A woman is like a tea bag... you never know how strong she is until you put her in hot water.
—Eleanor Roosevelt

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About Malaak

Television

OPRAH'S BIG GIVE
On March 2, 2008, Harpo Productions premiere its first primetime network series, OPRAH'S BIG GIVE. Watch the drama and emotion unfold in this unprecedented competition as determined contestants from all walks of life transform the lives of others. Millions of dollars are given away in this intense cross-country adventure that twists and turns in ways that test the nerve, passion and stamina of each contestant. Each week, a mystery challenge is unveiled, and in order to win, contestants must out-give one another. Big-name stars join OPRAH'S BIG GIVE as the stakes get higher and the emotions intensify in every episode. The judges continue to make the tough call of who will go home before the final episode, when the Biggest Giver is named and the surprise ending is revealed. Malaak Compton-Rock proudly serves as a co-judge for this inspiring reality television series. For more information on OPRAH'S BIG GIVE, please click here.

Philanthropic Cause-Related Marketing Initiatives

Based on the cumulative experience that Malaak has garnered during her professional career in public relations, promotions, celebrity relations, and in the not-for-profit sector, she currently develops or consults on a number of philanthropic cause-related marketing campaigns. These initiatives successfully combine special events, media relations, celebrity relations, and corporate sponsorships to raise funding and awareness for non-profit organizations. Recent examples include the 2008 Champions for Children Child Abuse Public Awareness Campaign and the Target/CW Network "Everybody Hates Chris" Christmas Spectacular benefitting the Salvation Army Bushwick Community Center and Safe Horizon's Expert and Compassionate Services in Brooklyn. Click here for more information and photos from each project. She is currently working on several critical campaigns, including a volunteer exchange program for at-risk youth in Brooklyn and is developing a sustainable living project that will utilize the entertainment industry to aid and support third-world artisans.

Public Speaking

Malaak Compton-Rock enjoys public speaking and accepts a number of speaking engagements yearly that allow her to spread her core messages. Speaking topics include: Renewing the Inner Spirit, Philanthropic Giving, Finding Balance in Life, Successfully Blending a Family and Professional Life, and Raising Giving Children in a Global World. To request Malaak Compton-Rock for a speaking engagement, email info@angelrockproject.com.

Books

Malaak Compton-Rock is currently writing a book on service and volunteerism for Broadway Books, a Division of Random House. Please check back soon for more information.

Journey for Change: Empowering Youth Through Global Service is a volunteer program for at-risk youth from Brooklyn, NY. Please click here to learn more about their service trip to Johannesburg, South Africa and other activities as Global Ambassadors. To support the program, please click here.

Meet Nobubele of Johannesburg, South Africa, the first recipient of The Journey for Change Educational Scholarship, funded by the Global Ambassadors.

To view a CNN.com video of the participants in South Africa, please click here. To view the CNN.com Black in America 2 video on Journey for Change, please click here. To view the CNN.com Black in America 2 video on Journey for Change HIV/AIDS, please click here.

To read the Journey for Change Ambassadors blogs on CNN.com, please click here. To read Soledad O'Brien's Behind the Scenes: Out of Bushwick on CNN.com, please click here.

To view Journey for Change photos, please click here. To meet our 30 Journey for Change Global Ambassadors, please click here.

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Target Gives $1 Million
to The Salvation Army
Malaak and Chris Rock Announce Gift at the Opening of The Bushwick Salvation Army Community Center's Newly Transformed Library