Tag: Diversity
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To Which Voice Will We Listen?
On Thursday, February 18, Dr. Henry Louis Gates, the pre-eminent scholar of African American studies at Harvard University and proud native of Piedmont, WV, was featured in a HistoryMakers PBS television taping at the West Virginia Culture Center in Charleston. The series captures the history of African Americans from those who have observed it and…
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Ugandan Group Among 25 Performances at 6th Annual Culturefest
Kinobe & Soul Beat Africa of Uganda come to Pipestem, WV as the sixth annual Culturefest World Music & Arts Festival rolls into town September 10-13 at The Appalachian South Folklife Center. Kinobe and 25 other music and dance performances from around the world and right here in West Virginia will be featured along with…
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Congratulations Crystal Good – NAACP Honoree
We are very excited to announce that Create WV’s friend and diversity iniative leader, Crystal Good, will be honored with an Image Award by the Charleston NAACP. Good is currently the Assistant Director at Covenant House, a direct service organization serving the homeless, those at risk for homelessness and persons with HIV/ Aids. Her responsibilities there…
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West Virginia Entrepreneurs Corner Salsa Market
Well, perhaps Frito Lay isn’t shaking in its boots yet, but West Virginians do seem to make some mean salsa. Two of the most award-winning salsa suppliers are Maggie’s Salsa of Charleston and Blue Smoke Salsa of Ansted. Magdalena De La Cruz Cook-Garcia, founder of Maggie’s Salsa, has been honored by the WV chapter of the U.S.…
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The Block: An Urban to Rural Youth Connection
Create West Virginia diversity team member, Crystal Good, recently traveled to NYC to develop a relationship between Create West Virginia and The Arts Horizons LeRoy Neiman Art Center (The Center).Good along with The Center director, Clayton Evans, are seeking a partnership that will bridge the space and perceived differences of youth in Rand, WV and…
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Barbie Responds: Exclusive Interview with Create West Virginia
We here in West Virginia have a unique knack for generating, um, interesting media coverage for our fine state. The latest was spawned by Delegate Jeff Eldridge of the West Virginia Legislature who submitted a well-intentioned, but perhaps misguided, bill to ban Barbie because of the doll’s tendency to place too much importance on physical…
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Happy Martin Luther King Day!
The historic inauguration of Barack Obama reinforces so much of what America is about, or has claimed to be about but hadn’t yet fulfilled. It certainly reminds us of the power of impossible dreams. Who just a year ago would have predicted an African American with a name like Barack Obama becoming president of the…
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Staying Accountable to Minority Communities Helps All of WV
Recently Create WV had the pleasure of participating in the NAACP Economic Development forum at Grace Bible Church on the West Side of Charleston. Reverend Matthew Watts, a “Creative Cone” award winner at the 2008 Create WV Conference, lead the discussion that centered on WV Senate Bill No. 573, which is “relating to providing a procedure for the economic…
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WV Hip Hop State of the Union
Create WV team member and diversity track leader Crystal Good Nazario shared this historical look into West Virginia’s hip hop history in Graffiti, West Virginia’s monthly entertainment newspaper: West Virginia has a certain image that isn’t necessarily helping it in the global economy where talented, skilled people can live and work anywhere they want. Studies show…
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SURVEY: What’s Great in WV? What’s Going on in Your Community?
In preparation for the Create WV Conference Oct. 20-22, 2008, at Snowshoe, we’d like to ask for your help. We’re building a list of West Virginia’s “Top 10 Creative/New Economy Assets” in our main categories of planning: Science & Technology, Business and Economic Growth, Education and Talent Development, Quality of Place, Arts & Culture, and…