Howard Village Legacy Grant Sponsor Spotlight: Matt Miller aka @boom.dancehealing

We’re honored to spotlight Matt Miller—also known as Bboy Boom of @boom.dancehealing—as a proud grant sponsor of the Howard Village Legacy Grant.

Through Boom Dance Healing, Matt brings joy, movement, and healing to public spaces with curated boombox playlists that invite people to dance, connect, and just be. His freestyle performances and heartfelt voice on emotional wellness serve as a public health service—normalizing recovery, advocating for mental health, and creating opportunities for safe, spontaneous community interaction.

Thank you, Matt, for sponsoring this grant and for using your art to heal, uplift, and inspire.

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Sheena Howard

Dr. Sheena C. Howard is the first Black woman to win an Eisner award at San Diego Comic-Con for her first book, Black Comics: Politics of Race and Representation (2014). The Eisner is considered the ‘Oscars of Comics.’ Howard has published comic books for both Marvel (Illusion of Fairness, 2023) and DC (Fresh Air in Philly, 2021, and others) comics. She has written a graphic novel and stage play for DMC (from RUN-DMC), published with Bloomsbury (Black Comics: Politics of Race and Representation, 2014), Chicago Review Press (Encyclopedia of Black Comics, 2017), BenBella Press (Why Wakanda Matters, 2021), and more. In addition, her work has received numerous book awards, including an American Library Association’s Outstanding Reference Sourcebook award and more. Her books have been featured in Good Morning America, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and more. She is also the subject of an Emmy-nominated episode of State of the Arts. Finally, Dr. Howard writes and ghostwrites for celebrities, CEOs, and social impact companies that seek to empower, inspire, and motivate.

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Howard Village Legacy Grant Sponsor Spotlight: Matt Miller aka @boom.dancehealing

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