Selected Talks & Convenings

Selected Keynotes, Panels, & convenings

DC Coalition Against Domestic Violence
2025 — Keynote. Humor as a Wellness Tool

Arts Everyday Summer Arts Integration Conference
2024 — Opening Keynote. Murmuration and Collaboration

Black Women’s Health Imperative
2023 — MC. Inaugural NOURISH Full-Spectrum Doula Program Graduation

CenterStage — Butterfly Sessions
2023 — Talk. “The Adjacent Possible”

Americans for the Arts
2020 — Keynote. Public Design

Creative Mornings Baltimore
2020 — Talk. Invest

Grantmakers in the Arts — Board Meeting
2020 — Presentation. Cultural Community Development in Baltimore

Towson University — Women in Leadership Conference
2019 — Talk. The Personal Is Political

Maryland Art Summit
2019 — Presentation. Aesthetic Perspective: Evaluation for Socially-Engaged Art

University of Maryland, College Park — NextNOW Fest
2016 — Guest Curator

Dare Conference
2015 — Talk. Make Bold Choices Like Artists

Vanderbilt University
2015 — Talk. USDAC: Community Storytelling and Social Change

Americans for the Arts Conference
2015 — Talk. Acting for Cultural Equity and Democracy

Alternate ROOTS — ROOTS Week
2015 — Curator

Imagining America Conference
2014 — Talk. Cultural Organizing on Campus

If you’re interested in a keynote, panel, or facilitated conversation that fits your context, you can learn more about my speaking practice or reach out to explore alignment.