Today we’d like to introduce you to The CamKuy Group
Hi The CamKuy Group, it’s an honor to have you on the platform. Thanks for taking the time to share your story with us – to start maybe you can share some of your backstory with our readers?
The CamKuy Group started in phases. Before there was an official group, we founded several separate organizations. In 2017, we began the Weather Geeks of Memphis, which for seven years aimed to serve as “Your Mid-South Weather and Traffic Authority.” In 2021, we started Cameron Kuykindall Ministries, which seeks to be God’s Light of the World. With these two organizations, plus the community service we were already doing, we began The CamKuy Group to oversee our organizations’ operations and focus on serving our community.
Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way. Looking back would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
The road has not been easy, but it has best positioned us for success. From giving the organization structure to finding funds for our ideas, we have used critical and creative thinking to make a way, even when there was not a way.
Thanks for sharing that. So, maybe next you can tell us a bit more about your business?
The CamKuy Group is a community organization that seeks to “put unity in our community through boundary-breaking, diversity-building partnerships.” Our group is the parent organization for Cameron Kuykindall Ministries, Umoja-Kuumba Designs, The Annual Holiday Magic Toy Drive, and the I AM the Solution Mentorship Program.
Our unique context shows that we are a minority group of teenagers and young adults who envision a better Memphis. Our cornerstone is partnerships, given we do not have many funds and resources as of now. Be that as it may, our partnerships with individuals and organizations fuel our work now and forever.
The crisis has affected us all in different ways. How has it affected you and any important lessons or epiphanies you can share with us?
We learned through the Covid-19 Crisis the importance of social media, in its good and bad context.
In its good context, social media can be used to communicate to the masses and increase awareness about your organization. Soliciting donations and storytelling are great features that can be done, in mass, through social media.
In its bad context, people misuse social media against themselves and others. Social media causes some to be anxious, unnecessarily, and be engrossed in their virtual personality while chronically absent from their physical personality.
In essence, like everything in life, it’s a balancing act.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://linktr.ee/thecamkuygroup
- Instagram: https://instagram.com/thecamkuygroup
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/thecamkuygroup
