June 29, 2023 by Janis Kearney, Founder
Thank you to each and every supporter who has helped us get over half way to our goal. Your kindness and generosity is forever appreciated.
We’d love to formally invite you to a pop-up summer bash for youth in the neighborhood in the backyard of the Maya House – 1722 Wolfe Street, on July 15, from 10-11:30. There will be an art teacher and children’s book author!
Please join us if you’re able, and continue sharing this fundraiser as well. We can’t do this without you – every donation, share, like, and comment goes a long way. Thank you!
We need you!
In honor of Dr. Maya Angelou’s day of passing on May 28, 2014, Celebrate! Maya Project is seeking support to build the Dr. Maya Angelou Home in Little Rock, Arkansas. This Home will celebrate Dr. Angelou, become our headquarters, allow us to host youth education initiatives, and much more. But first, we need to renovate! The organization has secured the home and the land, and now comes the hard part.
This May, in honor of the incredible Maya, we encourage you to make a donation to this initiative to allow her legacy to live on. Any donation, even $10 or $20, will help re-paint some walls, plot the garden, and make the community center a beacon. If you aren’t in a place to donate, please share our GoFundMe link on Instagram, Facebook, through text, everywhere you can!
- A Celebrate! Maya Headquarters
- A youth education development center to include more intentional youth initiatives in response to the “Lost Years,” of the COVID Pandemic
- A cross-generational community center honoring Dr. Angelou’s life and works
- A tourist attraction for visitors seeking to learn about Dr. Maya Angelou’s life and legacy
- And, a “Maya Angelou learning and living” garden for youth and the community
One of the organization’s primary missions is “taking Maya Angelou to Arkansas schools and communities,” to share about her role in changing the face of arts and humanity, and to help youth in the Arkansas delta see themselves in her. Her first memoir, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, chronicled Maya Angelou’s early life that was rife with racial and social challenges; and how, with perseverance and determination, she rose beyond her surroundings and early experiences. The Project seeks to ensure the children of the Delta that they too, can rise above their life obstacles and hardships.
