Dionne Babineaux
Dionne BabineauxFounder and Executive Director

Dionne devotes her research, community planning, and business oversight skills to leading a thriving organization that vows to cultivate impactful and transformative experiences.

Hello!

It's wonderful to have you here!

The MOUTH Project is a growing collection and resource available to others wanting to know more about Texas' multidimensional past. 

We work tirelessly to build on this incredible concept because we know how important having a space like the MOUTH will be.

Digging through history is a massive undertaking. The process is slow and time-consuming—searching records, reading countless books, scanning collections, visiting historical sites, and reviewing existing research. 

As increasingly visual learners and very selective readers, we require uninhibited access to useful information.

MOUTH makes Black Texas history more accessible and more engaging by tracing Texas' history through countless resources for others to discover.

Thank you for taking the time to visit our site. 

I hope you will share my excitement and join the journey to share more Black Texas history. 

Dionne Babineaux

Meet Our Advisory Team

The MOUTH Team combines knowledge from across various industries to deliver an experience that is rewarding, meaningful, and transformative. Our Board of Advisors dedicates its efforts to furthering the aspirations of the MOUTH Project and fulfilling the organization's mission and purpose.

Clare Bailey
Clare BaileyAdvisory Board Member - Strategy

Clare lends her expertise to guide, plan, and assess the development decisions of the museum.  

"Understanding our relationship with the past is essential to strengthening our goals for ourselves."

Delwin Rochester
Delwin RochesterAdvisory Board Member - Programs

Delwin extends his vast experience in cultural tourism and event production to  coordinate activities for MOUTH.  

"Our family's heritage is worth knowing so we may begin to claim the wealth of generational knowledge that is ours."

Daphne Edwards
Daphne EdwardsAdvisory Board Member - Experiences

Daphne contributes skilled evaluation of processes, planned projects, and programming for our audiences.  

"There are no clean lines to follow in history. Our families took many unexpected twists and turns to lead us to where we are today."

C. Lincoln Stewart
C. Lincoln StewartAdvisory Board Member - Partnerships

Lincoln donates his government policy experience to direct the collaborative initiatives of the museum.  

"History has been a lifelong interest because I have always needed to understand why things are the way they are today."

Clare Bailey
Clare BaileyAdvisory Board Member - Strategy

Clare lends her expertise to guide, plan, and assess the development decisions of the museum.  

"Understanding our relationship with the past is essential to strengthening our goals for ourselves."

Delwin Rochester
Delwin RochesterAdvisory Board Member - Programs

Delwin extends his vast experience in cultural tourism and event production to  coordinate activities for MOUTH.  

"Our family's heritage is worth knowing so we may begin to claim the wealth of generational knowledge that is ours."

Daphne Edwards
Daphne EdwardsAdvisory Board Member - Experiences

Daphne contributes skilled evaluation of processes, planned projects, and programming for our audiences.  

"There are no clean lines to follow in history. Our families took many unexpected twists and turns to lead us to where we are today."

C. Lincoln Stewart
C. Lincoln StewartAdvisory Board Member - Partnerships

Lincoln donates his government policy experience to direct the collaborative initiatives of the museum.  

"History has been a lifelong interest because I have always needed to understand why things are the way they are today."

The MOUTH team belongs to a community of prominent organizations and leading historical researchers.