StoryCorps: The Value of Listening
Posted on 25. Jan, 2010 by Selma Jackson in Arts on The Hill
Many of you, at some point in time, have heard some of the very intimate, often heart- wrenching two-person interviews on NPR recorded in portable recording studios all around the country. These are produced by StoryCorps, a non-profit organization whose mission is to honor and celebrate one another’s lives through recording and listening to stories. [...]
Urban Bush Women: Celebrating 25 Years
Posted on 25. Jan, 2010 by Selma Jackson in Arts on The Hill
Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, the founder and principal choreographer of Urban Bush Women (UBW), says UBW’s work is “creating art as a catalyst for social change.” Brooklyn experienced this first hand when UBW, rooted in the African Diaspora and community connections, began hosting “hair parties or meetings with organizations and corporations and with teens, mothers [...]
A Woman of Substance, Selma Jackson
Posted on 09. Aug, 2009 by Kathryn Zarczynski in Hill Heros
OVER THE YEARS Selma Jackson has worn many hats: an officer at Chemical bank in Community Affairs, founder of 4W-Circle of Art and Enterprise, a business incubator, recent winner of a Charles Revson Fellowship to Columbia University last fall, and most recently a volunteer member of the SDOP (Self Development of People), a grant-giving arm [...]
