Berry Accius is the Co-Founder and CEO of Voice of the Youth (VOY), a non-profit organization which provides mentorship to youth and adults. Mr. Accius has been guiding and mentoring adolescents of all ages, from the Bay Area to the greater Sacramento area for more than a decade. He is also the Founder of Black BluePrintz, which is an organization dedicated to uplifting and educating Black people through social media, community events and empowering apparel. Mr. Accius is the Co-Owner of Hidden Gems Thrift Store and Seriously Delicious Café formerly the VOY Café. Mr. Accius is routinely sought after to consult on a wide variety of issues including social justice, equity in education, and responding to crime scenes. This is in addition to his ongoing programming addressing literacy, domestic violence, sex trafficking, women empowerment, manhood training and his hands on approach with mentoring and individual youth counseling. His consistency and unapologetic stance has afforded him the positioning of a community leader that can be trusted to speak truth to power and on behalf of the communities he serves. As a motivational speaker he is able to use his platform to impact real change and increase opportunities for lasting growth and community development. He has aligned himself with other community advocates to help create innovative solutions to world-impacting problems that affect our youth and people in general on a day-to-day basis.
