EDUCATION M.Ed., Lesley University, Cambridge, MA. Digital Media and Education B.A., Clark University, Worcester, MA. Communications, Filmmaking and Sociology
DIVERSITY TRAINING SPECIALITIES:
Create sustainable delivery models and practices for DEI and social justice initiatives
Future-proof training modalities for DEI subject matter education and training
Develop and implement multi-platform workshops and training solutions including digital platform conversion and remote, web-based applications
Train small to large groups of all levels and backgrounds on various DEI subjects
Manage small to million-dollar DEI-related projects, trainings and initiatives
Customized and branded programs include: Inclusion Fusion, RaceOff, Diversity Mystery Theater, You've Crossed The Line, Other: The New Normal.
WORK EXPERIENCE Founder and President, Entertaining Diversity, Inc., Dedham, MA 1992 - present Streamlining Communication and Creative Educational Media Solutions for a Culturally Diverse World.
Speaker, Presenter: Over 1,700 engagements in 48 states including over 1,300 colleges and universities. Present and facilitate dialogue and workshops on race, culture, identity, bias, privilege, equity and inclusion.
Producer-TV: Multiple award-winning, nationally broadcast and internationally distributed diversity and culture related programs for television, commercial clients and streaming video platforms.
Producer-Stage: Large venue multicultural events including game-show and comedy showcases addressing race, gender, orientation, freedom of speech and cross-cultural issues.
Chief of Global Creative Services, IBIS Consulting Group. 2018 - Present Lead all aspects of creative content development and production, keeping IBIS on the innovation frontline of worldwide diversity, equity and inclusion training for the B2B marketplace. Responsible for future-proofing digital media, eLearning, storytelling, interactive and improvisational theater, and entertainment-based training for seamless adaptation to evolving digital platforms, connectivity and remote training. Lead IBIS’ global partnerships for training, consultation and content localization. Clients include Google, Hasbro, eOne, Gannett, USA Today, 3M, Stanford University, Biogen, Kohl’s, Edgewell, AMEX, Freddie Mac, Federal Reserve Bank, IGT, Mathworks, Advent International, Flowserve, Bullhorn, Hawk Partners, Brown University, Conning, Massachusetts Port Authority, Pacific Life, Tighe & Bond.
Co-Executive Producer, Director of Photography & Editor, Tow-Arboleda Films. 2016 - Present Produce award-winning social action impact videos that address racism and bullying against Asian Americans. Three Telly Awards. Over 30 Million social media views worldwide.
Consultant: Director of Digital Content / Chief Diversity Officer, Kidney Institute International, Boston, MA 2013 - 2017 Developed a digital, mobile technology platform for critical care patient engagement and disease management, with a focus on underserved and minority communities.
Adjunct Professor, Clark University, Worcester, MA 2014 - 2019 Teach for the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Program; and Cultural Studies and Communication Department. Currently teaching Creating A Culture of Innovation, Computer Mediated Communication and Communication Ethics.
Assistant Professor, The New England Institute of Art, Brookline, MA 1999 - 2014
Sociology and Communications courses, including: Race & Ethnic Relations, Intercultural Communication and Technology, Effective Communications and Freshman Seminar.
Digital Media and Filmmaking production courses, including: Single Camera Production, Fundamentals of Editing, Post-Effects, Producing The Corporate Video, Music Video Production and Photoshop & Digital Photography.
Senior Portfolio and Senior Seminar
Real-world internships. Senior-level, two-semester course I developed for my masters degree, through which students engage in team-building and skill-building throughout every aspect of production - from location scouting, storyboarding and auditioning, to directing, shooting, editing and marketing.
Producer, Writer, Director, