Meg Diane Henson Scales

Background

Scales, Meg Diane Henson was born on October 16, 1953 in Portland, Oregon, United States. Daughter of Kenneth Jack and Jessie Louise (Mott) Henson.

Education

Student, San Francisco State University, 1972-1973, 74-75; student, Friends' World College, Guatemala, 1974.

Career

Founding member Black Education Center, Portland, Oregon, 1970-1971. Managing editor Woman's Building, Los Angeles, 1979-1981. Private investigator Kleinbauer Investigations, 1981-1983.

Teacher City University of New York, New York City, 1987-1989, Mindbuilders, Bronx, 1987-1989. Painter, writer, strategist Henson Scales Productions, New York City, since 1989. Founder Committee for Rational African Americans Against the Parade, 1995.

Public, editor The Harlem Howl, since 1995. Freelance photographer New York Times, The Oregonian, The International Herald Tribune, The Los Angeles Weekly, since 2001. Freelance writer New York Times, since 2001.

Commission Sacred banners for Grace Methodist Church, Wilmington, Delaware, 1997. Speaker in field.

Membership

Founding member African American Against Violence, New York City, 1995.

Interests

• Avocations: comparative religion, peace studies, jyotish.

Connections

Married Jeffrey Charles Henson Scales, December 16, 1985. 1 child, Coco Tigre Roja.

Father:

Kenneth Jack Henson

Mother:

Jessie Louise (Mott) Henson

Spouse:

Jeffrey Charles Henson Scales

child:

Coco Tigre Roja Scales