Influence The World, a non-profit organization created by renowned celebrities and young influencers, lead by a diverse group of social media personalities across the border into the Los Laureles community of Tijuana to personally deliver educational materials, school supplies, children’s art supplies, books and other much needed essentials. The event took place on Saturday, December 11th.  

The group that headed to TJ had the chance to build a computer lab for children at the border and LATV and The Q Agenda’s own Enrique Sapene were there to document the process.  

”Influence The World is an all volunteer organization. We have no paid staff. Our team of young influencers brought their A game to listen and learn from the people of Los Laureles and the Mayors of San Diego, Imperial Beach, and Wildcoast. I hope this is the beginning of a new dialogue between our communities,” said Joe Addams, CFO/ Secretary & Treasurer of Influence The World. 

Stay tuned to watch the full recap of the event on a future TQA episode. 

About Influence the World:

The mission of Influence The World is to harness the power of young social media communities to give back to people in need around the world.  It was founded in 2020 but the global pandemic delayed this launch, until now.  Influence The World is a public charity organized under Internal Revenue Code sec. 501(c)(3).

“Eureka! You’ve found it.  Support and influence from right in your backyard.  I’m excited to play dress-up on this town because everyone needs an upgrade maw-maw and support … and what’s better than an elephant-human hybrid queen because that’s what I decided to be.  And I’m bringing my friends along too.  We call them the herd.  Lol, but have you heard?  We are #influencetheworld” – Eureka O’Hara, star of HBO’s We’re Here and VH1’s RuPaul’s Drag Race.

Meet the Influence the World team:

Murray Swanby – ITW President and Founder @murrayswanbyla 

Murray Swanby is a well known figure on social media and reality television. (Ex On The Beach – MTV; What Happens At The Abbey – MTV) In 2018 Murray had a transformative experience where he Journeyed to a rural part of Vietnam and delivered goods directly to people in need in that country. Murray’s experience in Vietnam set him on the course to establish ITW and to scale up the influence, reach, and deliverables to communities in need worldwide. 

Joe Adams – ITW Treasurer/Secretary @joeadamsesq 

Joe Adams is an immigration lawyer with a large celebrity clientele. His clients include major motion picture and television production companies, A-list actors, entrepreneurs, athletes, and tech figures. Joe has been featured in Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, LA Weekly, ESPN, and LATV on a variety of entertainment and immigration topics. Before law school Joe worked in development for a large arts- based nonprofit organization in California. As a San Diego native he understands the San Diego- Tijuana region is intrinsically interconnected and lifting people out of poverty benefits everyone. 

Cory Lee – ITW Board Member @theonlycorylee 

Cory’s passion for helping those in need comes from his upbringing in rural Texas. 

“I like to imagine a world where people breathe clean air and drink clean water and use clean energy freely, a world where nobody goes hungry or homeless because we help each other out and grow and thrive together in harmony because we are motivated by compassion and not money. I believe it is our job to bring heaven to earth and I hope to light a spark in every soul that ITW reaches to inspire and encourage them to go out and make a positive impact on the world in whatever way that they can.” 

Influence The World Ambassadors: 

David Huggard aka Eureka O’Hara (@eurekaohara) is a reality television personality (“We’re Here,” HBO; “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” VH1) and actor (“American Horror Story,” FX). David comes from rural Tennessee where they overcame the obstacles of being a larger than life personality in a small town. David is a board member and the Inaugural Influence The World Ambassador.  

Omar Sharif, Jr. (@omarsharifjr) is an actor, model, and activist. He has appeared in television and film since he was a child. 

Alexa Abraxas (@alexa_abraxas) is a singer/songwriter, actress, model and philanthropist. Originally from the island of Trinidad and Tobago, Alexa herself was adopted and raised in NYC. Part of her life was spent with biological parents and in a country with similar environmental, political and poverty issues as some of the locations we visit. Now given the opportunity with Influence the World, she will be traveling to help do some greater good our planet desperately needs. 

Enrique Sapene (@enriquesapene) is an award winning actor, host, journalist and producer. He has entertained audiences internationally as a reporter on Univision, NBC, ABC, CBS and Telemundo. In 2018 Enrique premiered his show “Glitterbomb” on LATV which ran successfully on the network and turned into a spin off titled “The Q Agenda” which is a talk show that covers topics such as entertainment, lifestyle, politics, fashion and music from the LGBTQ perspective, now on its 7th season, and is the first show of it’s kind catering to the LatinX community nation wide in the US. 

Click on the link to follow Influence the World’s journey. https://linktr.ee/influencetheworld