Academic- · Diversity Committee – presented Dr. Robert Hall, Northeastern University speaking on African-Americans in the Labor Movement, organized and moderated “Women in Media” conference · Walk A Mile In Her Shoes committee - fundraiser event for the Monadnock Violence Prevention Center · Diversity Initiative - interdisciplinary committee for the institutionalization of cultural diversity work at Franklin Pierce University · A.L.A.NA. board - o A.L.A.NA. stands for African American, Latino/Latina, Asian, and Native American. This program was developed "to unite its members for the greater good of all, to inspire cultural awareness, and destroy the void among students of different racial backgrounds." - Dr. Donald Brown, Director of Minority Student Programs at Boston College (from Franklin Pierce University website) o Medicine Wheel project - intiative to create and install a North American Native American-inspired medicine wheel on the university campus as a functional cultural, spiritual and natural focal point for the university community · Racism Teach-Ins - presentations on the role of media representation in the formation and sustenance of racism, ethnocentrism and cultural insensitivity · Media and the Nature Narrative - presentation of current research on the role nature programming and narratives on popular discourse on nature and climate change dynamics · Open House, Senior Visit Day presentations/video production sessions · Advisor-Student Government, Open Mic Club (Ai/New England Inst. of Art) · Advisor-Black Student Association, Improv Club (Franklin Pierce University) · Facilitator - Yoga Club (Ai/New England Inst. of Art) Community- · Pan-African Resource Project · Project: Think Different/Amplify Me! · Black Lives Matter - Cambridge · Mystic River Watershed Association - Water Quality Monitor · East Coast Village · East Coast Village Anti-Racism Committee · Arlington Center Sound Healing Circle · Theosophical Society of Boston Affiliations/Memberships: · Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom · Action Coalition for Media Education - Boston - Member · Project: Think Different/Amplify Me! - Advisor, Producer, Media Literacy Educator · True Story Theater (improvisational playback theater troupe) - Actor · Nashoba Valley Technical High School Program Advisory Committee · The Sound Healing Network - Member · East Coast Village Language Abilities: some Spanish, some Kiswahili, some American Sign Language Consulting: · Media Literacy and Media Democracy issues (elementary & high schools, higher education, parent-teacher organizations, youth and family organizations) · Video Production/Documentation Technology for Educators (elementary & high schools, higher education) Volunteer Work: Project: Think Different (http://www.projectthinkdifferent.org) Paradise Lounge, P:TD Launch Party, Original MIDI Composition of Theme Song for Launch Party, “Get On The Project”, (mp3 at http://home.earthlink.net/~dasku/) Citizen Schools, Boston, MA “TV News and Your Community” Apprenticeship Teacher/Producer/Videographer/Editor Taught video production, media literacy skills to middle school students who produced 30 second PSA, “Wake Up!”, expressing their opinions about negative reporting on urban communities in Boston and personal/social effects of hearing positive Citizen Schools, Boston, MA “Making Movies for the Democratic National Convention” Apprenticeship Teacher/Director Taught video production, media literacy skills to high school students producing a video production shown at the Democratic National Convention in Boston, summer of 2004, expressing their viewpoints on the presidency, United States governance and social issues. Production also aired on C-SPAN and WHDH-TV7, Boston.
Project:
Think Different
Media Watch
Team training: Racism and Stereotypes in Television and Film; preparing teens
to each media literacy to peers in Boston schools and youth organizations
