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Program Directors
ADOPT-A-TELLER CO-DIRECTOR
Bunjo Butler - Baltimore, MD
"The West Baltimore Talking Drum"
Past President, NABS; Past President, Griots' Circle of Maryland
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Favorite Proverb: "Envy not the oppressor, nor take on any of the oppressor’s evil ways." ~ Proverbs 3:31
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ADOPT-A-TELLER CO-DIRECTOR
Karen Abdul-Malik, "Queen Nur" - Willingboro, NJ
​Past President, NABS
Favorite Quote: "Jaliya is my greatest weapon" - Gai
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AFFILIATE CO-DIRECTOR
Denise Chapman Acosta - Buffalo, New York
​Past President Tradition Keepers: Black Storytellers of WNY
Favorite Saying: " I never lose. I either win or learn." ~ Nelson Mandela
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AFFILIATE CO-DIRECTOR, FESTIVAL DIRECTOR
TAHIRA - Claymont, DE
Favorite Saying: "Children are like flowers. The words adults speak to children should be like rain." ~ TAHIRA
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COLLEGIATE AFFILIATE DIRECTOR
Cheryl "Sparkle" Mosley - Charlotte, NC
Past President, NABS; Past President NCABS
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Favorite Quote:"If you want to go fast go alone. If you want to go far go together."
~ African Proverb
YOUTH PROGRAM CO-DIRECTOR
Elisha Minter "Mother Minter" - Charlotte, NC
​Past Chaplin, NCABS
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Favorite Proverb: "Train up a child in the way he go: and when he is old he will not depart." ~ Proverbs 22:6
YOUTH PROGRAM CO-DIRECTOR
Keesha Dixon - Indianapolis, IN
Executive Director of The Asante Children's Theatre
Favorite Quote: "We can make our plans, but the LORD determines our steps." ~ Proverbs 16:9 New Living Translation