We seek to make connections and create new unions by telling stories that add to our beautiful, yet often fractured, collective. We ask that you join us on our journey to document humanity through film, theatre, poetry, and dance.
About Kelvin Z. Phillips, Founder and Chief Creative Officer
Kelvin is a visionary cultural leader and award-winning creative strategist working at the intersection of storytelling, social impact, and operational transformation. Through Bridging Stories, Kelvin builds narrative power within communities, challenges deficit-based frameworks, and reimagines what’s possible through film, public media, and immersive storytelling..
His work has been showcased at numerous festivals and on platforms including HBO, Prime, Cinemax, Tubi, and BET. His creativity has earned support from the Jerome Foundation, Art Matters, Inc., the Brooklyn Arts and Cultural Association, and Apparatus Productions, co-founded by Christine Vachon and Todd Haynes.
Recognized for his screenwriting, Kelvin is the recipient of the Laurel Productions and Herbert Beigel Screenwriting Awards, and a distinguished alumnus of the Guy Hanks/Marvin Miller Screenwriting Fellowship.
He holds a BA in film directing from Howard University, where he studied under Ethiopian filmmaker Haile Gerima, and an MFA in Dramatic Writing from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. Beyond filmmaking, he applies his skills in program leadership, creative operations, and executive producing across public media, digital content, and social impact spaces—developing narrative toolkits and award-winning content that transforms how communities tell their stories.
About Carla L. Jackson, Founder and Chief Marketing Officer
A seasoned education, marketing and public relations professional with over twenty years of experience, throughout her career, Carla has created sustainable and meaningful relationships for clients and their audiences including for Nike, the “Hip-Hop International Dance Championship,” and for “August Wilson’s Jitney” (off-broadway) and “King Hedley ll” (Broadway). Carla received her BA in Theatre from Fordham University, her MFA in Theatre Management from the Yale School of Drama (former title), and her MSMI from the Fordham Gabelli School of Business.
Currently, Carla serves as an Assistant Dean at the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale, and the General Manager of the Yale Repertory Theatre, as well as an Assistant Professor Adjunct of Theater Management.
