Incarcerated Lives Matter Season Premier Opener introducing Founder Valerie Shaw

Incarcerated Lives Matter Season Premier Opener with Founder Valerie Shaw.

About the founder of Incarcerated Lives Matter: VALERIE SHAW: A BRIEF BIO No, She Ain't Crazy! Valerie Shaw M.PR, an L.A. native and double U.S.C. graduate [Liberal Arts '66 and Master's degree in Public Relations '79], was the first journalist to work for the View Section of the Los Angeles Times, where she also founded the Black Journalist's Association of Southern California. Shaw has been an entrepreneur and journalist throughout her illustrious career. She was the producer of the "Black Hollywood Yesterday" series of calendars and memorabilia (including live shows featuring show film pioneers from the 30s and 40s. She founded and ran four upscale shoe repair and shine salons, including the premiere store on Sunset and Vine and she was elected to the prestigious Hollywood Chamber of Commerce. Shaw's experience in the "shoe business" inspired her to write an underground bestseller, Himpressions: The Blackwoman's Guide to Pampering the Blackman, later released in hardcover by HarperCollins, Inc.