By Javacia Harris Bowser, See Jane Write Magazine Founding Editor “Birmingham is a bright and energetic community full of stories worth telling,” says Rachel Osier Lindley, and as the news director for Birmingham’s NPR news station WBHM 90.3 FM Lindley is determined to help share those stories. “I want to work with my colleagues… Continue reading WBHM news director Rachel Osier Lindley shares her vision for public radio in Birmingham
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How SocialVenture Saved See Jane Write Magazine
By Javacia Harris Bowser, See Jane Write Magazine Founding Editor Dirty dishes, dirty laundry, and old episodes of NCIS — all these things posed a serious threat to the launch of See Jane Write Magazine. Back in June I had plans to spend four to eight hours each day working on my magazine project. I had to write… Continue reading How SocialVenture Saved See Jane Write Magazine
Celebrating girl power with the Birmingham Girls Club
By Javacia Harris Bowser We called them Girl Power Pow Wows. Sherri Ross Walters and I would meet with some of our best gal pals at a Birmingham-area restaurant and chat about our goals and personal projects. During one of these meetings Sherri shared an idea she had to start an organization for women, an… Continue reading Celebrating girl power with the Birmingham Girls Club
Southern Women’s Show giveaway by Kathryn Lang and Peculiar Productions
By Javacia Harris Bowser, See Jane Write Magazine founding editor Kathryn Lang wants to help you discover your purpose and she wants to help you pursue that purpose. She believes she can do all this with four simple questions: Why? What? How? and When? These four questions are the core of her new book… Continue reading Southern Women’s Show giveaway by Kathryn Lang and Peculiar Productions
The Birmingham Project and How to Sound Smart when Writing about Art
By Clair McLafferty On September 15, 1963, six children’s lives were ended when the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church was bombed. As an eleven-year-old, photographer Dawoud Bey saw images of Sarah Collins, the sister of one of the four little girls. The artist credits these photographs as the inspiration for The Birmingham Project. Fifty years after… Continue reading The Birmingham Project and How to Sound Smart when Writing about Art
Six Steps to Transforming Your Community
By Jessica Jack Wyrick What does it take to transform a community? The solution – much like the challenge – is complex. A variety of factors (social, historic, economic) shape communities over time. So when you’re working against decades of status quo, where can you begin to enact positive change? Simply put,… Continue reading Six Steps to Transforming Your Community