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2022 Prestige Award

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2022 Prestige Award

2022 Prestige Award

2022 Prestige Award

 

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Our 'Why'

Mission:

bUneke works today to change tomorrow  through professional storytelling that helps other charities be seen and heard.

Vision:

bUneke.org is a sustainable 501c3 media provider that educates, inspires and fosters positivity and creativity, worldwide, through video, audio and a literary magazine.

About Us

bUneke is a Global Storytelling Powerhouse for Positive Change!

We are always learning to create new things and to revitalize and sustain old things. While recognizing our differences, we use positive, universal thinking to strategize for a positive outcome. We collaborate with people of all distinctions to create a better me, a better you, and a better us. So, let our visions heal and keep the promises of what we will be, one day, by living helpful, caring, happy, healthy, and essential lives.  


bUneke Magazine, bUneke Productions  , bUneke Radio MetaFest , and other events are educational tools of bUneke.org, a not-for-profit organization created to teach readers, listeners, and viewers about the many amazing companies, organizations and individuals in our world who are making a difference. We deliver relatable, easy to understand, insightful, motivational content for all ages! We offer a literary, interactive, digital magazine that is printed on demand and has an audio version; a two-season web series; award-winning documentaries; a free public event that comes every four months; we offer event coverage; and our growing radio show, are all offered to our followers at no cost!


If U want to  better yourself and see a positive change in our world, follow us!


Our goal is to mentor and offer scholarships to help others live their dreams! 


Check back often for the exciting details on these amazing programs and stay in touch because we want to hear from U!


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Our Founders and Board

Hev Michel, President

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Pete Estrada, Vice President

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Dale Velie, Social Media Director

Dr. Martha J. Watts, Grants Director

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Dr. Martha J. Watts, Grants Director

Dr. Martha J. Watts, Grants Director

Dr. Martha J. Watts, Grants Director

  Dr. Martha Joseph Watts joined bUneke's Board of Directors in December 2023 and leads our team of grant writers. She has been actively supporting the charity as a writer, donor, and advertiser since 2019. She is a former elementary educator in Dominica and former English teacher in the U.S. Virgin Islands, she has served as an educator 

  Dr. Martha Joseph Watts joined bUneke's Board of Directors in December 2023 and leads our team of grant writers. She has been actively supporting the charity as a writer, donor, and advertiser since 2019. She is a former elementary educator in Dominica and former English teacher in the U.S. Virgin Islands, she has served as an educator with Brevard Public Schools and has authored fiction and educational resources.

Dr. Watts is the author of the Adventures of Iyani series. Her educational series the Writing to Respond Process include two texts, three workbooks, two wheels, and three charts all geared towards improving textual-based writing in grades K-12 students. Most recently Dr. Watts has taken up podcasting to discuss or “Rethink” implementation of interventions in education. “Rethink it” can be heard on Anchor.


Ananda Rose, Secretary

Dr. Martha J. Watts, Grants Director

Ananda Rose, Secretary

Ananda Rose joined bUneke's Board of Directors in December 2023 as our secretary and writes grants and assists as requested with a variety of tasks. She has been an avid supporter of the charity since she learned about the organization through MetaFest, in 2022. She has been inspiring and empowering individuals for years. Her spiritual jo

Ananda Rose joined bUneke's Board of Directors in December 2023 as our secretary and writes grants and assists as requested with a variety of tasks. She has been an avid supporter of the charity since she learned about the organization through MetaFest, in 2022. She has been inspiring and empowering individuals for years. Her spiritual journey has led her to offer intuitive readings, spiritual mentoring, guiding participants through the practice of breath work, meditation, mindfulness, and energy healing. An author dedicated to the knowledge and awareness of evolution and holistic well-being for the collective, Ananda Rose is a certified Yoga Instructor, Reiki Master/Practitioner, Mindfulness, and Soul Guide. Her soul mission calls her to spread love and light and to help heal the world.

Our Founders

Mary Brotherton

Mary Brotherton

Mary Brotherton is the founding president and Editor of bUneke. She scouts for phenomenal stories. She managed bUneke's administration for the first seven years and mentors others when she’s not working on her own novels, short stories, and scripts or painting and illustrating. She also produced bUneke Radio, wrote grants, helped with eve

Mary Brotherton is the founding president and Editor of bUneke. She scouts for phenomenal stories. She managed bUneke's administration for the first seven years and mentors others when she’s not working on her own novels, short stories, and scripts or painting and illustrating. She also produced bUneke Radio, wrote grants, helped with events, and fundraisers.  She is the author of three books about angels, a children's book that addresses organ donation, and released her first novel in October 2024. You can buy copies of her books right here on bUneke and unsigned copies on Amazon. Proceeds from sales are donated back to the charity. Learn more on LinkedIn.

Jennifer East

Mary Brotherton

Jennifer East,  served as the organization’s creative director for four years. She designed and oversaw all the organization’s early visuals, from logos and merchandise to videos and magazine creation. Her professional career spanned from Seattle, WA, Houston, TX, Los Angeles, CA to Orlando, FL. This passionate storyteller, lover of Earth

Jennifer East,  served as the organization’s creative director for four years. She designed and oversaw all the organization’s early visuals, from logos and merchandise to videos and magazine creation. Her professional career spanned from Seattle, WA, Houston, TX, Los Angeles, CA to Orlando, FL. This passionate storyteller, lover of Earth and mother of four, has been in the creative and entertainment field for more than 30 years. 

Learn more on LinkedIn.

Lynn Dilks

Lynn Dilks

Lynn Carol developed the concept for Coffee or Tea? No Phones Allowed! and served as its producer for both seasons. She recruited many volunteers in the organizations first year.

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Our Media Coverage

Chezuba Video Interview

Human's of Fuzia Article

Human's of Fuzia Article

 

BUneke: A Global Storytelling Powerhouse for Positive Change


 Whether you're a nonprofit enthusiast or a storytelling aficionado, this  episode promises to spark creativity, drive social change, and remind  you of the profound power of stories to connect us all. 


Watch and listen to Tej Patil, from  Chezuba's interview with Mary Brotherton, here.

Human's of Fuzia Article

Human's of Fuzia Article

Human's of Fuzia Article

Her non-Profit is Delivering Elevated Content for People of All Ages 


Mary is a lot of things – a manager,  an administrator, an editor, a wife, a mother, a grandmother, a cat  companion, and a writer. She manages three distinctly different formats  of her organization bUneke.org and looks after aspects like grants,  volunteers, interns, a

Her non-Profit is Delivering Elevated Content for People of All Ages 


Mary is a lot of things – a manager,  an administrator, an editor, a wife, a mother, a grandmother, a cat  companion, and a writer. She manages three distinctly different formats  of her organization bUneke.org and looks after aspects like grants,  volunteers, interns, and fundraising. 

Growing up in rural South Carolina, Mary was always studying or reading. She says, “As  the studious child, I was often accused of shirking my  responsibilities, when I’d merely lost track of time, my head off on an  imaginary adventure“. But she  had been taught to be self-sufficient, strong, and sufficient, which has  helped her choose her path and support many others along the way. 

Read the full story here.

Canvas Rebel Article

Human's of Fuzia Article

Canvas Rebel Article

 

Meet Mary Brotherton

 

We were lucky to catch up with Mary Brotherton recently and have shared our conversation below.

Hi Mary, thanks for joining us today. What’s the kindest thing anyone has ever done for you?


More than ten ago, my husband showed me a video by Mark Gungor, called, “The Nothing Box,”  which discusses the difference between 

 

Meet Mary Brotherton

 

We were lucky to catch up with Mary Brotherton recently and have shared our conversation below.

Hi Mary, thanks for joining us today. What’s the kindest thing anyone has ever done for you?


More than ten ago, my husband showed me a video by Mark Gungor, called, “The Nothing Box,”  which discusses the difference between how men and women think. He explains in a comedic way how men are able to compartmentalize their thoughts and even have a specific compartment they all call the Nothing Box. Women, on the other hand, have a jumble of crossed wires that connect everything to everything else, smothered in emotions.


Read the full story here.

Bold Journey Article

Bold Journey Article

Canvas Rebel Article

 

Let’s start with the heart of it all – purpose. How did you find your purpose?


Finding my purpose wasn’t as easy as finding the winning lottery numbers  or discovering the golden Easter egg. Actually, my purpose wasn’t  something to find as much as something to accept and nurture, because  it’s been within me all my life. I just didn’t u

 

Let’s start with the heart of it all – purpose. How did you find your purpose?


Finding my purpose wasn’t as easy as finding the winning lottery numbers  or discovering the golden Easter egg. Actually, my purpose wasn’t  something to find as much as something to accept and nurture, because  it’s been within me all my life. I just didn’t understand that’s what it  was.

You see, I’m a writer. I don’t remember a time in my life when I  wasn’t writing or editing. Every job I’ve ever had was preparing me to  be a published author and to manage a public charity. So, finding my  purpose is more a case of living up to my purpose, now that I understand  what it is.

Read the full story here.

Voyager Article

Bold Journey Article

Voyager Article

Check out bUneke's Story 


Three professional women created a  nonprofit educational organization called bUneke, in 2018. The name  looks odd until you realize it’s pronounced like “be unique.” The name  came to life in a moment of serendipity, when founders Jennifer East and  Mary Brotherton were brainstorming what to call their new ventur

Check out bUneke's Story 


Three professional women created a  nonprofit educational organization called bUneke, in 2018. The name  looks odd until you realize it’s pronounced like “be unique.” The name  came to life in a moment of serendipity, when founders Jennifer East and  Mary Brotherton were brainstorming what to call their new venture. At the same moment, they looked at each other and said, “Whatever we do, it  has to be unique!”


Founding board secretary, Lynn Kinnison, said, “The big U is because it’s all about you, it’s about us.  It’s about the Universe!”


The women spent several months  creating a business plan, expecting it to carry the organization through  its first five years, before they incorporated as a public charity.


Brotherton said, “Within three  years, we had exceeded our plans and our expectations. I had no idea we  were creating such a phenomenal movement when we started.”

Read the full story here.

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