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Our Purpose
The Vogue Room Foundation is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization—an offshoot of The Vogue Room LLC interior design brand. Our purpose is to empower first-generation, minority college students by furnishing them with functional and well-designed dorm room spaces, fostering productivity, innovative thinking, and relieving the financial strain associated with decorating, ultimately enabling them to excel in their education.
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Our Mission.
Dedicated to helping first-generation, minority college students with their transition to college life, which includes providing them a functional and well-designed dorm room space to promote productivity, innovative thinking, and to alleviate the financial burden of expenses that come with decorating the space. We believe that investing in a quality space will give students the jump start they need to maximize their education.
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Our Vision.
Create a welcoming living environment that fosters happiness and supports academic success for students living away from home.
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Our Reach.
We have designed dorm rooms for first generation students at
Davidson College (Davidson, NC)
Morehouse College (Atlanta, GA)
NCCU (Durham, NC)
NCA&T (Greensboro, NC)
UNC Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, NC)
Spelman College (Atlanta, GA)
Johnson C. Smith (Charlotte, NC)
Along with designing dorm rooms, organizations partner with us to provide graduating seniors/incoming freshman with Dorm Room Starter Packages. These packages are basic essentials to help students jump start their dorm room decor. We have partnered with:
Meet the Team
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Ebony Staten
FOUNDER + EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
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Tionna Pinkney
DIRECTOR OF APPLICATIONS & PACKAGES
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Perrell Bess, J.D.
DIRECTOR OF STRATEGY + DEVELOPMENT
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Tiarra Henderson
DIRECTOR OF RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
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Evander Manning
DIRECTOR OF MARKETING + COMMUNICATIONS
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Meet the Board
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Quintel Quin
Board Chair
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Dominique Yost
Secretary
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Shavera Gibbs
Treasurer
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Don Ricardo Massenburg
Board Member