Mission
Boxxout exists to provide teens in low-income communities with engaging, innovative, and practical workshops and events where they can employ the 21st Century skills required for success.
Boxxout's New Direction (In Development)
After two years of providing dynamic workshops and events to youth and organizations, we have discovered how we can better serve youth and the youth-serving sector. Accordingly, we are currently working to restructure Boxxout to fulfill the following mission:
Boxxout will combat youth’s idle time and disengagement by mastering the art of youth and family engagement; assessing disengaged youth’s interests; and connecting them to experiences and existing youth programs where they can further explore their interests.
Boxxout will also work to increase the effectiveness of existing youth programs by ensuring that they reach the youth who could best benefit from their programs; disengaged youth; and youth who are authentically invested in their theory of change.
Boxxout Press
Veronica N. Chapman featured on Black Enterprise online!
Veronica N. Chapman, Founder and Executive Director of Boxxout, awarded New Leaders Council's 40 Under 40 award for entrepreneurship!
The Boxxout Team
Veronica N. Chapman
Veronica Nicole Chapman is the Founder and Executive Director of Boxxout. She is an author and a playwright, having written and produced the play, Ancestors Inc., a motivational play for youths, and having published the book, The Advent of Planet Martyr, An Innovative Social Commentary.
Ms. Chapman is a graduate of Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia where she received a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish. She is also a graduate of Babson College, where she received her Masters in Business Administration (MBA).
Ms. Chapman has ten years of experience creating innovative and effective programs for youth covering a variety of topics including African Diaspora, Spanish, Public Speaking, Self-Image, and Entrepreneurship.
E-mail: vchapman@boxxout.org
Ms. Chapman is a graduate of Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia where she received a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish. She is also a graduate of Babson College, where she received her Masters in Business Administration (MBA).
Ms. Chapman has ten years of experience creating innovative and effective programs for youth covering a variety of topics including African Diaspora, Spanish, Public Speaking, Self-Image, and Entrepreneurship.
E-mail: vchapman@boxxout.org
Advisory Board
Corrinne Talley-Hobbs
Corrinne Talley-Hobbs is a finance professional and community activist who is passionate about volunteerism and empowering underserved youth in the communities in which she resides.
Mrs. Talley-Hobbs has 4 years of corporate finance experience within the healthcare industry and she also has served in several leadership positions within the communities in which she resides. Some of these positions include: Executive Board Treasurer for the Plainfield Police Athletic League in Plainfield, New Jersey, College Advisor/Mentor for the New Horizons College Club in Plainfield, New Jersey, and Executive Board Treasurer for the Black Aesthetics Institute in Washington, DC.
Mrs. Talley-Hobbs graduated with a degree in Business Administration/Finance from Clark Atlanta University in Atlanta, Georgia. She also holds a Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) in Strategy and Entrepreneurship from the Robert H. Smith School of Business at University of Maryland, College Park.
Mrs. Talley-Hobbs has 4 years of corporate finance experience within the healthcare industry and she also has served in several leadership positions within the communities in which she resides. Some of these positions include: Executive Board Treasurer for the Plainfield Police Athletic League in Plainfield, New Jersey, College Advisor/Mentor for the New Horizons College Club in Plainfield, New Jersey, and Executive Board Treasurer for the Black Aesthetics Institute in Washington, DC.
Mrs. Talley-Hobbs graduated with a degree in Business Administration/Finance from Clark Atlanta University in Atlanta, Georgia. She also holds a Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) in Strategy and Entrepreneurship from the Robert H. Smith School of Business at University of Maryland, College Park.
Consuela Greene
Consuela Greene is the Training & Technical Assistance Manager at Massachusetts Alliance on Teen Pregnancy where she works with the Partners in Prevention Initiative, providing technical assistance and training to school and community based partners to promote the use of evidence based approaches to teen pregnancy prevention in communities across Massachusetts.
Consuela has over 10 years of experience working with local and state-wide initiatives focused on healthy outcomes for youth and families in areas of education, youth development, family economic self-sufficiency and affordable housing. She has a dynamic combination of knowledge skills as a researcher, facilitator, and project manager with the commitment to social justice and improving the lives of children and families through collaborations and maximizing resources for effective outcomes. Consuela has diverse experience working with youth, families, schools and communities as vital stakeholders that must work collaboratively in order to effect change through education and training, community organizing, and participatory action research and evaluation.
Consuela has over 10 years of experience working with local and state-wide initiatives focused on healthy outcomes for youth and families in areas of education, youth development, family economic self-sufficiency and affordable housing. She has a dynamic combination of knowledge skills as a researcher, facilitator, and project manager with the commitment to social justice and improving the lives of children and families through collaborations and maximizing resources for effective outcomes. Consuela has diverse experience working with youth, families, schools and communities as vital stakeholders that must work collaboratively in order to effect change through education and training, community organizing, and participatory action research and evaluation.
Rashida Rawls
Rashida Rawls is an award-winning journalist who currently works as a word editor at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Rashida is the first and critical edit for stories for the newspaper and website. She also assists supervisors in making assignments for a team of 10 editors. Rashida previously worked as a copy editor, columnist and page designer at the Ocala Star-Banner in Florida.
Rashida has a B.A. in English from Spelman College, where she graduated summa cum laude and as a Phi Beta Kappa scholar. She was selected as a Freedom Forum Fellow and worked as a copy editor and designer at the Macon Telegraph. Rashida is also an alumna of the New York Times Student Journalism Institute. She is the vice president of print for the Atlanta Association of Black Journalists, and is also a proud and active member of Theta Nu Xi Multicultural Sorority, Inc., where she serves as the national director of communications.
Rashida has a B.A. in English from Spelman College, where she graduated summa cum laude and as a Phi Beta Kappa scholar. She was selected as a Freedom Forum Fellow and worked as a copy editor and designer at the Macon Telegraph. Rashida is also an alumna of the New York Times Student Journalism Institute. She is the vice president of print for the Atlanta Association of Black Journalists, and is also a proud and active member of Theta Nu Xi Multicultural Sorority, Inc., where she serves as the national director of communications.
