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Stories Project: Christine Yvette Lewis

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Storytelling medicates, it advocates, it heals, it triggers, it provokes. It is really a wonderful source of how we build a community.
— CHRISTINE YVETTE LEWIS – Community Organizer | Crown Heights, Brooklyn

A multi-disciplined performing artist, Christine Yvette Lewis, is an actress, poet, musician, organizer, activist, and member of the Domestic Workers United (DWU). From advocating in Albany for a Domestic Workers Bill of Rights to hosting poetry Pop-ups in the Park, Christine amplifies the need for fair labor standards and a decent living wage, while advocating for power and respect for women who live and work in the shadows.


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