24/7 with

Tomeka Hart

President/CEO, Memphis Urban League, Memphis, TN

If I could do it all over again: I would be a Broadway dancer/actor.

Never... take yourself too seriously, or forget about the least of these.

Always...be open-minded, be humble, see the good in all situations, and treat people the way you want to be treated.

I’d like to learn to:  Speak French and Spanish, play the piano and the saxophone,
and do all Latin-American style dances.

The world would be a better place, if only: People were more open-minded.

I am most proud of:  My parents—they came from drinking out of colored
water fountains and scrubbing floors and toilets to both working for themselves
and having others work for them.

The most important thing I ever lost: My Grandmother in 1984 and my Aunt Brenda in 2004.

My best friend says I am:  Friendly, ambitious, talkative, funny.

I wish I’d known: That it was not cool to have hundreds of credit cards in college.

My passion:  Working on behalf of other people, both at the Urban League and as a member of the Memphis City School board.

I’m thinking about:  Going to Baskin-Robbins to get a banana split.

What keeps me awake at night:  Thinking of what more I can do to improve and expand the programs and services offered by the Urban League.

If I could be totally wild, I would:  Eat everything I want and love to eat, whenever I wanted to eat it.