Tyrone Flowers in Mama, I Want to Sing: The Next Generation at Dempsey Theater, 2012. Photo credit: G. N. Miller.
Inspired by world tours of Mama, I Want to Sing in Europe, the Caribbean, Japan, and the United States, Vy Higginsen created the Mama Foundation for the Arts to help re-establish Harlem as an artistic and cultural centerpiece of the world.
Mama’s mission is to present, preserve, and promote gospel, jazz, and the R&B arts for current and future generations.