Elevating the Arts: Gloria’s Final Written Words

Why we need to elevate the arts:

To give a voice to the VOICELESS and

A choice to the CHOICELESS.

Keep our dreams alive.

Increase understanding among people, thereby increasing respect and peace among our citizenry.

Let youth reach their potential.

Sanction the experiences of the less-understood groups.

Cultivate what is good about our culture and weed out the harmful.

The Nick (Beloved Independent Movie Theater in Columbia, SC)

Brings disparate parts of the community together for celebrations.

Makes our city more welcoming.

Helps our community reconcile past and future.

Supports youth programs for the arts.

Offers something for everyone!

Serves as a beacon for Main Street.

Makes the city more attractive to high-quality development.

Gloria in front of the Nick before seeing her son in the movie Live From Trona.

Gloria on Bernal Hill, San Francisco.