Black Space": Tiffany E. McQueary on her work within the Jersey City Community , Sunday, February 25th @3pm EST
JCTC’S TALK SERIES ‘BLACK SPACE’ WITH ASHLEY NICOLE BAPTISTE CONTINUES WITH COMMUNITY ORGANIZER AND MAJOR SUPPORTER FOR THE PEOPLE OF JERSEY CITY, TIFFANY E. MCQUEARY, ON SUNDAY, FEB. 25th @ 3 PM EST
Baptiste, an actor, associate artistic director, producer, and a veteran youth theatre educator with the JCTC Youth Theatre and the Stories of Greenville initiative, “I want to create a virtual space where Black artists from around the world can come together and have a human-to-human exchange about art, race, and life,” she says. “This series is about expansion, and pushing past preconceived notions of Blackness.”Baptiste's next guest is Tiffany McQueary. They will be having a conversation about her life, and the work she has done for the community.
Tiffany E. McQueary was born in Hoboken, NJ and raised in Jersey City, NJ. She attended PS #15 in Jersey City, where she excelled academically. She attended Marist High School in Bayonne and was awarded the Scholar-Athlete Award upon graduation. Tiffany would then continue her academic career at New Jersey City University, where she served on the Student Government Executive Board and pledged a Community Service Fraternity Alpha Phi Omega.
It was during college that Tiffany realized that she had a deep passion for helping others after participating in multiple Habitat for Humanity Alternative Spring Breaks. After graduating magna cum laude in 2008, she then began working as Program Coordinator for Suits for Success Hudson County (previously known as Dress for Success Hudson County). While at Suits for Success, Tiffany helped thousands of clients on their journey to self-sufficiency, ensuring that they received the skills and resources that they needed. In 2009, while working at Suits for Success, Tiffany went back to school to pursue her master’s degree in Public Administration (MPA).
In 2011, Tiffany decided to get more involved in her local community and joined the I Love Greenville Community Partnership (ILGCP), led by Garden State CDC and worked along with a group of Steering Committee Members to develop the Greenville Community Plan (GCP), which addresses the most important issues in the Greenville community as identified by the community residents and stakeholders. Since 2016, Tiffany has served as chair of the I Love Greenville Community Partnership, the group that formed during that GCP planning process and has worked collectively to secure millions of Neighborhood Revitalization Tax Credit (NRTC) funding for organizations to focus on projects that address quality of life issues related to housing, employment, education, health and wellness, and economic development.
Tiffany graduated cum laude with her MPA in 2012 and took her talents to Marist High School as the Director of Marketing & Admissions where she worked to increase enrollment. In 2016, Tiffany was promoted to Chief Advancement Officer, and in 2017 she led a campaign that raised over $750,000 in five weeks to help postpone the inevitable closing of the school. After Marist closed its doors in 2020, Tiffany then went on to work for the Benedictine Sisters of Elizabeth as the Director of Development & Marketing, where she built a development program from the ground up. Since November of 2022, Tiffany has been serving as the first Development Officer for the Jersey City Free Public Library.
The conversation is taking place on Sunday, February 25th @ 3 pm EST; FB Live, Zoom webinar, and YouTube Live.
Webinar Link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88656175084?pwd=c3JLZVNUbUpMNkpJWXJ6bHl5c3dRUT09
Meeting ID: 886 5617 5084 | Passcode: 854513
“As our city gentrifies while retaining its diversity, and indeed as the world is changing in fundamental ways, being right in the middle of these conversations is essential,” says JCTC’s artistic director, Olga Levina. “For us as a theatre company dedicated to sparking conversations that lead to deeper respect and understanding, we know we need to create a safe place to listen and learn and collaborate.”