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PRLog (Press Release) – Apr 19, 2008 – As we have done for a number of years, EBONY asked established leaders in civic, political, religious, business and creative arenas to recommend young people who are already leaders or who have the potential to be great leaders. Among those who were recommended and subsequently selected by EBONY's Editorial Board are 28-year-old Dwan A. Brown of Memphis, president of his own investment firm and real estate company, which has assets of more than $25 million. "I think it is very important to work in a profession in which you can give back to the community," says Brown, who despite his young age is already quite a philanthropist. "It's very essential that we as African-Americans realize the impact we make every time we reach back and help someone."

Another dynamic young leader is Kimberly West-Faulcon, 29, Western Region counsel for the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund in Los Angeles. "At a time when the concept of civil rights is being distorted to oppress people of color, it is more important than ever that young African-Americans pressure this country to make good on its promise of equal rights and justice for all," she says. "My generation has benefited and had greater opportunities as a result of the struggle for civil rights. Because of what we have been given, we have an even greater obligation to maintain the gains won in the past and to try to finish the work begun by those who came before us."

The young adults featured here are by no means the only African-American youths who are making a difference in their communities. They are simply representative of the wealth of talented young people who are giving back to their communities and the country and preparing to lead America into an exciting and challenging new millennium.

DWAN ANDRE BROWN, 28, Memphis, thunder and president, Brown Investments, the largest minority-owned real estate company in Tennessee, with assets of $25 million; co-roundel, American Realty U.S.A., which employs 190 real estate professionals; member, Memphis Area Association of Realtors Multi-Million Dollar Sales Club; honored as "Entrepreneur of the Year" by the Small Business Administration of Tennessee; donated $125,000 to Alcorn University; youth sponsor for Silent Grove M.B. Church.