feature in California Shakespeare Theater program, summer 2018

Articles & Video on My Work  

Rise of Restorative Justice in Oakland Schools Brings Promise, Controversy (EdSource)

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We are 1 in 4: Testimonies from Women with Incarcerated Loved Ones  (Panel Facilitator, 2016 Policy Summit #StandWithHer, Essie Justice Group)

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Youth Confront Violence Through Theater of the Oppressed (Oakland Museum of California & One West Oakland)

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California Shakespeare Theater 2018 Luminary Awards 

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Narrative Writing / Lyric Essays on My Work

Restorative Economics: Creating an Alternative Pipeline for System-Impacted Youth Through Arts-Based Leadership  (Inspire Awards, Philanthropic Ventures Foundation)

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Theater-Based Healing with Incarcerated Women:

      Mirrors of Each Other    

      Through the Looking Glass

      Ritual & Memory 

(Artist Investigator, California Shakespeare Theater)

Performance Collaborations

Multiverse (Core Artist, Original Devised Theater Performance with Ragged Wing Ensemble) 

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Stories High IV, Bindlestiff Studio's One-Act Play Festival

     It Has A Face (writer); Untethered (director) 

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VONA Open Studio at Kelly Writer's House (excerpt from original play, "Purva Express")

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Features on Political & Artistic Projects with Youth

Oakland Listening Sessions (Facilitator & Youth Organizer, People's Policy Platform on Responses to Violence, 2016 City Council Elections)

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Youth Poets Against Racial Profiling (KDOL forum, Poet-Mentor)

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Counter-Militarism and Youth Voice  (KDOL profile on BAY-Peace)

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Oakland Youth on the Frontlines in Movement Against Police Brutality  (KPFA profile on BAY-Peace)  

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Power of Youth (Bay Area Video Coalition profile on BAY-Peace)

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Youth Poets Against Police Brutality (Youth Organizer & Teaching Artist, Oakland's Geography of Resistance, BAY-Peace) 

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Food Justice & Anti-Displacement: Aunti Frances' Legacy of Black Power (Oakland's Geography of Resistance, BAY-Peace) 

Gallery / Visual Snapshot It's difficult to capture what I do with (amateur) photography - since it is about process rather than final product; the sacred, fleeting, ritual of live performance - but here is an imperfect attempt to do exactly that! Published with permission from the talented artists, youth visionaries, and participant-facilitators depicted here. Click the images to learn more about the context.