CREW LOVE : Sean Simpson

CREW LOVE : Sean Simpson

Reading Time: < 1 minuteMeet Sean Simpson, Programs Manager! “Crew Love” is an ongoing series that explores our team and gives insight as to why they believe in MORTAR’s mission.  Your name?Sean! Your Neighborhood?Northside What drew you to...
Let’s Get to the Money

Let’s Get to the Money

Reading Time: 2 minutes“We are happy to get the kind of money that jingles, but we’d rather have the kind that folds.” That line from “Coming to America” was great. It echoed the offering time at churches and on tv that many of us roll...
the WOMEN of MORTAR – Kiaya Carter

the WOMEN of MORTAR – Kiaya Carter

Reading Time: 3 minutes Meet Kiaya Carter. Kiaya is the creative powerhouse and Chief Operator of I Am Kiaya, under her tutelage, lives a conceptual documentary-style photography company, Black woman-centered birth doula services, and a consulting business that...
the WOMEN of MORTAR – Katie Lindsay

the WOMEN of MORTAR – Katie Lindsay

Reading Time: 1 minute   What was your experience like going through the MORTAR program? KL: Going through the MORTAR class was enlightening. Like the lightbulb went off. I had been catering but didn’t know what direction or what resources to use or how to establish...