It's a Luminous Life!

AARP presents: Luminous Life! A very special event coming to Chicago on November 16th! Dr. Carol Adams Hosts this exclusive event that you do not want to miss out om! Join us and local experts to learn more about taking care of your crown and information to help with your health and wealth. All Queens are welcome to this pop-up experience, we cannot wait to see you there!

Below is some more information about the very talented Dr. Carol Adams

Carol L. Adams, PhD., is founder and CEO of Urban Prescriptives, Inc., a consulting firm that specializes in program and organizational development for enterprises engaged in educational, social, political, and cultural practice. This venture merges the diverse experiences that comprise her remarkable career and her commitment to asset-based, culture-centered models for social change. Her past positions include:
President; DuSable Museum; Director, African American Studies, Loyola University; Executive Director, House of Blues Foundation; Director, Center for Inner City Studies, Northeastern Illinois University; and Secretary of the Illinois Department of Human Services.

Described as a Pan-Africanist and scholar-activist, the constant theme throughout her life has been her commitment to her people. Beginning as a civil rights activist and CORE president in her hometown of Louisville, Kentucky, continuing as a student at Fisk University marching with the legendary Rev. C.T.Vivian and on to Chicago where her association with a group of social engineers called The Catalyst would define her remarkable career and her worldview.

An author, Adams’ memoir “That’s All She Wrote” is a lyrical expose that chronicles her journey as she delved into the morass of societal and cultural contradictions that confound Black life in America. Her soon to be published anthology, ”My Dad: The Man”, celebrates Black fathers through the eyes and words of 20 prominent daughters whose Dads were major influencers in their lives. She is also working feverishly to complete “Our Black Bag: The Catalyst Story”, a historical account of a group of legendary game-changers who set out to transform the socio-political landscape in Chicago and did.

Known for her social marketing acumen, Adams has coined a host of impactful taglines, among them: “Bring It On Own Home”, for the Obama Presidential Center’; “Be The Change” for the Chicago Police Department Ceasefire’s “Don’t

Shoot I Wanna Grow Up!”; “Du Something!”for The DuSable Museum of African American History” and “See Something, Say Something”, now licensed by the US Dept. of Homeland Security

Dr.Adams studied at Lincoln University, Fisk University, Boston University, University of Chicago and Union Graduate School. She is the recipient of numerous awards and honors, and has served on a host of Boards and high level advisory groups.

She is the proud Mother of Nia Malika Augustine, her bonus son, Vance Henry, and scores of mentees and former students who affectionately call her “Doc” or “Mama Carol”.