Campus/ Community Involvement

Georgia Southern University

Bachelor of Science in Fashion Merchandising & Apparel DesignMinor: Business Administration

DOMINIQUE S. FRANCIS

Education Through Innovation • Throughout my years at Georgia Southern University, I have progress into a women

that possess the confidence, assertiveness, and passion that is needed to thrive. • I have obtained the classroom skills offered by GSU and within the fashion

merchandising program, but joining a fashion organization has given me the hands on experiences & opportunity to build as a leader.

• As a leader for D.I.M.E.S. (Designs. Inspired. Magnificently. Exhibited. In. Style.) Fashion Organization, I have gained experience in delegating tasks, time management, and working with others to promote the creative expression of fashion at our college. I have been a part of D.I.M.E.S. for 3 years working my way up starting as a make-up artist, to the cosmetology head, then creative director and styling and then became the president of the organization. Through the years I have comprised the themes of our various fashion shows, photo-shoots, and philanthropic fundraisers. D.I.M.E.S. has granted me the opportunity to understand the value of the many roles played in leadership. I have learned so much about myself through my leadership experience and believe that others have noticed my passion and work ethic when I was asked to coordinated the 3rd Annual Miss Phi Beta Sigma Scholarship Pageant. I also pride myself in taking initiative and working hard to execute my ideas and dreams. In April 2011, I proposed the idea for the 2012 Women Empowerment Conference which I am proud to say will be executed March 3, 2012 at Georgia Southern University. By holding such prominent positions, I have learned how to aid in planning and executing for events and campaigns in a timely and professional matter.

Leadership Experience

• D.I.M.E.S. Fashion Organization (2009-2012)•Women Empowerment Conference (2011-2012)• Miss Phi Beta Sigma Scholarship Pageant: Coordinator (2011)• Fall Leadership Conference (2011)• Fall Leadership Conference (2010)• Leadership Workshops (2012-2011)

D.I.M.E.S. Fashion Organization: 2011-2012 President

• Aiding in planning and execution of D.I.M.E.S. events and campaigns

• Unity Fest “Color Blocking” Trend Forecast

• Fall Fashion Photoshoot

• 2nd Annual Project: Purple Ribbon “Domestic Violence Awareness” Forum

• Fashion is Art Pre-showcase

• 2012 “The Romance of Art & Fashion” Fashion Show

• “Giving Back Fashionably” Clothing Drive

• Build leadership among members

• Present workshops on current trends and fashion-related news

• Communicate with vendors and contractors

• Create promotional materials

• Managing and maintaining social media (Twitter/Facebook/BlogSpot/Tumblr)

• Organizing/maintaining merchandise samples

• Creation and maintenance of schedules and contact list

3rd Annual Miss Phi Beta Sigma Scholarship Pageant (2011 Coordinator)

2012 Women Empowerment Conference (2011-2012)

April 2011; I sat with my friend as he spoke with enthusiasm about the Black Male Empowerment Conference held here at Georgia Southern University. I asked him, “ Why isn’t there a conference cater to black women on campus?” He quickly told me that appealing to these young women is tough so a conference probably wont happen. I didn’t like his response so the next day I drafted up a full proposal for a “Black Female Empowerment Summit” and submitted to the Director of The Multicultural Student Center on my campus. It was accepted and changed to “Women Empowerment Conference” which I am proud to say will be held March 3, 2012 at Georgia Southern University with the dedication and determination from the planning committee.

The mission of the conference is to empower college-aged women to effectively navigate challenges in life associated with being a female, all in an effort to develop as professional working women.

I hope that the 2012 Women Empowerment Conference will become an annual tradition for the campus of Georgia Southern University, and hope it will encourage the development of leadership in college-trained women. By bringing awareness of how women can improve the quality of their lives and others, it motivate women to support issues affecting women regionally and globally . We are trying bring women of different lifestyles and diverse backgrounds together to foster a celebration of women.

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D.I.M.E.S. Creative Director/Event Planner (2010-2011)

• 2010 Unity Fest Fashion Show

• D.I.M.E.S. Fashion Week-promoting the importance of fashion & its creative counterparts

• Fashion Awards Ceremony

• Fashion Fair

• Africa Couture Promotional Photo-shoot

• “A Day for DIMES” Photo-shoot

• “Une Nuit Au Cirque” Promotional Photo-shoot

• Wild Wild West Photo-shoot

• Environmental Sustainability “Eco-Friendly “Photo-shoot

Wild Wild West Photo Shoot

“Une Nuit Au Cirque” Promotion

Photo-shoot

Environmental Sustainability

“Ego”-Friendly” Photo Shoot

Cosmetology Chair: D.I.M.E.S. Fashion Org.

• Trained & Lead over 15 members• Coordinated & Facilitate Project:

Purple Ribbon “Domestic Violence Awareness” Fundraiser• Coordinated & Hosted D.I.M.E.S.

