Hekima Hapa, a Brooklyn-based artist and fashion designer, founded the nonprofit Black Girls Sew to inspire young Black girls to sew, having faced a lack of representation herself. Learning from her mother, she now teaches classes and operates a summer camp in a local church storefront, focusing on all demographics. Hapa promotes sewing as a form of empowerment and fun, breaking from traditional patterns and rules. Her own children assist in the initiative, fostering a family-oriented environment. Her students have gone on to prestigious fashion schools, showcasing the programâs impact.
Hekima Hapa founded Black Girls Sew to inspire young Black girls in sewing, aiming to empower through self-expression and creativity in fashion.
Teaching sewing as an accessible and fun activity, Ms. Hapa emphasizes that thereâs no right or wrong way to create.
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