We recently connected with Norma Davis and have shared our conversation below.
Norma, thanks for taking the time to share your stories with us today So, one thing many business owners consider is donating a percentage of sales or profits to an organization or cause. We’d love to hear your thoughts and the story behind how and why you chose the cause or organization you donate to.
I donate a percentage of sales of my book to the Swilley Classic Foundation because it concerns the health of our children. We provide healthy foods for the children.
Great, appreciate you sharing that with us. Before we ask you to share more of your insights, can you take a moment to introduce yourself and how you got to where you are today to our readers.
My name is Norma D. Davis and I was born in Hartford, Connecticut. After my father, Fred Davis Jr. passed away in 1968, my mother Denise B. Swilley took on the US Supreme Court. She got Civil No. 13,903 in the law books for her friend Norma and all children born out of wedlock social security benefits for their children regardless of the parent’s marital status. After the victory, Norma migrated to Brooklyn with her mother to Cypress Hills Projects. Norma attended Intermediate school James Peter Sinnott (I.S. 218) and Erasmus Hall Academy of the Arts. Norma graduated at 17, and after not listening to her mother about attending Laguardia Community College, she joined the US Army a day after her nineteenth birthday. After servicing my country I returned to higher education majoring in communication media. I learned how to produce television shows, write scripts, and operate production equipment. What sets me apart from the rest is that I’m a seasoned woman with experience in this diverse world. I can assimilate once I’ve learned the rules and the ways of my surroundings. What I’m most proud of is my memoir, Surviving the Miltary. I had been out of the Army for over thirty years, in mental therapy, and I still could remember serving like it was yesterday. After I wrote my memoir it was as though I released all the pain while I held onto the bittersweetness of the good times. I want the young people to know that they will find their way if enlisting in the military, working at a fast food restaurant, or collecting bottles and cans, you need to get up every day and be consistent with what you desire. If you need to feed your belly every day, then focus on just that. Surviving one day at a time. My son and I run the Swilley Classic Basketball tournament annually for the youths in the New York Tri-State Area. After my mother died from Congestive Heart Failure we wanted to do something for the children and our communities.” We want to save lives one jump shot at a time.”
What do you find most rewarding about being a creative?
As an only child, all I had was my imagination to keep me company, I would create stories that I wanted to see happen in my world, even if I never had the chance to tell them on or off-screen. Now that I’ve written my first book and learned to write books to screenplays (movies), I feel there is no stopping my creative juices from flowing.
What’s the most rewarding aspect of being a creative in your experience?
As an independent filmmaker, the most rewarding was seeing the look on my cast’s faces when they received Screen Actors Guild credit for starring in my little short film Handle Your Business, the movie,llc starring Kene Holliday and Jack Knight.
As an Author most rewarding was writing my memoir and the screenplay to match.
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