Rise UP and Speak OUT DMV

Welcome to the Rise UP and Speak OUT Community Day!

Join us on August 30, 2025, for Rise Up and Speak Out: A Community Day — a powerful, multi-city youth and anti-bullying event hosted by the Earn Your Wings Book and Speakers Tour in partnership with BVP Project Safe Haven. This back-to-school empowerment experience brings together youth, families, schools, and community leaders to take a united stand against bullying and youth violence while promoting healing, leadership, and mental wellness.

✨ Confirmed Host Cities:

• Charlotte, NC, Brookwood Inn (August 30)
• Washington, DC, Oxon Run Park (August 24)
• Columbia, SC, Hyatt Park (August 30)
• Houston, TX, TBD (August 30)
• To host in YOUR city, email us at [email protected].

🌟 Community Partners Include:

• The Alter Ego Project
• Dark Lion Self Defense
• CMPD
• Unbreakable Faith
• Kathy Greggs Speaks
• P.E.A.C.E

🎯 Event Highlights:

• Youth-led performances, panels & poetry
• Self-defense workshops & peer mentoring
• Mental health and community resource village
• Live music, creative arts & wellness stations
• Tools for advocacy, leadership & a violence-free school year.
• This event is not just for you and your family but it's a celebration of life for Brandon "Rocky" Tolson! His father DC Gudda will be performing PLUS we are welcoming back Say Harris to the community.

🎒Audience: Youth ages 13–23, educators, parents, advocates, and local leaders

Let’s show the nation what it looks like when communities come together to rise, heal, and speak out. Be part of the movement!

🔗 Learn more or get involved at: https://linktr.ee/earnyourwingstour📱 Follow us on Instagram & Facebook @earnyourwingstour

To volunteer, sponsor a venue or city, perform as a creative, donate food, partner, become a vendor or submit consideration to be a featured speaker register here after getting guest ticket https://form.jotform.com/safehavenyouthadvocates/riseupspeakup

Host or Publisher BVP Earn Your Wings Book and Speakers Tour