African
American Heritage Quilting Project
Keeps North
Lawndale in Stitches
A
group of North Lawndale organizations and community residents are combining
time honored traditions of storytelling and quilting to strengthen the
communitys social fabric. The North Lawndale African American Heritage
Quilting Project is inviting North Lawndale residents to share their stories
and participate in the research of the history and culture of African American
residents and express their findings in a community quilt. Depending on what
community
participants decide, the quilts could celebrate family traditions, famous
people from North Lawndale, the relationships between African American and
Jewish experiences in North Lawndale; the Civil Rights Movement; the African
influence in Mexico; the Migration of
African Americans from the South, etc. The
partners include Art Forward, the Better Boys Foundation (BBF), Historic
K-Town, the Lawndale Historic and Cultural Society, Prevention Force Family
Center, Sankofa Safe Child Initiative and the Urban Art Retreat. Valerie F.
Leonard,
a local resident and community development consultant, is the project manager.
The project planning committee includes Billy
Brooks, Jacquelyn Gipson, Dianna Long, Blanche Suggs, Lisa Wilcoxen, Ife
Williams Martel Williams and Annetta Wilson.
American Heritage Quilting Project
Keeps North
Lawndale in Stitches
A
group of North Lawndale organizations and community residents are combining
time honored traditions of storytelling and quilting to strengthen the
communitys social fabric. The North Lawndale African American Heritage
Quilting Project is inviting North Lawndale residents to share their stories
and participate in the research of the history and culture of African American
residents and express their findings in a community quilt. Depending on what
community
participants decide, the quilts could celebrate family traditions, famous
people from North Lawndale, the relationships between African American and
Jewish experiences in North Lawndale; the Civil Rights Movement; the African
influence in Mexico; the Migration of
African Americans from the South, etc. The
partners include Art Forward, the Better Boys Foundation (BBF), Historic
K-Town, the Lawndale Historic and Cultural Society, Prevention Force Family
Center, Sankofa Safe Child Initiative and the Urban Art Retreat. Valerie F.
Leonard,
a local resident and community development consultant, is the project manager.
The project planning committee includes Billy
Brooks, Jacquelyn Gipson, Dianna Long, Blanche Suggs, Lisa Wilcoxen, Ife
Williams Martel Williams and Annetta Wilson.
