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Workshops/Trainings
Speak Out offers workshops, trainings and facilitation on a range of topics, addressing the most pressing issues facing young people and educators in today's society as wells as the forces that shape our future.
Workshps are designed to meet the specific needs of your campus, community, conference and audience. In a supportive and engaging environment, we work to build unity and alliances.
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Acclaimed Scholar Examining Islamophobia
• Islam: Beyond the Myths, Breaking down the Barriers
• Hip Hop Activism and Pedagogy Within Multicultural and Academic Arenas
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 | | Antwi Akom
Award Winning Educator, Scholar and Writer
• A Leading Expert on the Green Economy, Community Based Participatory Research (CBPR), and Climate Change
• Greening the Globe: Environmental Health, Educational Equity, and Social Justice
• Revolutionary Urbanism: Race, Climate Justice, and the Politics of Pollution in Cities and Schools
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 | | damali ayo
Author, Visual and Performance Artist
• You Can Fix Racism: Ten Easy Ways to Build a Better Community
• Be The Egg: How Reclaiming Femininity Changed my Life
• Author of the best selling book How to Rent a Negro and Obamistan! Land without Racism: Your guide to the New America
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 | | Michael Benitez Jr.
Scholar & Speaker on Empowerment, Leadership and Education
• Building Sustained Cross- and Intercultural Unity and Dialogue
• Addressing Issues of Diversity and Social Justice Through Hip Hop Pedagogy & Academic Inquiry
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 | | Mohammed Bilal & Josh "BOAC" Goldstein Orange Flash
Hip Hop Duo Looks at Race, Racism, and the Way We Get Along
• Challenging notions of Black and White, Jew and Muslim, urban and suburban to build cross-cultural communication and understanding
• Ten Tools for Open Interaction
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 | | Mohammed Bilal
Diversity Consultant, Actor, Musician & Poet
• Facilitator of over 300 diversity presentations/workshops worldwide
• Former castmember of MTV's The Real World San Francisco
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 | | Brave New Voices on Tour
...because the next generation can speak for itself.
• Includes some of the brightest young performance poets nationwide
• These voices of 21st Century America transcend race, class, gender, orientation, and red state/blue state politics to show us what the next generation of leaders looks and sounds like
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 | | Shakti Butler
Educator, Filmmaker, Speaker, Social Justice Activist, Healer
• Producer & Director of "Cracking the Codes: The System of Racial Inequity," “Mirrors of Privilege: Making Whiteness Visible" and "The Way Home"
• Building sustainable communities through equity and social justice
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 | | Kimberly Dark
Award Winning Performance Artist, Poet and Scholar
- Named by Campus Pride as one of 25 top speakers and performers on college campuses
- Author of five award-winning solo performance that explore the intersections of gender, race and class with humor and compassion
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 | | Dr. Joy DeGruy
Renowned Educator and Author of "Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome"
•Author of the groundbreaking book, Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome - America's Legacy of Enduring Injury and Healing
• Available for lectures and workshops
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 | | Jacqueline Elena Featherston
Acclaimed Writer, Educator and Visionary
• Works include the book Skin Deep: Women Writing on Color, Culture and Identity and the film "Alice Walker: Visions of the Spirit"
• Weaving Change: Equity and Social Justice Transforming Culture across Differences
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 | | Dawn-Elissa Fischer
The “DEF” Professor
• Professor of Africana Studies and a Leading Hip Hop Scholar
• Co-founder of the National Hip Hop Political Convention
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 | | Lakota Harden
Acclaimed Orator, Community Organizer, Diversity Trainer
• Veteran activist in Native American communities and struggles
• Her lectures and workshops focus on unlearning racism, sexism and other social oppressions as well as "decolonization" workshops for Indigenous peoples
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Innovative Music, Performance and Education Collective
• Their performances, workshops and residencies explore creative means of addressing academic, political and cultural issues
• Comprised of African American and Asian American artists, they demonstrate the complex history that binds our history
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 | | Andrew Jolivette
Accomplished Educator, Writer and Social/Cultural Critic
• Topics include Rethinking Identity: Mixed Race, HIV/AIDS and People of Color, Indigenous Rights and Cultural Survival, LGBT/Queer Community of Color Identity
• Author of Obama and the Biracial Factor: The Battle for a New American Majority, Cultural Representation in Native America and Louisiana Creoles: Cultural Recovery and Mixed Race Native American Identity
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 | | Marc Bamuthi Joseph
A Leading Voice in Performance and Arts Education
• National Poetry Slam champion, Broadway veteran, dancer/choreographer and environmental justice advocate
• Recipient of the U.S. Artists Rockefeller Fellowship which annually recognizes 50 of the country's "greatest living artists"
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 | | Frances Kendall
Consultant and Author on Diversity, White Privilege and Organizational Change
• Author of Understanding White Privilege: Creating Pathways to Authentic Relationships Across Race and Diversity in the Classroom
• Over thirty-five years experience in helping organizations and institutions address diversity and create change
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 | | Paul Kivel
Violence Prevention and Social Justice Educator, Activist and Writer
• Author of Uprooting Racism: How White People Can Work for Racial Justice; Boys Will Be Men: Raising Our Sons for Courage, Caring and Community and You call this a Democracy?
