Company Milestones
2025
- Awarded grant from Community Foundation of Western Mass.
- Welcomed five new Advisory Board Members.
2024
- Hosted the 5th Youth Development Program, "Birth of an Artist," at Dunbar Community Center
- Published the first anthology, Heavy is the Crown, featuring 22 authors
- Organized the Books over Brunch event to celebrate the release of the anthology
- Awarded a grant from the Women's Fund of Western Massachusetts to elevate the stories of women of color
- Launched second anthology project "Letter to My Younger Self"
2023
- Hosted 4th youth development program "Soft Life and Me" at Dunbar Community Center
- Hosted 2nd Queen's CONVO called "Heavy is the Crown"
- A Queen's Narrative was awarded the Springfield Chapter NAACP Award for Community Service
- Launched our 1st Anthology Project " Heavy is the Crown"
2022
- Establish the 1st Queen's Narrative Board with five new board member
- Hosted our 1st Queen's CONVO titled " Self-Care is Self- Defined"
- Hosted our 4th Queenin & Brunchin Event titled "Self-Care is Self-Defined"
2021
- Hosted community discussion in partnership with Arise for Social Justice about the movie "American Skin."
- Secured fiscal agent with the Women of Color Health Equity Collaborative Awarded funding through the Women's Fund of Western Mass to do youth development programming.
- Hosted 3rd youth program" Authentic Me and Double Dutch" w/Black Diamonds Double Dutch
- Hosted 3rd women empowerment bunch called "The Evolution of Purpose."
2020
- Hosted 2nd youth development series in collaboration with Dunbar Community Center
- Paused programming due to the pandemic
2019
- Hosted first women empowerment brunch called " Queenin & Brunchin"
- Hosted 2nd women empowerment brunch called "Falling in Love with Self."
2018
- Established "A Queen's Narrative" as an official organization
- Launched 1st youth development series in collaboration with Elias Brookings Elementary School