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Valerie L. Gamache
Was born an only child in New York, and spent her formative years in the foster care system from humble beginnings after her teenage mother and grandmother grappled with giving her away for adoption at birth. She pursued life with a lot of hard work and passion. It is Valerie ‘s dedication to the relief of the suffering of others, combined with her undeniable survivor story that is so inspirational. Valerie L. Gamache has always been at the forefront of humanitarian causes since childhood, so it’s no surprise that her career and personal plights have combined to form a great arrangement of business with a purpose.
While supporting her attendance at Occidental College in Los Angeles, California, Valerie L. Gamache was known as THE campus’s community activist even after suffering physically debilitating injuries in 1990. At her graduation in 1992, Occidental College named her the 1st recipient of the Shirley Ward Humanitarian Award for her work establishing the Volunteer Programs Center at Oxy, the year Dr. Maya Angelou gave the commencement. In fact, the award was erected specifically to honor Gamache’s dedication and work around the highly prestigious school known for its student organized sit-ins against the global crime of Apartheid in South Africa in the late 80s; for her work in the surrounding inner city communities of Los Angeles; and her work with student community activism in the nation. Oxy was one of the first colleges Mandela visited after he was freed. Over the years, the program has grown a Center for Community Based Learning http://departments.oxy.edu/registrar/catalog/ccbl.html.
Edward James Olmos presented Gamache the City of Los Angeles Citizen Award that same year for her outstanding work in the desperate communities, commending her for “ serving proudly in numerous community organizations and dedicating herself to bettering the lives and being a source or pride and inspiration to all the citizens of Los Angeles“. She was praised especially for her work with the homeless on “Skid Row”, and for serving weekly meals, and for her food & clothing drive program with Pasadena’s Union Station shelter. As a Volunteer Coordinator, efforts to involve students to erect and work with other programs resulted in the launch of one of the first Pediatric Aids Volunteer Programs (college-based) at the inception of fear and misunderstanding of people living with HIV and AIDs; a much needed tutoring literacy after school program, in the surrounding public schools in a predominantly Latino area known for high drop out rates; and finally, Upward Bound, whose primary goal is to assist students who come from low income background and are 1st generation college bound applicants to enroll in and graduate from post-secondary programs of education.
Valerie L. Gamache has organized charitable events in various cities, such as Los Angeles, Miami, Minneapolis, New Orleans, Ann Arbor, and especially New York City. During the summer of 1990, Gamache worked as a part of the Outreach Department for national non-profit organization, COOL, Campus Outreach Opportunity League, where she helped to develop and implement the $750,000 Kellogg funded program called Into The Streets Leadership and Community Service Program. In 1991, she was elected Co-Chair of BGALA student group at Occidental creating visibility events such as the 1st Heritage of Pride Awareness Week with such guests as Essex Hemphill and Jenny Livingston showing her acclaimed documentary film, “Paris Is Burning”. Empowering student groups, creating understanding by engaging administration and faculty involvement, as well as founding a scholarship for students cut off from parental financial assistance due to the opposition to their child COMING OUT. Her reputation and voice is undoubtedly vigorous in fighting for Human and Equal Rights!
After graduation from Occidental College, she moved back to New York City in ‘90s where she organized such events as Empire State Pride Agenda’s Vote and Dance Party Benefit at The Roxy during the 1992 Presidential Campaign supporting former President Bill Clinton, as well as their Night of 100 Parties the following year raising over $700,000, resulting in their largest fundraiser. Ms. Valerie L. Gamache then dedicated herself for the next three years, helping underprivileged children in the toughest neighborhoods in New York City boroughs. She held two concurrent positions: during the day she was a caseworker and court advocate for abused and neglected foster children; and during the night, as a Supervisor/Counselor for street kids 17-21 at a transitional living program in Greenwich and the East Village, some runaway or from the teen shelter system, others aged out of the foster system. She quickly became known as the organizer with assets, bringing non-profit organizations such as Make-A Wish Foundation or Paul Newman’s Hole-In-The-Woods Ranch to supplement the services to the children she helped in a “system” which severely lacked resources.
In 1996, Gamache become a fulltime mentor tutor to then 7-year old Monika Sowell as well as sponsored her dance classes at Alvin Ailey’s Jr Division Ailey II and taught her how to play the guitar. Gamache presented Monika’s incredible success story to VH1 Save The Music for their “Music Education=Brain Power” campaign http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.channel&channelID=90069824 Monika was featured in the DVD recorded fundraiser event at The White House held by former First Lady and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Former President Bill Clinton; as well as the Aretha Franklin and Diana Ross DIVAs tributes concerts. Learning to play the guitar and performing in front of her peers, ultimately helped Monika with her self- esteem issues due to a hand deformity from birth as well as some instability from her home environment. More importantly, it encouraged her unique creativity, love for music and dance, as well as gave her the much-needed encouragement to follow her dreams especially when she was encouraged by Ms. Janet Jackson in a meet & greet during her All For You tour.
In 2002, Valerie L. Gamache worked supporting Rev. Lennox Yearwood on Russell Simmons’s HSAN (Hip Hop Summit Action Network), Puffy’s Vote or Die, and MTVs Rock The Vote collaborating Presidential Campaign Tours in Florida. The purpose was to galvanize, educate and target minority communities with low voter turn out rates about voter registration; register and engage citizens in voting through major music artists performance. Attendees were encouraged to Get Out The Vote at town hall meetings we organized with key local government constituents and afterwards driving participants to Early Voting Poll Sites throughout the state.

