OUR NEXT GUEST FOR WEDNESDAY: 🙌🏽 SHELLEY FASHAN🙌🏽 Shelley has a lengthy history of community involvement, activism and volunteerism. She
has served on the East Coast Music Association, the Nova Scotia Arts Council, which
was responsible for creating the Portia White Prize. the Lieutenant Governor
Masterworks Award and a founding member of the Nova Scotia Mass Choir and the
African Nova Scotian Music Association. She currently sits on the boards of the African
Nova Scotian Music Association, the Charles Taylor Theatre and Media Arts
Association, the Eastern Shore Cooperator and The Descendants of African Americans
Living in Nova Scotia.
Shelley is a documentary filmmaker and co-creator of The Emerging Lens Cultural Film
Festival which celebrates its 10th year of production. She is known for her work with
young and emerging artist and creating spaces for them to grow and develop in their
disciplines.
Shelley is a cultural producer who has produced several Singer/Songwriter Circles of
local artists, including a tribute to African Nova Scotian Roots Artists, “Four The
Moment” and most recently in May 2019, she produced a most successful evening
called “ Sistas In the Struggle Black Feminist Panel.
She leaves her current position as the project coordinator for the Pathways to Irving
Shipbuilding, a project that provides opportunities for 20 African Nova Scotian to train as
Welders at NSCC and apprentice with Irving.

Come thru on Wed May 20th on @hubhfx at 6:00pm!