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Thirty Women Featured in a Photographic Essay in Museum Gallery of White Plains Public Library
A documentary project of photographs and narratives of 30 outstanding African-American women will be on display in the Museum Gallery of the White Plains Public Library through August 30, 2002.
Westchester Women of African Descent is a collaboration between Gil Bassak, editor and freelance writer, and Carole Mehta, photographer and project founder and director. "The goal of this exhibit is to provide young women with positive and realistic role models from their local Westchester communities. Rather than icons from the worlds of entertainment and sports, we proposed featuring women of color who have contributed significantly to their communities through other professions and volunteer positions," said project founder Carole Mehta. "The women in this project are but a small representation of the many women of African descent who have made and are making a significant difference in their communities."
Women featured in the exhibit include Hon. Lois Bronz, Chairperson, Westchester County Board of Legislators, Rebecca Waller-Bright, Chairperson for the Board of Directors of the Early Learning Center of White Plains and Mary Burwell, founder of the DeKalb Family Group and after-school Program Supervisor for the City of White Plains Youth Bureau.
The project is sponsored by The Communitarian Unitarian Church in White Plains, and is funded in part by the Fund for Unitarian Universalist Social Responsibility.