Melanie Bates Consulting, LLC

06/18/2026

🎉Happening Soon! 2026 Juneteenth Celebration

🗓️Friday, June 19, 2026

🕛12:00 PM

📍1700 Marion Barry Avenue SE

➡️tinyurl.com/JFTC2026

06/16/2026

There is nothing more important than voting in the fight for justice. If you do not vote, you silence your voice. Make your voice heard!

06/08/2026

05/31/2026

“An innocent man stuck in prison for life: Can there be a more ‘extraordinary and compelling’ reason to shorten a prison sentence than that? … To the contrary, this manifest injustice would seem to be the quintessential situation in which the compassionate release safety valve would apply.”

Does the inaccuracy or unfairness of an underlying conviction count as an “extraordinary and compelling reason” for compassionate release?

05/29/2026

Thank you, Newport Mill Middle School, for your visionary leadership. MBC was honored to participate in your recent Resource Fair alongside so many wonderful community partners. When we come together, nothing can stop us! Go Tigers 💙🩶

05/28/2026

Grateful to continue our designation as a Certified Business Enterprise by DC Department of Small and Local Business Development. Thank you, DSLBD, for all you do to support DC businesses.
Founded in 2017, MBC is dedicated to supporting communities impacted by the system. Let's keep fighting for justice🖤

05/28/2026

📣 Please save the date!

I am honored to return to Loudoun County Public Library to present the Black Musician Academy🎻🎶

Thank you, LCPL, for having me once again. I can't wait to engage with your lovely patrons in Sterling📚

🗓️ Saturday, September 19, 2026

🕑 2:00-3:00 PM

📍Sterling Library

🔗 loudoun.libnet.info/event/16603847

05/28/2026

Since 1969, Community Family Life Services (CFLS) has provided the community with the tools and resources needed to thrive. Learn more in its recent e-newsletter! 📰 >> https://cflsdc.salsalabs.org/cflsmay2026newsletter

05/28/2026

: MBC was honored to engage with the inspiring members of Free Minds Book Club & Writing Workshop. We had a vibrant discussion about the power of personal branding and SMART goals. Keep pushing forward! 🖤