Last week, Aiesha posted this as an update on her Kickstarter page, but felt it would be very fitting for the BGP blog, so here goes: The Black Girl Project film is dedicated to the memory of Shannon Braithwaite. I met Shannon when she was in 10th grade, in fact, I hired her as an [...]
The film, The Black Girl Project, is being recognized as art for social change at the Theatre for the Free People‘s Black On White event. From their site: Theatre for the Free People is an organization which is dedicated to using the arts as a vehicle for social change by providing community based arts programming [...]
It is with sadness that we note the passing of Rev. Lucius Walker. Rev. Walker was an advocate for all oppressed people and the organization he founded, IFCO/Pastors for Peace is our fiscal sponsor and the sponsor for so many small organizations across the country that are doing the people’s work. RIP. http://ifconews.org/
The Saartjie Project is bringing us to DC on September 25th to screen the film and for a some post-film discussion. All of the proceeds from the event will go towards Saartjie’s programming and ours. We hope to see you there.
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Ever wonder who responds to those emails you send via a contact form? Well, for us, that’s Chanel. Or, rather, Ms. Jones, since she’s almost a “real” adult. A student at Temple University in Philadelphia, Chanel is majoring in Marketing Management and will take over the world in the very near future. In addition to [...]
If you’ve checked out the film site, then you may notice that Netchem was one of the young women interviewed. She’s currently a student in NYC and loves to explore the city. When not taking photographs (which you all should hire her to do for you), she can be found eating, doing yoga, and enjoying [...]
It’s been a couple of weeks since we received our fiscal sponsorship from the Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization (IFCO), but we are well under way in planning programming and organizing. With that said, please take a moment to meet our board. Aiesha Turman, Bianca Laureano, Patrice Perry, LaWanda Abel and Tamara Walker bring diverse [...]
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