Episode 39: The Power of Women and Words with guests Christina Parrish Stone and Ebony Payne English - a podcast by Taste Test Live

After a full day delay of our podcast, we are proud to present a special 2-hour show with guests: two managing directors, Christina Parrish Stone from Friends of Hemming Park and Ebony Payne-English with The Performers Academy. These influential women joined the hosts to discuss collaborating with Hope At Hand and the Florida Humanities Council on National Poetry Month, Jax Poetry Fest kickoff at Downtown Jacksonville's First Wednesday Art Walk and a closing ceremony with Peabody & Emmy winning poet and writer, Al Letson on April 27th in Hemming Park.
 
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Interview Notes:
What is Christina doing now? She says "working with Hemming Park has been one of the best experiences"
Jax Poetry Fest - partnering with Performers Academy and Hope at Hand, Inc.
This year a lot of events will be held in Hemming Park
What is it like living in Springfield? She’s loved it. A friend of hers wrote a piece for HuffPost about how Jacksonville has so many distinct neighborhoods but nothing going on downtown
She’s always loved art, she studied art as a child. Her mother was a writer and artist but Christina didn’t get super into art till she became part of SPAR
Sculpture Project in Hemming Park: 3 separate sculptures being put into the park this summer. Hemming Park teamed up with UNF, all three sculptures are made by students
Collaboration is key
 
Ebony Payne English is a literary artist with several awards. As acting Managing Director of The Performers Academy, she has been featured in many different types of digital media. She has a discography of 5 albums to date
Ebony’s involvement with Jax Poetry Month, a lot of nationally recognized poets are Jax natives
Performance Academy teaches troubled kids poetry much like Hope at Hand
What to look forward to in April? Festival kicks off on April 3, in the Jax Makerspace inside the main library in downtown Jacksonville. There will be poetry performances all night. On April 7, MOCA Jacksonville a performance of “The God MC” will be held in their auditorium
As two women in leadership are there any struggles?
Christina says there is one advantage of being a woman: we tend to be more collaborative
Christina faces more struggles being a woman when she was in the banking and law workforce.
Ebony says: she has the ability to be a master creator not because she has a womb
Ebony recently became a mother, how has being a mother changed her? “There is no good like motherhood” It has changed her completely. Her child is the most important and closest person in her inner circle.
 
About Christina Parrish Stone
Christina is a long-time advocate for Jacksonville’s urban neighborhoods, with significant experience in historic preservation and the use of arts and culture as tools for community development. A resident of Historic Springfield, she retired from a twenty-year career as an attorney specializing in real estate law, served as executive director of the Springfield Preservation and Revitalization for 7 years and now serves as Managing Director of Friends of Hemming Park, a nonprofit organization contracted with the city to revitalize the park in the center of Downtown. Christina was responsible for founding Jacksonville PorchFest, an annual music festival that brings thousands of people to Springfield to enjoy dozens of performances on porches and in parks throughout the historic district. A board member or chair of several other civic organizations, Christina recently completed her goal of visiting each of the fifty United States and believes Jacksonville is poised to end its reign as America’s most underrated, unappreciated, and misunderstood city.
 
About Ebony Payne-English
Ebony Payne-English is a literary artist

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