2024 COMMUNITY AGAINST HATE LIFE TIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD RECIPIENTS

DJ JOHNNY "JUICE" ROSADO, JUANITA BATCHELOR, AND STEPHEN STIX JOSEY 

JOHNNY "JUICE" ROSADO Production Advisor, Producer,Dj, Artist at Public Enemy, DJ, Producer, Artist at The Oddysy, Global Vice President at The Bronx Boys Rocking Crew - TBB TBG Global. He brings a messages of self suffienciency, using Hip Hop culture to inspire change, and movement forward. Essentially encouraging Poetic Recovery.

"DJ Johnny “Juice” Rosado is an award winning and Emmy and NAACP Image Nominated Composer, Producer, Turntablist, Engineer, Musician, B-boy, Graf writer, MC, Educator, Lecturer, and Mentor.  Raised in the Bronx, he witnessed the birth of Hip Hop right on his doorstep. Moving to Strong Island in the early 80's, he immediately made an impact on Long Island's budding Hip-Hop scene.  His work, especially with Public Enemy, has been embedded into Hip Hop history. With over 29 years in the industry, he has contributed to some of Hip Hop’s greatest works. Over the years he has lent his production and scratching skills to projects by other legendary Hip Hop artists such as the Beastie Boys, Slick Rick, Leaders of the New School, and DMC. 

Nominated for an Outstanding Music Composition Emmy for his work on ESPN's Ali Rap, Johnny Juice is focusing more film and TV music scoring and soundtracks. Recently nominated for 3 NAACP Image Awards including Best Album,  Juice continues to remain relevant in an ever changing industry spending 3 years as producer and on-air radio personality for ...ANDYOUDON'TSTOP! The 120 minute, multi-segmented, ground-breaking Radio Show featuring the legendary Chuck D.  In 2008 he was inducted into the Long Island Music Hall of Fame as a member of Public Enemy and took the stage with Public Enemy in 2013 as they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame..  

Johnny Juice has currently teamed up with KJ to form The Oddysy, a potent amalgamation of jazz, hip hop, and pop, with a sound eclipsing the sum of its parts. Check them out HERE!      Johnny Juice is currently the Global Vice President of the Bronx Boys/Girls Rocking Crew. The Bronx Boys Rocking Crew was created in 1975 as the first Latino rocking (break dance) crew and the founders of the original style of floor rocking. To learn more, click HERE!"

Juanita Batchelor is an African American woman born to her two parents on an Air Force base in Missouri. Juanita moved to Springfield,Massachusetts at three years old where she later became a mother to her two children Darrell and Jajuana Jenkins and later became a Grandmother of five. Juanita's first experience in serving her community began in a healthcare setting as she worked as a CNA for several years. On June 4th, 2014, Juanita's life changed forever as she bore the loss of her only son Darrell Lee Jenkins Jr. to gun violence. Darrell's murder although still unsolved remains a catalyst for turning her pain into purpose in the fight for justice.

That year she began community organizing efforts to establish a support group MORE (Mother, Overlooked, Reaching Out, Empowerment)Inspiring Change Fighting For Justice for BIPOC families experiencing loss due to homicide and missing persons. In 2020 MORE officially became a 501c3 non-profit, offering support to all genders, youth, and BIPOC backgrounds. MORE's office is currently located at 20 Maple Street, Springfield, MA, 01103 and is open to the public. Juanita and the volunteers at MORE have hopes to expand and open a larger community safe space called the Darrell Lee Jenkins Jr.  Resource Center in honor of her son. 

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