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April 17, 2024

RE-IMAGINING IN ACTION

Houston's Rev. Nailah Nelson on her work as a community leader and the National Director of the Shrine Cultural and Event Center.

Article and photo by Aswad Walker for The Houston Defender.

DEFENDER: When did you start working at the Cultural and Event Center?

NELSON: I started in 2012, right after Hurricane Ike destroyed the building and we were in a fight with our insurance company. After they gave us our premiums back, Bishop Kimathi was involved with the renovation process. And I, at that time, agreed to come in as manager. After the building was cleaned up, despite the loss of $2 million worth of inventory, we realized all we had was a bunch of empty rooms. And even the art and books we salvaged, that was just enough to put in our gallery. So, what we had was a space, a lot of space, 40,000 square feet. So, we turned into an event center. We reimagined ourselves.

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