Biography

Malaak Compton-Rock began her career in the public relations and special event fields. Her professional life started in the entertainment industry, working for many years at the Terrie Williams Agency, where she contributed to many successful movie and record release campaigns and projects for clients including Eddie Murphy, The Essence Awards, and HBO.

Following a stint in the cosmetics industry, she found her true calling after accepting a position at the U.S. Fund for UNICEF (The United Nations Children’s Fund). During her three years with the organization, she spearheaded and oversaw the Special Events and Celebrity Relations Department (a position created for her once the Agency saw the need to utilize celebrities). Compton-Rock designed and orchestrated numerous fundraising and advocacy events, geared towards increasing the organization’s visibility and promoting private sector and corporate giving. She managed the organization’s roster of celebrity spokespersons, planning numerous international field trips for the spokespersons to witness UNICEF-assisted projects in the field, coordinated all celebrity appearances at special events and with the media, as well as created a successful television product placement campaign for UNICEF’s core fundraising campaign “Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF.” She remains proud of the fact that she was able to increase the organization’s celebrity support by cultivating and recruiting many celebrities who continue to support UNICEF today including Laurence Fishburne, Tea Leoni, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Claudia Schiffer. She continues to be an active supporter, having visited UNICEF-assisted projects with her family in South Africa and Kenya in 2006, 2007 and 2008.

While still at the U.S. Fund for UNICEF, she made the life-changing decision to dedicate her life’s work to the non-profit world. With that directive in mind, Ms. Compton-Rock left the U.S. Fund for UNICEF to pursue her dream of starting her own a non-profit organization. After witnessing the sweeping changes in the welfare laws, combined with her love of individual style, Ms. Compton-Rock incorporated styleWORKS, an organization that provided comprehensive grooming services, i.e., hair styling, make-up application, skincare services, clothing, accessories, and image consulting to women moving from welfare to work. After seven years of offering direct services as a non-profit, styleWORKS now provides grooming seminars on a consultant basis only and continues to offer monthly mentoring and job retention-based services, such as the styleWORKS book club.

In 2008, as a way to encourage people to live a life of service and as an umbrella organization for the six main causes that she works on full-time, Ms. Compton-Rock founded The Angelrock Project, an online e-village that promotes volunteerism, social responsibility, and sustainable change. Among its many elements, The Angelrock Project includes valuable information on how to volunteer, advice on making monetary or in-kind donations, links to life-changing non-profit organizations, recommends fair trade companies whose products sustain third-world artisans, and includes a discussion forum and blog. Additionally, The Angelrock Project features wonderful philanthropic individuals, grassroots volunteers and organizations on a monthly basis. The organization can be found at www.angelrockproject.com.

Compton-Rock recently coordinated Journey for Change: Empowering Youth Through Global Service, a program that took 30 at-risk youth from Brooklyn, New York to Johannesburg, South Africa for two weeks of global volunteer service in August, 2008. The participants, who attend The Bushwick Salvation Army Community Center, are now taking part in a one-year advocacy, education, and service program as Journey for Change Global Ambassadors. The program will be seen as part of the documentary Black in America 2: Solutions, hosted by journalist Soledad O’Brien, airing on CNN in July, 2009. The next global service trips are scheduled for December 2009 and August 2010.

Malaak Compton-Rock also created and manages the Champions for Children Committee, a prestigious group of well-known individuals committed to raising awareness about the signs and prevention of child abuse. In 2007, the group received national pro-bono exposure in magazines including People, Redbook, Essence and O, The Oprah Magazine, as well as radio exposure through a series of PSA’s heard on Clear Channel stations nationwide. In all, the campaign received over 28 million pro bono media impressions. The group continued to advocate on behalf of this cause with a 2008 public awareness campaign shot by legendary photographer Timothy White. The wonderful photos, including those of Emme, Iman, Marian Wright Edelman, Mariska Hargitay and Peter Hermann, Deborah Roberts and Al Roker, Malaak and Chris Rock, Susan Sarandon, and Veronica Webb appeared in the April 2008 issue of Redbook Magazine which dedicated the entire issue to child abuse awareness and was seen on billboards and elevator ads nationwide. The evergreen campaign will continue to be used throughout 2009-2010 in the U.S. and abroad.

Along with her husband, Compton-Rock partners with the South African NGO The Olive Leaf Foundation to provide assistance to orphaned and vulnerable children, granny-led households and people living with HIV/AIDS in Diepsloot and Soweto, two poverty-stricken shanty towns in Johannesburg, South Africa. The Angelrock Project Foundation offers educational assistance, food and nutritional support, and living allowances to orphans and grannies. Additionally, through a partnership with The Food Garden Foundation, The Angelrock Project is funding sustainable food gardens in Diepsloot for two support groups and at 6 schools in Soweto to feed the orphan population. Moreover, the organization is currently coordinating an income-generating project for granny’s who will sell new donated designer handbags for a 100% profit. The program includes a marketing, banking, and savings component.

