Saying Goodbye
Not only did Art from Ashes lose a wonderful youth poet when Jessie Hernandez was killed at the end of January, but we lost a former workshop facilitator when Christy Bailey succumbed in June to cancer after a long and fierce fight. In the same month, ItsReaLight (Natasha Spence), who motivated and inspired hundreds of youth poets by serving with our agency, passed from Lupus.
We remember them with love.
Christy Bailey
Click here to attend Christy’s memorial service at Lighthouse Writers
Christy and Lisa at Running of the Gays 2011
Read more about and by Christy here:
Hunger Mountain and Rochester Magazine
ItsReaLight (Natasha Spence)
Support ItsReaLight’s burial fund by clicking on her photo.
Listen to ItsReaLight’s words here:
