• Provided workshops for Facing History and Ourselves' installation titled
"Choosing to Participate" that was held at the Boston Public Library.
2008.
• Initiated Reach Four-Five, a three part assembly series, with 4th graders in
10 Boston Public Schools that were new to Urban Improv and successfully reached
almost 1,000 students. 2007. Program continues in 2008 with 4th and 5th
graders.
• Accepted for inclusion in the Office of Justice and Delinquency Prevention's Model
Program Guide as a "promising" program for violence prevention.
Also included in the Community Guide for the government initiative Helping
America's Youth. 2006.
• Increased size of artist staff and added second workshop location effectively
doubling the reach of the Boston Public School Workshop Program.
2006.
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Presenter, “Persistently Safe Schools,” the National Conference of the Hamilton
Fish Institute on School and Community Violence. 2005.
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Presenter, Massachusetts Attorney General’s Conference: Safe Schools Initiative
on Prohibiting Harassment, Bullying, Discrimination and Hate Crimes. 2005.
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Presenter, Boston Public Health Commission and Boston Coalition for Child and
Adolescent Mental Health Conference: “A Day in the Life of an Urban Teen.”
2005.
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Selected for multi-year evaluation by the Hamilton Fish Institute on
School and Community Violence, Washington, D.C. 2000. Study is ongoing through
the Trauma Center at Justice Resource Institute.
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Hosted first national conference “RE:ACTION – Stop Youth Violence!” with Facing
History and Ourselves and Harvard School of Public Health Youth Violence
Prevention Center. Keynote address delivered by Senator John Kerry to
over 200 professionals in attendance. 2003.
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Winner, New England Emmy, Best Children’s Programming, for two-part TV special.
“RE: Action!” 2002.
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Presenter at “School-wide Education for Violence Prevention”, a live national
satellite broadcast. Conference featured Urban Improv Educational videos.
Eastern Kentucky University, 2002.
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Presenter at “Psychological Trauma” Conference, sponsored by Boston University
School of Medicine, Division of Psychiatry. 2001, 2002.
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Presenter at “Children’s Right to Non-violence” Conference, sponsored by Ford
Hall Forum. Northeastern University, 2001.
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Presenter, Facing History and Ourselves 13th Human Rights and Justice
Conference. Cambridge, MA. 2000.
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Presenter at “Team Harmony VII”, conference of more than 12,000 students and
teachers, featuring interactive live satellite participation from Belfast,
Northern Ireland; Johannesburg, South Africa, and the White House. Fleet Center,
Boston, MA. 2000.