2nd Annual “ Make-up 101: The Basic Face” Forum• Coordinated & Hosted: D.I.M.E.S.

“Make-up 102: Gaga for Glamour” Forum

• Make-up Artistry:• D.I.M.E.S. “Une Nuit Au Cirque”

Fashion Show• Miss Kappa Alpha Psi Scholarship

Pageant• Miss Black & Gold Scholarship

Pageant• D.I.M.E.S. Photo-shoot• African Student Association:

Africa Couture Fashion Show”

2009 Cosmetology Committee Member

D.I.M.E.S. Fashion Organization

Coordinated & facilitate D.I.M.E.S. “Mardi Gras” FundraiserSpeaker for 2010 Make-up 101: The Basic Face

Make-up Artistry:• D.I.M.E.S. Seven Deadly Sins Fashion Show• D.I.M.E.S. Halloween Fashion Show• Alpha Phi Alpha Doo-Dah Step show• Black Student Alliance 10th Annual “Blaqshion

Fashion Show”• Blaqshion “Model Walk” Competition • AphiA: Miss Black & Gold Scholarship Pageant• Eagle Entertainment “Mardi Gras” Event• D.I.M.E.S. Photo shoot

Volunteerism• Alternative Spring Break Trip Rock

Hill, SC. (2010)• A Place for Hope• Emmett Scott After-school Program• Second Harvest Distribution Center

• Westwood Nursing Home (2010-2011)• Great American Clean-up (2011)• Painters for Non-Profit Organization

(2011) • Langston Chapel Elementary (2011)• Averitt Art Center (Spring Break

2011)• Sunshine Camp Awareness &

Fundraiser (2011) • AmeriCorps “Back to School Bash”• Manage a children’s fashion show for

Belk, Rue21 & Body Central (2011)

2010 Alternative Spring Break: Rock Hill,SC• Service Sites:

A Place for Hope: http://www.aplaceforhope.net/The Blackmon Road Community (BRC) is one of the poorest communities in South Carolina. The residents of Blackmon Road are living in third world conditions. They live without indoor plumbing, bathrooms or showers, without trash pick-up, without paved roads, and without street lights – effectively, without the basic material necessities we have come to expect in one of the wealthiest countries in the world. For years it has been on the border between the city of Rock Hill and York County, invisible and ignored...and less than a mile away from the center of a growing and bountiful city, teeming with resources.

A Place for Hope (APFH) is committed to providing material resources, hands-on educational training and job development programs, and psychological hope for the residents, who find themselves living at the intersection of race, class, and gender inequalities. Thus APFH is about social service and social change.

Feeding America (Formerly known as Second Harvest): www.secondharvestcharlotte.orgSecond Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina (SHFBM) strives through education, advocacy, and partnerships to eliminate hunger by the solicitation and distribution of food.We provide a regional distribution warehouse and branches that supply food and grocery items to charitable agencies that assist people in need. We also provide training, consultation, technical assistance, and hunger education to our partner agencies.

Emmett Scott Recreation Center/C.R.A.V.E.The Emmett Scott Recreation Center is home to the C.R.A.V.E. after school program. C.R.A.V.E. is dedicated to helping the development of youth by providing role models and positive messages for these young people.

A Place for Hope• For years the Blackmon Road community (some still refer to it from its late 40's-50's moniker

"Trash Pile Road") has been on the border between the city of Rock Hill and York County, invisible and ignored...and less than a mile away from the center of a growing and bountiful city, teeming with resources. The year is 2011...nearly ten (10) years since our mission had begun, and yet...there are homes and dwellings that remain in need of urgent, basic human services.

• In terms of access to water and sewer infrastructure, healthcare, and basic human services, the Blackmon Road Community has been designated by the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control as being the "most severely underserved community in the entire state".

• We are shamed in this, the land of opportunity and hope, as we see our fellow Americans...our sisters and our brothers and their children and grand-folk living in the searing pain and uncertainty that the life of generational poverty brings with it. There are  infants, school-aged children and teens who live in the Blackmon Road Community, and the dozens of children of extended families who, more often than not, spend their days and nights in the care of the adult family members living in the community.

• These children are part of a cycle of poverty that we have the capacity to interrupt and change, by offering support and access to basic social services. They need the kinds of structural support, educational programming, and psychological increase in the spiritual, political, social, and economic strength of individuals and communities. It involves the empowered developing confidence in their own capacities. that will provide them with the self-esteem and community-building activities to truly believe that their lives can be different, that they can be anything they want to be in this world through commitment, hard work, dedication, and an equal opportunity to pursue their dreams.

Awards/HonorsD.I.M.E.S. Visionary Award (2011)

Epsilon Xi Chapter of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc. Women of Vision Award (2011)

Volunteer Recognition Award (2010)

D.I.M.E.S. Creative Award (2009)