Past 100 Women DBA Events & Projects
100 WOMEN DBA – Restorative Justice
In early 2020, a young woman, Mariah Eley, was thrown a racist doll at a large Mardi Gras parade. Mariah was then bullied at school when a newspaper article was published. The 100 WOMEN DBA met to discuss how to address this issue. The Winter Institute was contacted and plans were in place to hold a restorative justice conversation with senior staff member, April Grayson. On Mardi Gras day, the 100 WOMEN DBA crowned Mariah the first queen of its marching krewe, and shortly afterwards the pandemic began and the conversations never had a chance to be held.
Mariah Eley (photo by Brenda Comer)
100 WOMEN DBA – Love All
To help Mariah Eley’s family with any legal counsel they might need, member Ann Madden created LOVE ALL stickers to be sold at the 100 Men Hall, Smith & Lens, Studio Waveland, Mockingbird Café, and Align Massage Therapy – all proceeds to be given to the family.
100 WOMEN DBA – Keller Street Clean Up
The 100 WOMEN DBA hosted a street clean up on Keller Street off Bookter Street on March 27, 2021. The street had become a dumping site for tires and trash and kudzu was overtaking the area.
100 WOMEN DBA – Food 4 Youth
The 100 WOMEN DBA and Christ Episcopal Church collected, sorted and provided food bags for youth in need on Saturday August 29, 2020 to Hancock Public Libraries and the 100 Men Hall. The bags were available in front of each institution. The food bags contained nonperishable items that could be prepared by youth, personal care items such as shampoo and lotion and notes of encouragement from the NAACP Youth & College Division teens.
100 WOMEN DBA - Listening Booths
The 100 WOMEN DBA, a program under the 100 Men Hall, hosted six listening booths* on Saturday, May 30, 2020 from 1PM to 5PM outside the Hall for members of the community to express themselves about the rash killing of African Americans across the country. Members were invited to Ocean Springs to the lawn of the Mary C. to recreate the listening booths there in June, 2020. *A listening booth is a place where a person is given space to be heard by another member in the community. The listener does not speak and because this was during the pandemic, wore a mask for safe practice. Anyone in the community who wanted to express themselves about these tragic events were welcomed.
Photos by Ann Madden
100 WOMEN DBA – Women For Progress March
The 100 WOMEN DBA invited the community to march with them in a peaceful protest about the killing of Black people in the United States on Friday, June 19, 2020. Studio Waveland invited marchers to make signs the Tuesday prior, and Ann Madden offered free family portraits to any Black families prior to the march (all photos were made available to the families at no cost). The route for the march started at the steps of 100 Men Hall and continued down South Necaise Avenue to Main Street ending at Hancock Country Courthouse on 152 Main Street. All city officials were invited to attend, Police Chief Gary Ponthieux Jr was the sole city official who came and spoke.
Photo by Ann Madden
