Tish Jones is the founder and executive director of TruArtSpeaks, which ” cultivates literacy, leadership and social justice through the study & application of Hip Hop culture.” TruArtSpeaks was recently awarded a Knight Cities Art Challenge grant to create a Saint Paul Youth Poet Laureate program.
Tish joins host Steve Boland to talk about the origin of TruArtSpeaks as a nonprofit, raising money for art and social change, and “doing the work” as the critical focus of the organization.
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