The Morning Bishop Theatre Playhouse, Inc.
a theatre of purpose
Scholar Skype Series
The Scholar Skype Series is designed to connects professionals/scholars of their respective fields and inspirational persons with students in unique learning environments.The session is twenty minutes with a Q and A with the guest scholar. As pictured with Petri Bryd (Judge Judy), Bryd skyped with our students in November of 2013.
To date we have skyped the following scholars into our unique learning spaces and environments: Ifa Bayeza (Professor at Brown), Antwon Fisher (Author), Lamman Rucker (Actor/Entrepreneur), Lennix Harris (Actor), Tukwini Mandela (Granddaugher of Nelson Mandela, businesswoman),A'elia Bundles (Great, great granddaugher of Madme CJ Walker. journalist, author), Tyehimba Jess (Poet/Professor CUNY), Mayor Richard Gordon Hatcher, esq. (1st African-American Mayor of a major American city, Gary, Indiana), Ellie Hylton (Magna Cum Laude of Harvard University 2013, 1st African American to achieve this) and Edwidge Danticat (author/MacArthur Genius Grant Recipient).
Tukwini Mandela, busineswoman and granddaughter of Nelson Mandela was our first Spring Scholar of 2014. Tukwini Mandela obtained a BA degree in Social Work from the University of the Witwatersrand and a certificate in Account Management from the AAA School of Advertising. She moved on to Leo Burnett, an international advertising agency as an Account Executive and managed accounts such as the Coca-Cola, Procter and Gamble, Sasol and Kellogg's brands.She was head hunted by another advertising agency, FCB (Foote Cone and Belding) Johannesburg, as an Account Manager, where she managed and consulted on accounts including First National Bank, True Love and RSG, a radio station in the stable of the national broadcaster.Ms Mandela joined First National Bank as a Communications Consultant in the Advertising Unit where she consulted internal clients on marketing and communication strategies, project management, management of budgets, developments of advertising campaigns as well as the development of the Advertising Department's operating processes.
ADVOCACY ON CAPITOL HILL
The theatre sponsors youth every year for the past (3) years to learn how to advocate on issues such as Income Equity (Equal Pay for Equal Work), Stand Your Ground Laws, Affordable Housing and Cyberbullying.
Participants write about their experience advocating alongside veteran advocates and talking with congressional staff; in some cases Congressmen and women themselves.
