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07/16/2026

Applications are now open for Impactfluence: Tier II.

What if young creatives didn't just learn how to create, but learned how to build a career around what they create?

That's why we built Impactfluence.

Our first cohort proved something we've believed for a long time: talent isn't the biggest barrier. Direction is.

Today, every participant from our first cohort has greater clarity around their creative purpose. They're building businesses, pursuing career opportunities, earning income through real client projects, and developing the confidence to put themselves and their work into the world.

Several participants earned paid opportunities working alongside BANC and Whitted Media on projects with organizations including Cornerstone of Beaver County, Community College of Beaver County, Valley Clean Air Now, West End POWER, and Pittsburgh Public Theater.

But technical skills are only part of the equation.

Schools often teach the craft.

They rarely teach how to turn that craft into income, how to find your audience, how to build a personal brand, how to overcome self-sabotage, or how to manage the fear that keeps so many talented young people hidden.

That's where Impactfluence is different.

Over six months, participants develop:

• A clear creative mission
• A business and service strategy
• A content and marketing system
• Networking and community-building skills
• Emotional resilience and self-awareness
• Practical entrepreneurial skills
• Media production experience
• A portfolio they can actually use

Tier II combines twice monthly business and entrepreneurial sessions (primarily virtual with select in-person workshops) with free access to our bi-weekly media production training. Together, students learn both how to build their vision and how to communicate it professionally.

If you're a parent with a creative young person who needs direction…

If you're a community member who knows someone with talent but no roadmap…

Or if you're a funder who believes entrepreneurship and workforce development can change lives…

We invite you to learn more.

Applicants must:
• Be between the ages of 15–25
• Live in Beaver County
• Have an interest in creative entrepreneurship

Apply here:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdd0_bNLFY272Z7gRp1mr7YiuJkWUWOyFdGEyciV_s6LYRfjg/viewform

07/16/2026

Nobody teaches creative entrepreneurs how to build a business.

Schools teach photography.

Schools teach music.

Schools teach graphic design.

Schools teach filmmaking.

Very few teach you how to turn those skills into income.

Very few teach you how to find your audience.

Very few teach you how to stop hiding, overcome self-sabotage, build confidence, network, market yourself, and create opportunities.

That’s exactly why we created Impactfluence.

Over six months, you’ll develop:
• Your creative mission
• Your audience
• Your business strategy
• Your content system
• Your portfolio
• Your service offering
• Entrepreneurial skills
• Emotional resilience
• Media production experience

Our first cohort is already building businesses, pursuing career opportunities, creating paid work, and developing the confidence to become visible.

Tier II begins soon.

Requirements:
• Beaver County residents
• Ages 15–25
• Passion for creativity and entrepreneurship

Apply here:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdd0_bNLFY272Z7gRp1mr7YiuJkWUWOyFdGEyciV_s6LYRfjg/viewform

Stop waiting for opportunity.

07/07/2026

The work you do with the community is great but there comes a time where you fear failing your community that you end up failing your family in the end. Because you can’t find a balance.

07/03/2026

Ways to build trust: If you operate with integrity, live up to your word, and build relationships; the trust will come. But you have to earn it.

07/03/2026

How to turn pain into fuel. In this clip Larry “Seven” Styles Walker Jr. breaks down what really drives him and where that hunger actually comes from. This is not a motivational speech. This is a real young man talking about watching the woman who created him sacrifice everything and deciding that the only acceptable response to that is to go harder than everybody else every single day.

If you have ever had somebody pour into you when they had nothing left to give, this one is going to hit different.

Seven Styles x Thinking Above the Line x Black Action Network Committee. Seth Whitted and Jordan “Even The Messenger” Foust. Beaver Falls PA and Aliquippa PA.

07/03/2026

In this clip Larry “Seven” Styles Walker Jr. breaks down what really drives him and where that hunger actually comes from. This is not a motivational speech. This is a real young man talking about watching the woman who created him sacrifice everything and deciding that the only acceptable response to that is to go harder than everybody else every single day.

If you have ever had somebody pour into you when they had nothing left to give, this one is going to hit different.

Seven Styles x Thinking Above the Line x Black Action Network Committee. Seth Whitted and Jordan “Even The Messenger” Foust. Beaver Falls PA and Aliquippa PA.

07/03/2026

What's your thoughts??? Seth stated that there are more options but if the streets and ladies don't back it, young men won't go down that road

07/02/2026

Larry Walker Jr.
Most people brainstorm good ideas. Very few execute. Seven Styles is the opposite.
The transition from football to fashion wasn't clean. It wasn't planned. It was a painful instant choice that changed everything. And on this episode of Thinking Above the Line, Seven (Larry Walker Jr.) breaks down exactly how he made it work and what he learned on the way.
He talked about how his mom was the one who gave him his eye for style and how his pops made him take life serious enough to actually do something with it. He gave three things that moved the needle for him 1. self awareness, 2. being somebody who actually gets it done, and 3. flat out ex*****on. He also got real about building a team, figuring out your brand, and why the culture needs to get behind young builders instead of watching them figure it out alone.
Seth Whitted and Money "Even The Messenger" Foust from the Black Action Network Committee sat down with Seven for this one and it went all the way there.
If you're a young creative who's been wanting to start something, been hesitating, or just don't know where to begin, tap in. This one was made for you.
Black Action Network Committee. Aliquippa PA. Beaver Falls PA. Thinking Above the Line.
*****on

07/02/2026

Full episode: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1BTbkvxCxU/?mibextid=wwXIfr

Seven styles clothing: https://sevenstyles.org/

If you’re full of excuses, keep scrolling.

But if you’re the type that figures it out when life takes everything from you — stop right here.

Seven lost football. No backup plan. No blueprint. Just a choice — build something or drown. He built something.

This is what happens when a young brother from Aliquippa PA stops chasing money and starts chasing purpose. You get a brand. You get a buzz. You get a whole community riding with you.

No handouts. No shortcuts. No waiting for the right time.

Full episode out now

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