Communities That Care Coalition
Promoting health, well-being, and equity among young people in Franklin County and the North Quabbin
https://www.npr.org/2023/12/01/1215359803/aja-monet-tiny-desk-concert?ft=nprml&f=1039
Djembe. Drums. Piano and bass. A sweeping groove beckoned, welcoming us into the world of surrealist blues poet, Aja Monet. Transformed into a lush garden, the Tiny Desk blooms with the stanzas, sounds and legacy of jazz poetry.
https://www.npr.org/2022/09/22/1124299403/youngbloods-pianist-sean-mason?ft=nprml&f=347174538
For pianist Sean Mason, it’s about the melody and the dance
Worke is a Tel Aviv based artist who moved at age three from Ethiopia to Israel (via Sudan) as part of “Operation Moses”, a covert evacuation of Ethiopian Jews to Israel in the 1980s. This experience has profoundly shaped her studio practice.
https://www.nonstndrd.com/about-nonstndrd/
Kwasi Boyd-Bouldin is a photographer, artist, and designer based in Los Angeles, California.
https://medicine.duke.edu/profile/isaretta-lee-riley
Dr. Isaretta Lee Riley, Duke University School of Medicine, is a pulmonologist committed to eliminating disparities in health outcomes and quality of life of adults living with asthma.
Woman leaves her white-collar job to become first-generation farmer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teyonah_Parris
Teyonah Parris (/tiˈɒnə/tee-ON-ə;[1] born September 22, 1987)[2] is an American actress. A graduate of Juilliard School, she began acting in 2010. Her first prominent role was playing secretary Dawn Chambers in the AMC drama series Mad Men (2012–2015) and starring in the 2014 independent film Dear White People.
https://www.zandashe.com/about
Zandashé Brown is a New Orleans based writer/director born-and-bred in and inspired by southern Louisiana. Her work raises a Black femme lens to the tradition of Southern Gothic Horror by exploring the axis of self-excavation, spirituality, and lived experience in the American South.