Musically Educating Assembly Programs

NanaBabies, a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization established in 2003 by Wincey Terry to produce live stage plays that use the performing arts to educate K-12 students about the culture and history of African and Latino people, women, and drug awareness.

Our mission is to invoke self-esteem and teach racial tolerance through programs in which we use music and drama to disseminate information, whether we are embarking on a journey that reveals the origins of the slave song, Negro spiritual, rhythm and blues, gospel, jazz and hip hop; exploring the lives of influential people from Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, and Cuba; focusing on the accomplishments of extraordinary women, or learning about the impact of narcotic substances.

Ethel Terry, affectionately known as Nana to 16 grandchildren, 3 great grandchildren, 50 plus foster children and friends and family members from New York to South Carolina made no distinction between her biological children and her “adopted” children. Perhaps that’s why she won numerous awards as a State of NJ certified Mentor and Division of Youth and Family Services Foster parent. Even after DYFS and Mentor clients reached adulthood, Nana continued her close relationship with each of them by opening her home so they could spend as many weekends and holidays together as possible. Ms. Terry admonished children everywhere to “get your education because that’s something no one can take from you!” In celebration of her memory and deep love for children, her youngest daughter, Wincey Terry founded Nana’s Babies.