JENYNE: A FUNDRAISER NEXT WEEK LOOKS TO HELP SUPPORT RENOVATIONS AT THE HISTORIC HARLEM THEATER WHILE BENEFITING LOCAL BLACK BUSINESSES ALONG THE WAY. JOINING US THIS MORNING IS SONGWRITER AND ENTREPRENEUR WORDSMITH. GOOD MORNING. >> I’M GLAD TO COME HERE AND SPEAK ABOUT THINGS I AM PASSIONATE ABOUT IN THE COMMUNITY. JENYNE: ONE OF THOSE THINGS IS HELPING OTHER PEOPLE. YOU ARE DOING THAT THROUGH YOUR NONPROFIT. >> I ALWAYS WANTED TO DO A MUSIC SCHOOL BECAUSE MUSIC HAS DONE A LOT FOR MY FAMILY. OUT HERE LIVING IN THE CITY, I FEEL LIKE WE COULD USE A MUSIC SCHOOL IN OUR OWN BLACK COMMUNITIES. I ONE SOMETHING WE CAN CALL OUR OWN IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY. HOPEFULLY THAT -- I WANT SOMETHING WE CAN CALL OUR OWN IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY. HOPEFULLY THAT CAN BE THE HARLEM THEATER. JENYNE: YOU HAVE A FUNDRAISER NEXT WEEKEND AT UNITY HALL. TALK TO US ABOUT THAT. >> THE THEATER NEEDS A LOT OF RESTORATION. SAVE HARLEM THEATER IN 2020 -- IT WAS ON THE DEMOLITION LIST AND A LOT OF PEOPLE DID NOT KNOW THAT. IT IS A HISTORIC LANDMARK THAT IS NOT LISTED AS A HISTORIC LANDMARK. WE ARE TRYING TO GET THAT DESIGNATION SO IT CAN BE A HISTORIC LANDMARK. WE NEED ABOUT $200,000 TO FIX THE ROOF, AND MAKE IT HABITABLE TO BRING YOUTH INTO THE BUILDING. THAT IS WHAT THIS FUNDRAISER WILL DO, BUT ALSO CREATE AWARENESS IN THE COMMUNITY. JENYNE: YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT TACKLING HOMELESSNESS ALSO. >> I LOVE DOING HOMELESS EVENTS. THAT WAS SOMETHING GOD PUT INTO ME SINCE I WAS SMALL. AT EVERY -- AT 1.I WAS OUT THERE EVERY WEEK. WE TRY TO TEACH HEALTH AND AWARENESS. / \ DOING THE IT THESE HOMELESS EVENTS, WE TRIED TO GIVE THEM FRUITS, JUICES. WE ARE UNCONSCIOUSLY TELLING THEM " THIS IS HOW YOU KENNY BETTER. -- YOU CAN EAT BETTER." THEY HAVE SOME FUNNY STORIES. THEY HAVE US LAUGHING OUT THERE. YOU MAY NOT KNOW WHY THEY ARE ON THE STREETS, BUT THAT IS NOT FOR US TO WONDER. JENYNE: EVERYBODY HAS A STORY. YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT LED THEM TO THAT PLACE. THIS IS NO BORING FUNDRAISER. THERE WILL BE MUSIC, THERE WILL BE FOOD. >> THE CHEF IS DOING A 4 COURSE MEAL AT UNITY HALL. WE HAVE DJ FIVE START, A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE WHO WILL BE PLAYING THE MUSIC THERE. WMOTHER NATURE JUICE BAR IS GOIN TO BE GIVING SAMPLES. THE ORCHESTRA HAS DONATED 2 TICKETS TO THE RAFFLE. SUPERNATURAL HAIRCARE ALSO DONATED. WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE IT A COMMUNITY EVENT WHERE WE CAN EXPOSE SOME OF OUR GREAT LOCAL BUSINESSES WHO DO NOT ALWAYS GET THE EXPOSURE THEY NEED AS WELL. JENYNE: WHERE CAN PEOPLE FIND MORE INFORMATION? >> YOU CAN CHECK MOTHERNATURE .COM. YOU CAN GO TO WORDSMITHMUSIC .COM. JENYNE