The Harriet Tubman Way to Love, Leadership and Legacy

I am a teaching artist and storyteller who portrays Harriet Tubman and uses history, literature, and creative expression to inspire growth, belonging, and healing. I am launching a new intergenerational arts initiative serving children and youth in foster care, shelters, and housing-insecure situations by connecting them with caring community elders, the GGs (community grandmothers), who provide consistent encouragement and guidance through shared artistic experiences. The project centers on storytelling as an artistic practice and invites participants to discover their voice through spoken word, discussion, reflective writing, movement, and visual expression. Youth and adults create together, allowing supportive relationships to develop naturally while participants explore identity, trust, and resilience. Workshops function as creative learning spaces where participants are not only listeners but creators. Individuals respond to stories by developing their own artistic expression and sharing it with the group and the broader community. The program supports emerging artists and first-time creators by helping them recognize personal experiences as meaningful stories worth telling. Young people are introduced to multiple forms of expression and begin to see art as a tool for communication, confidence, and connection, while also experiencing consistent caring mentorship from adults who model love in actions.