Performances

Fannie Lou Hamer: This Little Light honors the memory and spirit of Mrs. Hamer. Past performance venues include: National Conference of Black Mayors; the Belize Rural Women's Association; Central America; Kati-Kati Cultural Center in Albany, Georgia; the Women's Press Centre in New Delhi, India; Harvard; Cornell; Bates; Colby; Jackson State; Mississippi University for Women; Tuskegee; Ole Miss;  the Fourth World Women's Conference in Beijing, China; the national dance company of the University of Ghana in West Africa, and the National Black Theatre in Harlem.

Black Belt Community Organizing

In everything, Billie Jean Young works to bring attention to the economic and social injustices prevalent in the area of the deep South known as the Black Belt region. To that end, and in the spirit of Fannie Lou Hamer, Billie Jean and members and partners of the Southwest Alabama Association of Rural & Minority Women, Inc. are joining hands to promote universal health care coverage by organizing hearings to be held in the Black Belt--opportunities for citizens to dialogue with members of Congress. Look for more information on the hearings to come.

Speaking Engagements & Poetry Readings

Billie Jean represents her non-profit organizations, the Drama Project/Southwest Alabama Association of Rural and Minority women nationwide and in other countries.  In addition, she reads her poetry and speaks on college campuses and at organizational conferences on a wide variety of topics including African American culture and history, literature, the Civil Rights Movement, poetry, storytelling, and theater.