TROYBOY INTERNATIONAL

Troy Campbell is committed to helping others discover and develop their gifts. As President of TROYBOY INTERNATIONAL, Troy uses his own experiences to help people prosper in all areas. By age 13, Troy led a dangerous dance with crime. By his late teens, the dance led to incarceration. By his early 20s, he received the ultimate redemption – success that provided a peace of mind not found in the temporary joy of street hustling.  After obtaining two college degrees, Troy solidified a coveted place in education. As a high school teacher, counselor, pastor and administrator, Troy was able to work with those who are shaping the present: Teens. Through his educational consulting company, Troy Boy International, he works with students and educators to ensure academia remains at the forefront of contemporary value systems.

In Troy ’s recent interview with CNN Local Headline News, he addressed issues surrounding inner city gang violence.  Between January and March 2005, there were at least 24 homicides, a significant increase from previous years, in his native Compton, Calif. Troy feels people desperately seeking an identity join gangs. When addressing the world’s students and professionals, Troy offers solutions to curb the increase in non-productive activities, including the destruction often heralded by street gangs. He helps people maximize their company’s goals. He shows people how they are BORN TO WIN. BORN TO WIN means Being an Overcomer by Resisting Negativity.  In his audio book of the same name, Troy takes us on a journey through his life. Every chapter is backed by riveting hip hop and R&B tracks matching its intense topics. After a few chapters, people visualize Troy’s story. They begin to apply his trials, tribulations and triumphs to their own circumstances. They’re then inspired to become leaders, effecting positive changes in their communities, one step at a time. In short, they win.

Inner-City Violence; Respect; Decision Making; Confidence; Attitudes for Success;

Urban Entrepreneurship; Principles of Leadership; Self-Assessment; Inspirational Speaking;

Staff Development

Recent Articles

Best Buy Officials Meet With Local Stakeholders
Nation’s largest electronics retailer holds open dialogue on potential community partnerships

By Allison Jean Eaton
Bulletin Staff Writer

According to Marco Orozco, general manager of the city’s new Best Buy store, selling electronics is just one facet of its plans for the Hub City.

At a meeting hosted by the company and Councilman Isadore Hall’s office last Monday, a handful of community stakeholders joined Best Buy local, regional and corporate representatives and city officials to discuss what Best Buy can do for the Compton community.

“We are proud to be part of the new birthing of Compton,” Orozco said. “We’re excited about the partnerships and we understand that it is long overdue.”

The dialogue gave Best Buy officials insight as to what the community wants and needs in the way of public-private partnerships.

According to Hall, the company gave his office a list of the types of organizations it wanted represented at the meeting and Hall’s office did the inviting.

“The challenges that we have in allowing this rebirthing, or to bring forth a new birthing, is making sure that the message, the rebirthing message, continues to move forward,” said Hall, who likened Best Buy to “ambassadors” of the message.

“And that’s exactly what Best Buy is doing today. They’re finding out exactly what’s going on in the community” in order to be a part of the process.

The city, in turn, is ensuring Best Buy understands the vision the current administration has for Compton and securing a role for the store in that process.

City Manager Charles Evans described the city as “growing by leaps and bounds,” and it looks forward to Best Buy growing with it.

“We want progress... and Best Buy is part of that progress,” Evans said.

Troy Campbell, a former gang-banger-turned-youth-mentor, shared his story of growing up in Compton and turning to a life of crime at a young age after the pain of his parents’ divorce became too much to handle.

He stressed the need for corporations like Best Buy to tap into the city’s youth and provide them with leadership, entrepreneurship and skills-development programs before they turn to the streets for guidance.

“If you don’t tap into their potential, they will be mentored by the streets,” Campbell said.

This, he said, will lead to a win-win for the community and the store in that investing in the city’s youth translates into a better educated and prepared workforce.

The $80 million Gateway Towne Center, which is nearly complete and will be open for business in a matter of weeks, is located in Hall’s 4th District.

Best Buy, one of the shopping center’s anchor stores, will hold its grand opening celebration Friday, Oct. 26 at 8 a.m .