On March 20, I was asked to be a special guest at the Face Africa 1st Annual Gala at the Taj Boston along with my beautiful sister queen, Lacey Wilson, and Miss Connecticut USA, Ashley Bickford. The evening with over 200 guests was a clean water benefit held to raise awareness for the organization's clean water initiatives in Liberia. The evening was kicked off with a silent auction with items that were generously donated by Marc Jacobs, Cynthia Rowley, David Yurman, American Airlines, and the New England Patriots. The evening included a remark from Honorary Chair M. Nathaniel Barnes, the Ambassador of Liberia to the United States who congratulated all attendees for being agents of change by supporting FACE Africa and a statement from Gala Co-Chair Mr. Dikembe Mutombo, former NBA Allstar and Founder of the Dikembe Mutombo Foundation which works to improve the health, education and quality of life for the people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Following Mr. Mutombo’s remark was a Keynote Address by Mr. Kevin McGovern, Chairman of the Water Initiative and Chairman and CEO of McGovern Capital. The program concluded with a statement from Gala Chair, Ms. Heather Herndon and a moving testament from Tito Jackson, Political Director for Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick’s Campaign who also presented Ms. Kaba Jones with a Citation from Governor Patrick. The event was wonderful and I learned a lot which was even better. It was so great to get involved in an awareness like this one. I feel that it is very important and you can receive more information at: http://www.faceafrica.org/