Support the Youth of the Neighborhood You Party In! TEDxAtlanta YoBoulevard! Summer of Possibility
Divas of House endeavors to not only empower through house music but, as our mission states, connect artist to community. We are proud supports and volunteers with the TEDxAtlanta initiative YoBoulevard! Summer of Possibility.
About the Boulevard Corridor & the Year of Boulevard
The Old Fourth Ward is one of intown Atlanta’s rapidly gentrifying neighborhoods…and one of its most historic. The very seat of the American civil rights movement, the Old Fourth Ward boasts Ebenezer Baptist Church and the Martin Luther King, Jr., Memorial. Nearby, many of the Old Fourth Ward’s factories are becoming lofts, businesses, restaurants and bars.
But through the middle of O4W runs Boulevard, a corridor infamous for its Section 8 housing and street drug sales. More than 600 kids, 19 or younger, live along the Boulevard corridor, and almost half of them live below the poverty line. We often drive through the Old Fourth Ward oblivious to these children, but they represent the future of the Old Fourth Ward, its bordering neighborhoods and the entire city of Atlanta.
Atlanta City Councilman Kwanza Hall kicked off 2012 with the “Year of Boulevard” initiative, aimed at turning the Boulevard corridor around. The TEDxAtlanta community has granted the Year of Boulevard project a wish, offering the 640 kids living in the Boulevard corridor the “Summer of Possibility.” That means this summer, the TEDxAtlanta community has agreed to fund summer-camp scholarships, assist in finding 20 internships, and offer entrepreneurial opportunities for the neighborhood’s eligible youths.
The “Summer of Possibility” will kickoff on May 19th on the Boulevard campus. Our desire is to create a summer of opportunity for the young people of the Boulevard corridor, to empower their lives and support their personal growth, not just this summer but also into the years ahead.
| Mission
Divas of House is an Atlanta based nonprofit arts organization committed to empowering women, educating and uniting youth, artists and community through House music and dance culture to inspire positive social change
Vision |
Diva Speak is our on-going writer’s project created to capture and archive the stories of the women of house music and dance culture. This on-going literary project will culminate with an electronic publication of an anthology of work inspired by house music and the women who participate and define the culture on their own terms.
Diva Speak - Yolanda “Yolie” Huff
Diva Speak – N!Ni “EternalSol” Juliano
Diva Speak – Jeannie Hopper
Diva Speak – Nadeeah Eshe
Diva Speak – Zsa Zsa
Diva Speak- Celeste Alexander
Diva Speak-DJ Sabine
Dare to Be Aware
Dare to be Aware is our annual fundraiser that brings awareness to an organization and or issue of choice. Each year the Divas of House Board of Directors vote on a cause to champion and endeavors to bring awareness to that cause by partnering with an organization in a fundraising effort. Through music and edu-TAINMEN T, Divas of House believes that boldly confronting an issue is the best way to address and find ways to remedy that issue. Music is a universal language and Divas of House dares to bring awareness to societal issues using house music and dance culture as the medium of choice.
This event brought awareness to the Women’s Cancer Network. House music legendary vocalist K-Joy and her “I Am Woman” project brought together 10 of House Music’s most prolific vocalists including Martha Wash and Carolyn Harding to sing a song that paid homage to those women who have lost and won the battle against ALL forms of cancer. This event featured an ALL female DJ line that included DJ Sabine, DJ Celeste, DJ Fire and DJ Donna Baby. Proceeds from this event went to the Women’s Cancer Network. All patrons received gift bags courtesy of Natural Body Spa & Shop and complimentary condoms courtesy of Lifestyle
October 2009
Divas for Self Defense
Divas for Self Defense was our first of many future self defense workshops. The event featured demonstrations and hand to hand self defense techniques facilitated by the Atlanta Branch of the Kung Fu Academy
Feed the People
Every 2nd & 4th Sunday of the month Divas of House volunteers with the FTP Movement on the Feed the People Project. This selfless form of humanitarianism aims to meet the homeless where they are at, under bridges, alley ways and street corners and provide the with basic necessities. Part political party social the Feed the People program aims to shed light on the growing epidemic of homelessness in urban areas while providing a basic service that, unfortunately city governments across the country have failed to adequately address.
Tambor Cancer Awareness Fundraiser
October 2010
This event marked Tambor‘s first of many fundraisers. As one of our partners and supporters Tambor reached out to Divas of House on a collaborative party that would raise money for breast cancer research while providing some of the best music and DJing that deep house has to offer! This year’s event featured DJs Miss Kai and Internationally renowned vocalist and DJ, Vega Records own Anane.
Divas of House & Hiecue Art present Sights and Sounds (Every 1st Friday of the Month)
Sights and Sounds is a monthly Atlanta late night deep house and visual arts experience. Co founded by Hiecue Art (www.hiecue.com) and Divas of House
These two creatives joined forces Dec. 2010 with one idea in mind, to create for self and for others within the mediums that they know and love in 2011 and beyond. We are Sights and Sounds!
Come join Divas of House as we join and show support in the form of active participation with the FTP Movement as they Feed the People on Sunday Sept. 12th and every 2nd and 4th Sunday of the month.
The FTP Movement is a machine and what makes the machine work is the belief in family ties, trust, loyalty, integrity, discipline and punctuality.
The FTP Movement is an innovative community whirlwind and recognized organizational conglomerate. A bright vivid picture of the changing of the guards, the Movement’s primary focus is to serve as an activator of the community. The FTP Movement is a strong advocate of building institutions and providing practical solutions for the people. We believe in putting theory into practice by implementing viable programs that actually benefit those who need them most.
The FTP Movement deals with a plethora of issues including (but not limited to); Education, hunger, homelessness, police brutality, political prisoners, health, youth development and gang intervention.
FTP is an acronym that means For The People, Feed The People, Fruition Through Persistence, Free The Prisoners or whatever else you can think of in any given situation. Visit http://ftpmovement.ning.com/ and join the movement!
