A Local Theater Founder’s Commitment to Black History and Youth Empowerment

The feature, written by Howard University News Service reporter Ashley Young, highlights how Children’s Legacy Theatre founder Jackie Carter is centering Black history and youth empowerment through her Southeast D.C. program.

Operating from a new space in a church on Alabama Avenue, the theater now serves 55–60 students per year, providing them with a nurturing environment to rehearse, grow, and have their voices heard hunewsservice.com. The article delves into Jackie’s personal journey—born in 1961, moving frequently through poverty and instability in Virginia, discovering her passion for performance at family events, pursuing theater at Howard University, and launching her youth-focused program in 1996 to address a lack of internships for theater students

You can read the article here.