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Malaak Compton

Malaak Compton

Activist & Philanthropist

Malaak Compton began her career in the public relations and special event fields.

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Malaak Compton 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 US 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 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 fieldtrips for the spokespersons to witness UNICEF-assisted projects, 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 effort, “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. Compton-Rock continues to be an active supporter, having visited UNICEF-assisted projects with her family in South Africa and Kenya.

While still at the US 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, Compton left the US 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, Compton 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 for seven years.

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If It Takes a Village, Build One: How I Found Meaning Through a Life of Service

Raising Giving Children in a Global World

Renewing the Inner Spirit

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