Big Ups to Halima Adams
In our ongoing hats-off to our outstanding volunteers, Code Z is happy to acknowledge the contributions of Halima Adams, a mainstay Code Z writer and outreach coordinator.
Halima came to Code Z when our managing editor, Makeba, contacted her about the position. She describes herself as a "victim of the suburbs," and grew up in a predominantly Jewish neighborhood. She spent her undergrad years at Florida A & M, studying public relations.
Halima’s style of writing is a stream of consciousness; she looks at the information and then starts typing. With Code Z she is able to write without the pressures of more formal publications. Halima says that she starts with a basic skeleton with social commentary, then constructs something that the reader can take in, ponder, and then do something about.
Halima considers herself an outsider within the art community, balancing the roles of creator and appreciator, which she hopes will bridge the divide between the traditional, exclusive art audiences and "the people."
Ultimately, Halima's interests are in development and exchange--cultural, professional, and artistic. She feels that small things can catapult a community into greatness. She believes in the power and pace of things done on a small basis, which add up, piece by piece, day by day.
20 April 2007