Presentations/Speaking Engagements

Presentations/Speaking Engagements/Performances:
 
Media Literacy Education/Workshops -
·      Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Martin Luther King Shake Up the World! Conference
·      University of Massachusetts-Boston, Active Arts Youth Conference, “Images and Stereotypes: Politics in Production”,  “Music Videos and Media Literacy”
·      Myrtle Baptist Church, “Images of African-Americans in Television”
·      Emerson College, Students Concerned About Mass Media, (with speakers from Free Press and Media Tank) “Big Media’s Threat To Democracy: What We Can Do About It” - mp3 of event available at WGBH Forum Network online: http://forum.wgbh.org/wgbh/forum.php?lecture_id=1884
·      Beaver Country Day School, High School Student of Color Conference, "Images and Stereotypes: Politics in Media Production"
·      Tufts University - Hip Hop Culture and Effects of Media Conglomeration
·      Judge Baker Children’s Center - Images of Women in Music Videos
·      Lesley University - Images of Women in Media
           
            Client Feedback:
 
            Ukumbwa- Thanks again for a wonderful presentation! ...they all said how great             the presentation was. Of course, they asked if we could get you back! Again,             thanks tremendously!  Peace...  AKH”
            ---
            Dr. Adrian K. Haugabrook (Myrtle Baptist Church)
            Executive Director, Citizen Schools University
            Citizen Schools
           
Cultural Workshops -
  • Changing Times Changing Worlds Interfaith Esoteric Conference
  • Earth Medicine Alliance Annual Conference, San Francisco
                        - presentations in Dagara (West African) cosmology and culture
 
Theater Performances:
            True Story Theater:
·      Lesley Ellis School, Arlington, MA
·      Trillium Associates, Boston, MA
·      Lawrence Academy, First Night Celebration, Groton, MA
·      Passim, Cambridge, MA
·      Art and Soul, Cambridge, MA
·      Southeastern Council of Foundations Annual conference, Marco Island, FL
·      Williston West Church, ME
·      First Night Boston, Hynes Convention Center, Boston, MA
·      Newton Wellness Center, Newton, MA
·      Cambridge Friends Meeting House - “Stories of Iraq”, Cambridge, MA
·      National Association of Poetry Therapists Annual Conference, Boston, MA
·      Conference for Non-Violent Communication, Mills College, Oakland, CA
·      Interplayce, Oakland, CA
·      Institute of Noetic Sciences, Petaluma, CA
·      Brandeis University
·      Smith College
·      Rethink, New Orleans, LA
·      Dean Technical High School, Holyoke MA (Violence Prevention Program)
     
      The Faith Quilts Project - Boston Center for the Arts (staged readings)
      Connections Conference - Boston, MA