Congratulations Sister Carole

Sister Carole Mu’min was the guest speaker at this years Annual Black History Month celebration and Recognition of Charles “Chuck” Hicks Founder & Director of the DC Black History Celebration Committee. The event was held at the  Southwest Neighborhood Assembly Arena Stage, Mead Center for American Theater. A well attended event by the Muslim community for Sis Carole, one of Washington, DC’s admired playwrights, producers, literary artists and community activists. The former University of the District of Columbia adjunct professor, public and private sector program consultant and adult education trainer has over thirty years of organizational and administrative experience in the District of Columbia. 

Although her formal training was in film and television production, she made the transition to stage/theater when she wrote and produced the acclaimed stage play, Where Eagles Fly. Some current stage and film writing, directing, and production projects include Malcolm, Martin, Medgar; Saving Shaw School; The Perfect Pet; The Green-Eyed Monster Series; The World is My Oyster Series; The Lemonade Stand and I Just Want To Tell Somebody, which was funded by the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, as a Black History Month special presentation at the Woolly Mammoth Theatre. The Lemonade Stand was produced by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Page to Stage Festival and at Arena Stage as a best play for children and families. Carole is a member of the Dramatists Guild.

Carole was selected to serve in two Presidential Transition Offices, President Nixon and President Carter, after which she was invited to continue to serve in their Administrations as a White House staffer. In total, she has served during three White House Administrations: President Johnson, as a White House aide; President Nixon, as a member of the newly formed cutting-edge White House Communications team, where she became a recipient of the American University Ruder Finn Award in Broadcast Journalism; and President Carter, where she became a member of the White House Office of Presidential Personnel and became the first Muslim to work directly for a President as a White House staffer… and so much more.