The Rocks are also committed to The Bushwick Salvation Army Community Center in Bushwick, Brooklyn and were proud to open a new library and computer lab through the support of Target, (RED), Dell, and AARRIS Architects, LLP in November, 2008. Additionally, Malaak Compton-Rock is a coordinating the development of a comprehensive art program at the Center which will include a teaching partnership with Pratt Institute and The Black Alumni of Pratt Institute that will begin in summer 2009.

Recently, Compton-Rock ventured into new professional waters by filming the Harpo/ABC-TV reality show “OPRAH’S BIG GIVE.” Debuting on March 2, 2008, Compton-Rock served as a co-judge offering her insights, encouragement and critiques to contestants whose mission was to give back to society in creative and innovative ways. “OPRAH’S BIG GIVE” offered a positive twist to primetime reality created in the spirit of “The Oprah Winfrey Show” and was a ratings hit.

Additionally, she is an avid public speaker who lectures on topics pertaining to philanthropic giving, finding balance in life, raising giving children in a global world, and successfully blending a family and a professional life. She is currently writing a book about service and volunteering for Broadway Books, a division of Random House which is set to be published in January 2010.

Malaak Compton-Rock lives in New Jersey with her husband Chris Rock and two daughters. She holds a B.F.A. in Arts/Production Management from Howard University and sits on the board of directors of The Children’s Defense Fund and The Triple Negative Breast Cancer Foundation. She is a Global Ambassador for The Susan G. Komen for the Cure Global Promise Fund, a member of New York Women in Communications, The Cause Marketing Forum and The Association of Fundraising Professionals. She lives by her favorite Marian Wright Edelman quote “Service is the rent we pay for living.”



