Awards & Achievements

2022 Book Sales

Two of Angela Parks' Books Are Available to Buy at
Next Chapter Bookstore / Gift Shop - Ben's Boyz
in Greensboro, NC.

2022 Infinite Space Publication

Angela Parks Published Two Poems in
High Point University's Spring 2022 Literary Journal, 
Infinite Space: Out of Darkness.

2021 G.O.L.D. Alumni Award Recipient 

Angela Parks Receives G.O.L.D. Alumni Award
From Ball State University in October 2021
For Striving to Make an Impact in the World on a Daily Basis.

Featured in Carolina Spark Magazine 2021

Angela Parks Featured in July 2021 Article
For Carolina Spark Magazine Entitled
"You Empower Success".

2021 VAISEF Conference

Angela Parks Co-Presented at the
2021 Virtual VAISEF Spring Conference
​on the theme of "The Responsibility We Have".

2021 LCSW Clinical Supervision

Angela Parks Approved by the
Virginia Board of Social Work to begin her
​Licensed Clinical Social Worker Supervision.

2021 Guilford County Parent Academy

Angela Parks Becomes Member of
GPA Family Engagement Network and
Participant in GPA FEN Parent Voice Group.

Featured in Ball State University Magazine 2021

Angela Parks (2012 Graduate) featured in the
online publication Cardinal Pride: Alumni News (Fall 2020-Winter 2021)
and Winter 2021 print issue of Ball State University Alumni magazine.

Represented at 2021 DPS School Board Meeting

Angela Parks represented Danville Pittsylvania Community Services
and was introduced as a new School Child & Family Clinician
​for Danville Public Schools at the first live school board meeting in .

2020 Featured Co-Author

Angela Parks Selected as Co-Author of
​"Keep It Moving... Your Destiny Awaits"
​By: Barbara McClain

Featured in Courageous Woman 2020

Angela Parks Featured in the
Courageous Woman Magazine as a Co-Author
​of "Keep It Moving... Your Destiny Awaits".

Featured in Black Entrepreneurship 2020

Angela Parks Featured in the first premier of
Black Entrepreneurship Magazine as a Co-Author
​of "Keep It Moving... Your Destiny Awaits".

2019 Shine. Brighter. Speaker

Angela Parks chosen as a Shine. Brighter. Speaker
for her Graduate School Alma Mater,
​Indiana Wesleyan University.

Spokesperson For Success 2019

Angela Parks Featured on the Website of
Second Harvest Food Bank of East Central Indiana
​as a Spokesperson For Success.

Finalist for 2017 Inspire Awards 

Angela Parks Selected as Finalist
for the 2017 Inspire Awards
​in the Youth Mentoring Category.

2017 Ball State University "Alumni Day" 

Angela Parks was invited to Ball State University's 2017 "Alumi Day".
She spoke to a Human Behavior class about her life after graduation, including accomplishments and best practices in her field of Social Work.

2017 Ball State University Career Day 

Angela Parks was asked as a Vendor at the
​2017 Ball State Career Day in order to recruit college students
as volunteers for YES We Can, Inc.

2017 Partnership With First Choice for Women

Y.E.S. We Can, Inc. and First Choice for Women
partnered together to provide services for women
and a "Support Group For Mothers" led by Angela Parks.

2017 Professional Certification 

Angela Parks received her
Professional Certification as a
​Child and Youth Care Practitioner.

Featured in The Good News  2017

Y.E.S. We Can, Inc. Featured in The Good News,
a Bi-Monthly Newspaper Highlighting Faith
​and Minority Communities in East Central Indiana. 

Dream Maker Award 2016

Angela Parks Received the
Dream Maker Award in 2016 at the
Project Leadership Red Rubber Ball Celebration.

2016 Journey Fellowship 

Angela Parks was apart of the
Journey Fellowship for New Professionals in Youth Work
for New Youth Workers in Indiana.

2015-2016 Back-to-School Blood Drive

Angela Parks Worked for the
American Red Cross through Americorps
​to hold a Back-to-School Blood Drive in Munice, Indiana.

2012 Fundraising Gala

Angela Parks and her team spearheaded and facilitated
a Fundraising Gala at Ball State University
to raise money for a homeless shelter in Indiana.

2011-2012 Advocacy Protest

Angela Parks and other Social Workers
were afforded the opportunity to Protest for Advocacy
at the Indianapolis State Capital Building.

2011 Relay For Life

Angela Parks participated in
Relay For Life at
​Ball State University.

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