CMI Emerge Foundation is a volunteer-led, non-profit Foundation dedicated to providing financial support and economic education to youth entering college and young other nonprofits to enhance the life of youth/young adults striving to be leader Riddick, II and Ade' Walker in 1998. While students on the campus of James Madison University, these two visionaries synergized a small group of students t
o begin serving students on campus and grade school students throughout the east coach. The founding members were Carole (Jones) Lucas, Aebony Shephard, Jessena (Godfrey) Robinson, Erin (Randolph) Brown, Ayana Thomson, Dwight S. It quickly grew, doubling in months and quadrupling before the end of the semester. Each week, then names Crowned Ministries (CM), would host bible studies on multiple days and in various locations throughout the week. In between these public study sessions the CM members would endure enhanced ministry training. This training included advanced bible study, practical teaching methods, vocal lessons and more. This training would be used during the summer as the CM team traveled to over 150 churches as SOLD OUT SAINTS (S.O.S.), in the Baptist General Convention of Virginia and abroad hosting youth conferences and serving in concerts during the summer. In 2011, CMI transitioned to include business coaching. Then came CMI-Leadership Coaching. After the unexpected passing of Co-Founder Ade' Walker in November of 2014, the CMI team members rallied financially to support his wife April and the Walker Family. This was both the reemergence and recognition that SMI needed to have consistent funding that enabled us to leave a legacy. Co-Founder Dwight S. Riddick, II put the idea into motion and felt the need to establish consistent funding to secure the future of CMI-LC the training sector, as well as equip others to partner in philanthropy. In August 2016, CMI-LC launched the the Emerge Foundation, known as the CMI Emerge Foundation raise funds in route to providing for emerging student global leaders through philanthropy while simultaneously equipping others to become philanthropists. We look forward to what will be written in our futures as we commit to this pursuit of excellence.
