Tish Jones is the founder and executive director of TruArtSpeaks, which “cultivates literacy, leadership and social justice through the study & application of Hip Hop culture. TruArtSpeaks was recently awarded a Knight Cities Arts Challenge grant to create a Saint Paul Youth Poet Laureate program.
Tish joines host Steve Boland to talk about the creation of TruArtSpeaks, the first fundraising efforts before the formal corporation, why “doing the work” comes first and much more.