Sounds Of Authority To Ring Out Loud And Clear At Wenonah High School

By Solomon Crenshaw Jr.

For Yasha Stewart, it just made sense.

The choral instructor at Avondale Elementary School is the product of the public housing authority in Birmingham, lives in Birmingham public housing and is directing a musical event tonight with 50 children from public housing.

So, she thought, there could be no better name for the event than Sounds of Authority, which will be presented from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the auditorium at Wenonah High School. “This is the sound from each public housing neighborhood,” said the 28-year-old Stewart, who grew up in and lives in Elyton Village of the Housing Authority of the Birmingham District (HABD). She added that the name delivers a subtle message to the children that they have the authority to determine where they go in life.

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