Felicia Pride

Felicia Pride

Felicia Pride is an American author, educator, and entrepreneur.[1] She is the founder of strategic media and communications firm, Pride Collaborative, with more than ten years of experience working in creative writing, education and media.[2][3][4]

Biography

Background

Pride is a native of Baltimore, Maryland and received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration/Marketing from Towson University. She has a Master of Arts in Writing and Publishing from Emerson College.[5] Currently, she is a Hip-Hop Fellow at New York University.[6]

Books

Pride is the author of several books.

Of note is her young adult novel, Patterson Heights, which was a 2010 ALA Pick for Reluctant Readers.[7]

Her motivational book of essays, The Message: Life Lessons from Hip-Hop’s Greatest Songs, has been used as a teaching tool to engage students in classrooms across the country and was recently re-published by NBC Universal.[8][9][10][11]

Entrepreneurship/Professional Work

For seven years (2004-2011), Pride ran BackList, an organization she founded to nurture and highlight underrepresented voices and stories.[12][13]

In 2012, she launched a new firm, Pride Collaborative, a content agency which embraces a broader focus on storytelling.[3]

She also founded The Create Daily, a curated resource of opportunity for content creators that’s delivered daily via email.[14]

Works

Books

Presentations and Appearances

Felicia Pride has presented at numerous colleges, universities, libraries, conferences, and literary festivals.[15][16][17][18]

External links

References

  1. ↑ "Felicia Pride | The Maynard Institute for Journalism Education". Maynardije.org. 2011-08-09. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
  2. ↑ Looney, Margaret (2013-01-30). "5 Tips for Transmedia Storytelling | Mediashift". PBS. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
  3. 1 2 "a cross-platform media company". pride collaborative. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
  4. ↑ "How To Use Your Writing To Build A Platform With Felicia Pride". Thephatstartup.com. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
  5. ↑ "Felicia Pride | Emerson College". Emerson.edu. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
  6. ↑ https://web.archive.org/20121004111116/http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/metrocenter/hiphopeducation/who/fellows. Archived from the original on October 4, 2012. Retrieved December 20, 2012. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. ↑ "Patterson Heights (Kimani TRU): Felicia Pride: 9780373831487: Amazon.com: Books". Amazon.com. 2009-10-01. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
  8. ↑ "The Message: Life Lessons From Hip Hop’s Greatest Songs Focuses On Rap Messages For Youth". Hip-Hop Wired. 2012-10-16. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
  9. ↑ Marco R. della Cava, USA TODAY (2008-01-14). "Read between the lyrics of these pop hits - USATODAY.com". Usatoday30.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
  10. ↑ Pride, Felicia (2012-10-08). "The Educators’ Guide to The Message". NBC Publishing. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
  11. ↑ "Getting 'The Message' from Hip-Hop Lyrics". NPR. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
  12. ↑ "The BackList". Thebacklist.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
  13. ↑ "Felicia Pride". Urbaniamag.com. 2010-01-29. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
  14. ↑ https://web.archive.org/20140714045639/http://thecreatedaily.com:80/about/. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved December 20, 2012. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  15. ↑ Gibbs, Etienne A. (2008-03-19). "Maximizing Your Potential: Meet Felicia Pride: Author, Speaker, and Literacy Advocate". Maximizingyourpotential.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
  16. ↑ https://web.archive.org/20120401004243/http://diydays.com:80/portfolio/felicia-pride/. Archived from the original on April 1, 2012. Retrieved December 20, 2012. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  17. ↑ Bloomstein, Margot. "Confab Events". Confab Events. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
  18. ↑ "Tour". felicia pride. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
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