About Us
Monk Youth Jazz and STEAM Collective, Inc. is a music and STEAM driven college and career readiness program.
Founded by members of the Thelonious Sphere Monk Family and Monk enthusiasts; Monk Youth Jazz seeks to inspire, educate, enlighten, uplift, unite, and cultivate a beloved multicultural community.
Founder
Marcella Monk Flake
Founding Members
Thelonious Sphere Monk III
Gale G. Monk
Dudley E. Flake
Board of Directors
Thelonious Sphere Monk III
Marcella Monk Flake
Makeda Brown
Kito Covington
Dudley E. Flake
Bryan Flowers II
Robin D.G. Kelley Ph.D
Spencer Luckey
Garry Monk Sr.
Phyllis Cummings-Texeira
Advisory Board
Beryl Bailey Ph. D
Celeste Beatty
Eliza Benitez
Otis Brown
Charles Collier
Doron Flake
James Harriott
Douglas Holloway
Nicole Ivy Ph.D
Bonnie Johnson
Jaquanna Soules
Committees
Planning Committee
Co-Chairs
Marcella Monk Flake
Phyllis Cummings-Texeira
Members
Thelonious Monk III
Celeste Beatty
Charles Collier
Rose Hunter
Bonnie Johnson
Technology Committee
Co-Chairs
Bryan Flowers II
Dudley E. Flake
Members
Otis Brown
James Harriott
Jaquanna Soules
Bonnie Johnson
Media Committee
Co-Chairs
Makeda Brown
Loren Bass-Sanford
Members
Eliza F. Benitez
Charles Collier
Doron Flake
Spencer Luckey
Grant Writing & Fundraising
Co-Chairs
Charles Collier
Spencer Luckey
Members
Thelonious Monk III
Dr. Nicole Ivy
Doron Flake
Dudley Flake
Albert Burt Glassman
Educational Consultants
Dr. Beryl Irene Bailey
Zakiyyah Baker
Dr. Pamela Monk Kelley
LaShante’ James
Photography & Website Design
Eliza F. Benitez, EBenitezPhotography.com