Category Archives: "General"

Click here to read Website Article on the UN’s “Africa Day” Event

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On April 23, 2011, Cheryl Wills and her traveling choir, Ensemble of Praize, brought a special presentation to The Bowery Mission on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. The Bowery Mission has served homeless and hungry New Yorkers since 1879, when its neighborhood came to define the term “skid row.” Our children’s programs, called Kids With A

Click here to Read Huffington Post Blog that touched a nerve with many!

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CLICK HERE TO WATCH CHERYL'S PRESENTATION AT THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES     

Cheryl Wills joins acclaimed playwright Matthew Lopez on stage for a talkback with the audience after a performance of “The Whipping Man” starring two-time Emmy® Award winner André Braugher (“Men of a Certain Age,” “Homicide”), alongside André Holland and Jay Wilkison in the New York debut of Matthew Lopez’s fascinating new play. Tony Award® winner

Click here to watch Cheryl's speech at the United Nations!

Cheryl firmly believes that students need to understand and appreciate the legacy of Africans during the Antebellum, The Civil War and Reconstruction periods. Cheryl visits schools and teaches students about her great-great-great grandparents struggle from slavery to freedom and reminds people that her story is also ‘their story’. In this 2011 photo, she plucks middle

click here to watch Cheryl Wills Talk about Die Free on national television