Marcus Skelton becomes statechairman of DC Young Republicans

~HipHopRepublican.com is pleased to announce that our very own Marcus Skelton offically took over as statechairman of the DC Young Republicans today!Marcus from time to times writes articles for this blog and is from Washignton,DC where he ran for city counsil.

"We congratulate Marcus for his appointment and look foward to watching his career soar".

Growing up in Seat Pleasant, Maryland, Marcus believes that playing sports and his parents sending him to a local church to participate in Boy Scouts were major factors that deterred him from the dangers of the neighborhood he lived in. As a son of a former union president Marcus developed a strong work ethic and an understanding that business and labor need balance and communication to exist.

Marcus was a two-sport athlete at Crossland High School lettering in football and track. And as part of his Eagle Scout project Marcus restored his high school stadium, which saved the county thousand of dollars in labor hours. He went on to Bowie State University where he received his B.S. in Communications and his M.A. in Human Resource Development. Academically, he received Bowie State’s Scholar Athlete Award in 2001 and 2002.

On the field he received 1st Team All-CIAA and 2nd Team Daktronics All American honors as a three-year starter on Bowie’s football team. Marcus also volunteered with The Office of External Relations fundraising for athletics and Bowie’s general scholarship fund. As chapter president of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc. he raised thousands of dollars for local charities. As a service to on-campus students, Marcus managed the fraternity’s wake-up call program. He coordinated fraternities tutoring program which helped students pass the Maryland Functional Math Test.

Marcus has a strong passion for career development and local politics. He help redesigned the Community College of Baltimore County’s Fellows Leadership Development Program and trained Southern Maryland Tri County Community Action Committee Head Start program staff after they hired a new executive staff. Currently, Marcus resides in Southeast Washington D.C. He enjoys distance running, football, golf, and reading.