Roots & Remedies 2021
Rooted In Community
I am an Art Evangelist, a zealous advocate of art and writing for healing. Who I am is a Crusader on a Mission: To Build Connection and Community through the arts. I’ve taught K-12. Creative writing and drama in public and private schools all over the San Francisco Bay Area. I’ve been a lecturer at Stanford University, UC Berkeley and SF City College. I have taught Expressive Arts, creative writing, created and directed Page to Stage theatre productions to incarcerated, unhoused families and mentally ill populations for more years than 30 years. I created the Write for Your Life program at SF General for people with HIV/AIDS. I took a group of young people on a tour of the Eastern United States, to do a production on being incarcerated. I’ve done lecture demonstrations with Probation and Parole Officers, Judges, and Law Enforcement across the country on the importance of art for incarcerated people, sponsored by the Justice Department.
Currently I lead a Healing Circle for Black women in the community, many of whom have lost their children to Police and or gun violence. I also teach a storytelling, Radical Self-Care class for Elders. The main purpose has been to break isolation during Covid and to continue to increasing the feeling of being valued members of the community.