss Black USA Pageant website/blog receive around 78,000 visitors per month.
• Combined together, the current Miss Black USA State Queens have about 2.5 million social media followers.
• Miss Black USA Pageant has 16,000 on Facebook, 6,500 on Instagram, and the pag-eant is broadcasted on TV along with a live-stream online.

Product details

• Authors: Karen Arrington
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.11.2023
• EAN: 9781684812721
• ISBN: 978-1-68481-272-1
• No. of pages: 138
• Subjects: Guides > Law, job, finance > Training, job, career; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; SELF-HELP / Personal Growth / Self-Esteem, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Women in Business, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies, Assertiveness, motivation & self-esteem, Advice on careers & achieving success, Gender studies: women & girls