Nitashia Johnson joins PWB to discuss the importance of promoting narratives of Black self-love on the pilot episode of Storytelling for Change.
Nitashia Johnson, is a multimedia artist who graduated from Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts in 2008. She went on to become a 2012 alumna of Texas Woman’s University with a BFA in Design Communication. In 2019 she won one of the five spots open for first-round Sony Alpha Female Creator-in-Residence program.
She's an independent designer, photographer, and visual artist who loves to collaborate with fellow artists and working on her creative after school program The Smart Project. She is also the creator of The Self Publication photographic book series that shares reflections and images from members of the Black community. Her goals have always involved using her talents to make others happy and to make positive changes in the world. Join us to discuss the importance of this work as she aims to make Black beauty more visible and to promote narratives of Black self-love.
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09/06/21 • 22 min
Storytelling For Change - Voices of the Black Community with Nitashia Johnson
Transcript
Five years ago, I attended a protest in Rhode Island. And it was beautiful. You know, it was a lot of unity they're involved in, you know, it wasn't overwhelming. Now when I see the protest, it's still beautiful and but it's very overwhelming because people are, like really pouring their souls out trying to raise awareness about what is happening. And what really strikes me the most. And what worries me the most is that I see these young p
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