“Every young learner I work with walks away knowing they have personal power to choose and be the editor in chief of their own life story.”

A Force for the Arts: Honoring Minette Cooper
In Hampton Roads, the arts are a living, breathing presence—heard in the rhythm of a drum circle, seen in a dancer’s arc across a school gym, felt in the hush that follows a poem. Few people did more to ensure those moments could happen than Minette Cooper. Her leadership, vision, and relentless belief in the […]