In 2004, Gamache assisted with awareness events after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, coordinating a Slim Thug/ Doug E Fresh community forum for the 7th & 9th wards. Other humanitarian Peace efforts around the Grammy’s in 2007 involved artists such as Al Jarreau, Brian McNight, Lalah Hathaway, Slash, George Clinton, Persia White, and Christina Applegate, Rev. Michael and Rickie Beckwith.
In 2007, Valerie L. Gamache traveled on the John Legend Corinne Bailey Rae tour. Gamache helped Grammy Award Winning Music Director and Drummer, Swiss Chris erect his non-profit organization Saving With Instruments Samples and Sounds (S.W.I.S.S). Gamache also secured Universal Bungalo Records worldwide distribution deal for a unsigned recording label. In the summer of 2007, she also established the new female artist group, DEFY’s involvement in the McDonald’s and CocaCola Co-Operative Ad campaign and CD compilation featuring new artists. http://www.theafterafterparty.com
In 2008, Gamache established Shock-Ra Entertainment, LLC. in an effort to contribute to the collective consciousness by creating music, television and film entertainment projects that challenge individuals and corporations to make an impact on various crisis affecting humanity with direct action and financial resources. Recently, Valerie L. Gamache has given resources to the brother and sister group protégés, The Magical Bunch, http://www.myspace.com/themagicalbunch encouraging their music career and message of hope and peace despite the families struggle to overcome surviving the Rwanda Genocide.
In 2009, Valerie Gamache was the sole Lead Consultant and Co-Creator of New Business Development for re-emerging computer company. She was responsible for presenting and introducing a new software ring tone MixR application to all major music labels including Warner Music Group, Universal Music Group and Sony Music (global); Negotiating and closing content licensing deals to include entire music catalog targeting all major music artists’ releases. She worked with the Princess of Africa Yvonne Chaka Chaka http://www.princessofafrica.com and her son Themba aka Chaka Mingz on Mandela Day show at Radio City Music Hall July 2009 and with other music and film projects including The Motherland Tour highlighting her Malaria work throughout the continent of Africa.
In 2010, Valerie Gamache assisted Mona Scott-Young in the BET Telethon for Haiti soliciting President Bill Clinton’s voice to the show as well as other major artists. She went on to organize the Haitian Flag Day at The Eisenhower building of The White House honoring a 15 year old Ruthnie Constant of the Jan 2010 earthquake, who survived her younger brother and aunt after being buried alive 6 days under her home. Both of her legs were amputated before getting progratis treatment and prosthetics from NYC team of philanthropists to save her life. Today she is a thriving student at Lycee Francais Manhattan.
in 2010 Valerie was the producer for http://www.peaceday.tv. As the lead consultant in development the global broadcast Gamache was able to utilize technology to create a free global broadcast event for the International Day of Peace that was unprecedented. Airing through United Nations TV this 3 day broadcast united hundreds of ngos from Amnesty International, to Jane Goodall’s Roots & Shoots, to Care to the UN’s End Poverty Campaign, just naming a few, with livestream actions around the globe and artists pre-recorded and live music events including MDG Gala from Waldorf Astoria and Clinton Global Initiative.
In March 2011 Shock Ra Entertainment produced “Spring Break Jacmel” in collaboration with WPI Entertainment, The city of Jacmel, Haiti Dept of Tourism to benefit From Gainesville With Love SisterCity Partership between Gainesville Florida and Jacmel Haiti. MikaBen, Boulo Valcourt, Krem, Wood & Nocky, & Starlight performed for our 3 days of events which included a Kids Day for the orphanages where Child Ambassador of Haiti Leanna Archer spoke to the children about being the next generation of leaders for Haiti.

Valerie Gamache’s nominations have been honored in multiple cities of Number Ones World Tour by Janet Jackson at her “Up Close and Personal Tour’s ’20 Under 20′ Extraordinary Youth Award Meet & Greet. Some of the Honorees have included Leanna Archer, The Child Ambassador of Haiti; Ruthnie Constant Survivor of Haiti Earthquake; Shatiera Freeman a LGBT Youth Event Organizer Intern at http://www.door.org , and CNN top 10 Hero & Infinite Family Net Buddies in South Africa Ntombikayise Nkosi and Kgomotso Sekhobela to name a few.

Look out for upcoming collaborations from Shock Ra Entertainment with other outstanding activists and non-profit organizations on projects that contribute positively to the collective consciousness. By combining music, television and film entertainment with social activism and direct action, Shock Ra Entertainment hopes to inspire the world to participate in humanitarian efforts IN UNITY WITH HUMANITY!
Valerie Gamache
CEO
Shock RA Entertainment, LLC
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Music & Television Production| Activist | Painter
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