Edna Martin Christian Center
Mary Studley possesses extensive experience in community organization and photo editing. As a Full Service Community School Coordinator at IUPUI from December 2011 to January 2019, Mary Studley developed partnerships and programs to support students and families in Martindale Brightwood. Prior to this role, Mary Studley served as Midwest Photo Editor for Time Magazine from January 1990 to May 2006, overseeing photo department operations across a 15-state region and managing freelance photographers. Mary Studley holds a Bachelor of Fine Art in Photography from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, completed between 1983 and 1986, and also attended Henry Ford College from 1982 to 1983.
Edna Martin Christian Center
The Edna Martin Christian Center was established as the East Side Christian Center in 1941. A community activist, Ms. Edna Martin, began working with children after school in the Martindale-Brightwood neighborhood. In 1946 the Center became a home mission of the American Baptist Churches, USA. As a result of this affiliation, the services and programs of the center expanded to include social services to strengthen families in the neighborhood. Thus, the board of directors adopted the following mission statement to describe the operations of the Center: The mission of the Edna Martin Christian Center is to bridge cultural, racial, and economic differences in order to support and nurture the people in the community by providing holistic programs that empower, encourage, and engender a vision of hope.