Speaking out, introducing children to the arts and providing faith-based education to low-income students were actions celebrated at the Juneteenth Trailblazers Awards earlier this month in Coralville. The Sankofa Outreach Connection, a group of women of color in Johnson County, presented the fourth-annual awards June 14 at the Radisson Hotel & Conference Center to Nikesha Jones-Jenkins, founder and director of the Jones Academy of Performing Arts in Coralville; Mariam Keita, a City High School senior; and Faith Academy, a K-6 private school in Iowa City.
Local Juneteenth Trailblazers Honored For Activism, Bolstering Children
Erin Jordan, The Gazette (Cedar Rapids)
Mon, 06/24/2019 - 11:18am
Sections: u.s.
Topics: Iowa Linn County Cedar Rapids
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