This Black History Month, I am especially grateful for opportunities like serving on the Board of the N’Kenge Foundation. Our mission is to educate, mentor, inspire, and uplift through the arts by magnifying BIPOC stories in educational initiatives and community engagement programs focused on mental health and financial literacy — healing through the arts.

To work on a project that can impact so many young lives is truly a blessing.

Today, your impact goes even further — gifts are being matched dollar for dollar. I’m asking friends and family to make a tax-deductible donation to the N’Kenge Foundation to help bring 300 students from local NY/NJ schools to see the new musical at no cost to them. Tickets for school groups are just $25 per student, and each student receives:

• In-School Preview & Discussion through the Beyond The Spotlight program, featuring live music performances and conversations about Dorothy’s mental health…