About Malaak Biography Board Work Oprah's Big Give Favorite Things Inspirational Photo Moments Inspirational Quotes Contact Us In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed, wealth is something to be ashamed of. —Confucius For more inspirational quotes, please click here.	Biography Malaak Compton-Rock began her career in the public relations and special event fields. Her professional life started in the entertainment industry, working for many years at the Terrie Williams Agency, where she contributed to many successful movie and record release campaigns and projects for clients including Eddie Murphy, The Essence Awards, and HBO. Following a stint in the cosmetics industry, she found her true calling after accepting a position at the U.S. Fund for UNICEF (The United Nations Children’s Fund). During her three years with the organization, she spearheaded and oversaw the Special Events and Celebrity Relations Department (a position created for her once the Agency saw the need to utilize celebrities). Compton-Rock designed and orchestrated numerous fundraising and advocacy events, geared towards increasing the organization’s visibility and promoting private sector and corporate giving. She managed the organization’s roster of celebrity spokespersons, planning numerous international field trips for the spokespersons to witness UNICEF-assisted projects in the field, coordinated all celebrity appearances at special events and with the media, as well as created a successful television product placement campaign for UNICEF’s core fundraising campaign “Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF.” She remains proud of the fact that she was able to increase the organization’s celebrity support by cultivating and recruiting many celebrities who continue to support UNICEF today including Laurence Fishburne, Tea Leoni, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Claudia Schiffer. She continues to be an active supporter, having visited UNICEF-assisted projects with her family in South Africa and Kenya in 2006, 2007 and 2008. While still at the U.S. Fund for UNICEF, she made the life-changing decision to dedicate her life’s work to the non-profit world. With that directive in mind, Ms. Compton-Rock left the U.S. Fund for UNICEF to pursue her dream of starting her own a non-profit organization. After witnessing the sweeping changes in the welfare laws, combined with her love of individual style, Ms. Compton-Rock incorporated styleWORKS, an organization that provided comprehensive grooming services, i.e., hair styling, make-up application, skincare services, clothing, accessories, and image consulting to women moving from welfare to work. After seven years of offering direct services as a non-profit, styleWORKS now provides grooming seminars on a consultant basis only and continues to offer monthly mentoring and job retention-based services, such as the styleWORKS book club. In 2008, as a way to encourage people to live a life of service and as an umbrella organization for the six main causes that she works on full-time, Ms. Compton-Rock founded The Angelrock Project, an online e-village that promotes volunteerism, social responsibility, and sustainable change. Among its many elements, The Angelrock Project includes valuable information on how to volunteer, advice on making monetary or in-kind donations, links to life-changing non-profit organizations, recommends fair trade companies whose products sustain third-world artisans, and includes a discussion forum and blog. Additionally, The Angelrock Project features wonderful philanthropic individuals, grassroots volunteers and organizations on a monthly basis. The organization can be found at www.angelrockproject.com. Compton-Rock recently coordinated Journey for Change: Empowering Youth Through Global Service, a program that took 30 at-risk youth from Brooklyn, New York to Johannesburg, South Africa for two weeks of global volunteer service in August, 2008. The participants, who attend The Bushwick Salvation Army Community Center, are now taking part in a one-year advocacy, education, and service program as Journey for Change Global Ambassadors. The program will be seen as part of the documentary Black in America 2: Solutions, hosted by journalist Soledad O’Brien, airing on CNN in July, 2009. The next global service trips are scheduled for December 2009 and August 2010. Malaak Compton-Rock also created and manages the Champions for Children Committee, a prestigious group of well-known individuals committed to raising awareness about the signs and prevention of child abuse. In 2007, the group received national pro-bono exposure in magazines including People, Redbook, Essence and O, The Oprah Magazine, as well as radio exposure through a series of PSA’s heard on Clear Channel stations nationwide. In all, the campaign received over 28 million pro bono media impressions. The group continued to advocate on behalf of this cause with a 2008 public awareness campaign shot by legendary photographer Timothy White. The wonderful photos, including those of Emme, Iman, Marian Wright Edelman, Mariska Hargitay and Peter Hermann, Deborah Roberts and Al Roker, Malaak and Chris Rock, Susan Sarandon, and Veronica Webb appeared in the April 2008 issue of Redbook Magazine which dedicated the entire issue to child abuse awareness and was seen on billboards and elevator ads nationwide. The evergreen campaign will continue to be used throughout 2009-2010 in the U.S. and abroad. Along with her husband, Compton-Rock partners with the South African NGO The Olive Leaf Foundation to provide assistance to orphaned and vulnerable children, granny-led households and people living with HIV/AIDS in Diepsloot and Soweto, two poverty-stricken shanty towns in Johannesburg, South Africa. The Angelrock Project Foundation offers educational assistance, food and nutritional support, and living allowances to orphans and grannies. Additionally, through a partnership with The Food Garden Foundation, The Angelrock Project is funding sustainable food gardens in Diepsloot for two support groups and at 6 schools in Soweto to feed the orphan population. Moreover, the organization is currently coordinating an income-generating project for granny’s who will sell new donated designer handbags for a 100% profit. The program includes a marketing, banking, and savings component. The Rocks are also committed to The Bushwick Salvation Army Community Center in Bushwick, Brooklyn and were proud to open a new library and computer lab through the support of Target, (RED), Dell, and AARRIS Architects, LLP in November, 2008. Additionally, Malaak Compton-Rock is a coordinating the development of a comprehensive art program at the Center which will include a teaching partnership with Pratt Institute and The Black Alumni of Pratt Institute that will begin in summer 2009. Recently, Compton-Rock ventured into new professional waters by filming the Harpo/ABC-TV reality show “OPRAH’S BIG GIVE.” Debuting on March 2, 2008, Compton-Rock served as a co-judge offering her insights, encouragement and critiques to contestants whose mission was to give back to society in creative and innovative ways. “OPRAH’S BIG GIVE” offered a positive twist to primetime reality created in the spirit of “The Oprah Winfrey Show” and was a ratings hit. Additionally, she is an avid public speaker who lectures on topics pertaining to philanthropic giving, finding balance in life, raising giving children in a global world, and successfully blending a family and a professional life. She is currently writing a book about service and volunteering for Broadway Books, a division of Random House which is set to be published in January 2010. Malaak Compton-Rock lives in New Jersey with her husband Chris Rock and two daughters. She holds a B.F.A. in Arts/Production Management from Howard University and sits on the board of directors of The Children’s Defense Fund and The Triple Negative Breast Cancer Foundation. She is a Global Ambassador for The Susan G. Komen for the Cure Global Promise Fund, a member of New York Women in Communications, The Cause Marketing Forum and The Association of Fundraising Professionals. She lives by her favorite Marian Wright Edelman quote “Service is the rent we pay for living.”	Photograph by John Huba 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. JOURNEY FOR CHANGE SPONSORS SPONSOR OF THE MONTH PROGRAM SPONSORS Please click here to view all other sponsors 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 Read about Ken Fredman, web developer and marketing executive in Manhattan. Read about Jonelle Allen, co-founder and board chair of The Lynn House a drug and alcohol treatment program for women in Orange County, CA. St. Bernard Project National Organization of the Month KaBOOM! It begins with a playground National Organization of the Month Jansten's Gift: A True Story of Grief, Rescue, and Grace by Pam Cope with Aimee Molloy The Fair Trade Federation strengthens and promotes North American organizations fully committed to fair trade.
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