Who We Are
Our first celebration of Maya Angelou’s life and legacy’ was held in Stamps, Arkansas – the place she called home during much of her childhood. In partnership with the city of Stamps, Arkansas, the first and only recognition of her life and her passing was held at the Lafayette County High School on October 18, 2014. The Celebration was co-chaired by Stamps Mayor David Bright and Celebrate! Maya President Janis F. Kearney.
In January 2015, the group applied for and became a certified exempt non-profit organization. The organization promotes Maya Angelou’s life and legacy through public forums, writing, poetry and history workshops, and creative arts competitions. We seek to partner with schools throughout the state with a special emphasis on the Arkansas Delta regions, and feel it critical to enhance Arkansans’ knowledge of their native daughter by sharing information about her half-century of works.
Realizing that Maya Angelou is one of Arkansas and America’s most renowned poets, teachers and authors, and a daughter of the Arkansas Delta, we believe it is important to take Maya Angelou’s life messages into the schools and the communities to help youth see themselves in her. As chronicled in her first memoir, “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,” her childhood was rife with racial and social challenges. In spite of her hardships, however, she ‘rose,’ beyond her surroundings. The children of the Arkansas Delta must do no less.
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