Tracey Pugh moved to Frisco when it was just beginning to develop. Since then, she has opened Frisco Music Center, located on Main Street in the city s Rail District.
Morrison’s staff joined charity to observe fast during Ramadan Staff at Morrisons Blackburn joined charity Aid 4 Ummah and their Muslim colleagues in observing a fast. Non-Muslim colleagues made the decision to fast to gain a sense of understanding of how it feels to fast and also visited the Jaame Mosque on Cumberland Street to learn more about the religion and how the local charity has assisted people in the lockdown. Aid 4 Ummah director, Salim Masum Mulla allowed the store manager Tracey Pugh and community champion Ryan Osman to gain an insight into the day to day operations of the charity, which included joining them on a drop off to the local Salvation Army to provide food donations as well as a guided tour of the mosque.
Morrison’s staff joined charity to observe fast during Ramadan Staff at Morrisons Blackburn joined charity Aid 4 Ummah and their Muslim colleagues in observing a fast. Non-Muslim colleagues made the decision to fast to gain a sense of understanding of how it feels to fast and also visited the Jaame Mosque on Cumberland Street to learn more about the religion and how the local charity has assisted people in the lockdown. Aid 4 Ummah director, Salim Masum Mulla allowed the store manager Tracey Pugh and community champion Ryan Osman to gain an insight into the day to day operations of the charity, which included joining them on a drop off to the local Salvation Army to provide food donations as well as a guided tour of the mosque.
“When I was a kid in school in Richardson ISD, I was really the only little girl who looked like me. The books that we read reflected that. I just didn’t want that for kids these days,” Pugh said.
Pugh, who has been an educator for two decades, recently released her new children’s books the Lil Tracey Series.
“I really needed my daughter to see this. I wanted to increase the visibility of the Black, female protagonist in children’s books,” Pugh said. “For me, it was about establishing a footprint of change through youth literacy development.”
Pugh has partnered with the #1000BlackGirlBooks campaign founded by Marley Dias, a teen author and activist, to donate books worldwide in order to increase the visibility of Black, female protagonists in children’s books.