Best Summertime Community Builder on the Eastside
Jump On It Week
In 1997, 78702 native NOOK Turner co-founded Jump On It as a teenager alongside civil rights activist Dorothy Turner (no relation) and his mother after the former called for more Black activity at Rosewood Park. The summertime extravaganza has experienced a multitude of changes throughout the years, but NOOK’s resilient vision for an Eastside hub fostering Black community keeps its heartbeat alive. His event’s current format features music, panels, youth-targeted workshops, and a celebrity basketball game. This year’s occasion occurred on June 2-9 and tapped raunchy rapper Sukihana as a headliner.