Together We Create 4 Kids is a national, multi-city literacy and community impact tour rooted in the belief that storytelling, education, and collaboration have the power to transform lives. Designed to uplift children, families, authors, educators, and purpose-driven leaders, the tour is more than a series of events it is a living movement committed to access, service, and generational change.

Each city stop is intentionally structured as a two-day experience. Day One centers on adult empowerment, featuring authors, speakers, educators, panels, workshops, and vendors who are building purpose-driven organizations and businesses. Day Two is fully dedicated to children and families through a community giveback that provides books, bookbags, clothing, shoes, hygiene products, and educational resources directly into the hands of youth.

What makes Together We Create 4 Kids unique is its ecosystem approach. Every participant authors, speakers, vendors, partners, and community leaders is viewed as a vital voice in the story. 

The tour prioritizes collaboration over competition and impact over exposure, ensuring that each city contributes to a larger, connected mission rather than a one-time moment.

The Documentary: Capturing the Story as It Unfolds

Running parallel to the tour is a professionally filmed documentary series that captures the heart of Together We Create 4 Kids in real time. 

The documentary is not scripted or staged. Instead, it follows the authentic journey of building a national movement documenting preparation, faith, challenges, breakthroughs, and the human stories that unfold behind the scenes.

Each city becomes an episode, highlighting:

Local leaders and organizations serving their communities

Authors, speakers, and vendors contributing their voices and resources

Children and families impacted by the giveback

The real work, emotion, and intention behind community service

The documentary serves as both a historical archive and a call to action showing what is possible when people unite around purpose, service, and shared vision.

A Platform for Legacy, Not Just Exposure

Together We Create 4 Kids was intentionally built as a platform for legacy, not a moment of visibility. Every author, speaker, vendor, nonprofit, and partner involved is treated as a contributor to a larger story one that honors purpose, service, and long-term impact over short-term attention.

Participants are given space to share who they are, why their work matters, and how their mission connects to the communities they serve. Rather than positioning individuals as background support, the tour recognizes each voice as essential. This philosophy extends across the events, the documentary, and all media connected to the project.

The platform also creates pathways for continued collaboration beyond the tour. 

Relationships formed on the Together We Create 4 Kids tour are designed to live on through future projects, storytelling opportunities, and community initiatives. In this way, the tour becomes a foundation helping leaders build something that outlasts a single city, season, or spotlight.

By centering legacy, Together We Create 4 Kids ensures that the work done today carries meaning tomorrow reaching far beyond the stage and into generations to come.

Honoring the Co-Founders: The Heartbeat of the Movement

At the foundation of Together We Create 4 Kids is a group of co-founders whose leadership, character, and commitment shaped the tour long before the first city was announced. These leaders are not simply organizers they are the pillars, strategists, storytellers, and servants who ensure the mission remains rooted in integrity and love.

Dr. Laneice Runnels brings wisdom, consistency, and structure to the movement. Her leadership anchors the tour in excellence and accountability, ensuring that vision and execution remain aligned and impactful.

Dr. Dawn Menge represents the transformative power of storytelling. Her lifelong dedication to literacy, children, and education reinforces the belief that books can open doors, heal hearts, and create lasting change.

Mo Nelson, city leader, embodies authenticity, courage, and emotional intelligence. Her work centers on breaking cycles, empowering individuals, and turning self-awareness into action values deeply embedded in the tour’s purpose.

Dr. Tish Shearer offers strategic insight, faith centered leadership, and balance. She helps bridge vision with sustainability, ensuring that the tour remains both meaningful and operationally sound.

Amber Miller brings connection, compassion, and community centered leadership. Her ability to unify voices and cultivate safe, collaborative spaces strengthens the relational foundation of the movement.

Destinee Brown, visionary, is the architect behind Together We Create 4 Kids. Her belief that storytelling can create access, healing, and opportunity fuels the entire project. She designed the tour not for spotlight, but for legacy creating platforms where children, creators, and communities are seen, supported, and celebrated.

Together, these co-founders form the heartbeat of Together We Create 4 Kids. Their shared leadership ensures the movement remains grounded in purpose, faith, service, and impact proving that when the right people come together, something far greater than an event is created.

A Growing National Vision

As Together We Create 4 Kids 

continues to expand across cities, it is building a national network of creators, leaders, and community advocates committed to investing in children, education, and storytelling. The tour, the documentary, and the collaborative ecosystem surrounding it all serve one mission: to leave communities stronger than they were found and to create a legacy that lives far beyond the tour dates.

This is not just a project.

It is a movement.

It is a story being written in real time.

And it is proof that purpose-driven collaboration can shape the future for kids, for families, and for generations to come.