• Works to end male violence and build alliances across race, gender, class, sexual orientation and age
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 | | Victor Lewis
Leader in the Field of Anti-Oppression Diversity Work and Alliance Building
• Known for his inspiring role in the award-winning race relations documentary, "The Color of Fear" and Co-author of the curriculum, Lessons from "The Color of Fear"
• Founder and Director of the Radical Resilience Institute
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 | | Victor Lewis and Hugh Vasquez
Two of the Men from "The Color of Fear," the Breakthrough Film about Race Relations
• Co-authors of the curriculum, Lessons from "The Color of Fear"
• Offer engaging workshops and presentations based on the film and moving beyond "The Color of Fear"
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 | | James W. Loewen
Award-Winning Sociologist, Historian, and Best-Selling Author
• Author of numerous books including Lies My Teacher Told Me, Lies Across America and Sundown Towns and his latest, Teaching What Really Happened
• Topics cover U.S. history, multicultural education, civil rights, race relations, voting rights, law and social science
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 | | Roberto Lovato
One of the Nation’s Leading Latino Writers and Commentators
• Associate Editor with New America Media and frequent contributore to numerous magazines and websites
• Speaks and writes on growing Latino power and influence, immigration, media, politics, race and human rights
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 | | devorah major
Accomplished Poet, Novelist, Performer
• Books include Ice Journeys, street smarts and An Open Weave
• Served as San Francisco’s Poet Laureate from 2002-2006
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 | | Peggy McIntosh
Lecturer & Writer on White Privilege, Male Privilege and Equitable Curricula
• Author of the ground-breaking essay "White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack”
•Founder and co-director of the National SEED(Seeking Educational Equity and Diversity) Project on Inclusive Curriculum
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 | | Jeb Middlebrook
Racial Justice Speaker, Poet, and Organizer
• Director of the Solidarity Institute and author of A Different Shade of White, Another Kind of Male: A Guide to Using Privilege Responsibly
• Works across the spheres of academia, entertainment, and activism
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 | | Ishle Park
Award-Winning Poet and Singer
• Author of The Temperature of This Water, her poetry is also featured on her CD, Work is Love
• Winner of numerous writing awards and former Poet Laureate of Queens
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 | | Loretta J. Ross
Women's Rights & Human Rights Leader
• National Coordinator of the SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Health Collective
• Co-author of Undivided Right: Women of Color Organizing for Reproductive Justice
• Also speaks on the Black Anti-Abortion Movement and Glenn Beck’s Tea Party
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 | | Salud!
Sometimes help comes from unexpected places...a look at Cuba's acclaimed health care system
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 | | Scott Turner Schofield
Award-Winning Transgender Performer, Writer and Educator
•Stage performances include Becoming a Man in 127 EASY Steps and Debutante Balls
• Author of Two Truths and a Lie
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 | | Mitzi Sinnott
Award-Winning Actress and Arts Educator
• Her solo show based on her own parents, SNAPSHOT: a true story of love interrupted by invasion, explores the forces of history, race, and war
• Best Actress nominee at the 2005 Edinburgh Fringe Festival & recipient of a Brooklyn Arts Council’s NYSCA Individual Artist Award
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 | | Hugh Vasquez
Top Diversity Educator and Consultant
- Well-known for his role in the award-winning documentary film "The Color of Fear"
• Co-author of the curriculum Lessons from "The Color of Fear" and the book No Boundaries: Unlearning Oppression and Building Multicultural Alliances and Making Allies
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 | | Tim Wise
One of the Country's Leading Anti-Racist Writers and Activists
• Author of Dear White America: Letter to a New Minority and Colorblind: The Rise of Post-Racial Politics and the Retreat from Racial Equity, among other titles
• Available for lectures, workshops and trainings
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 | | Kristina Wong
Solo Performer, Educator, and Culture Jammer
• Her solo show, "Wong Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," explores mental illness among Asian American women
• Her quirky performance pranks and installations reinterpret Homeland Security, Asian sororities, and the Miss Chinatown Pageant, among other topics
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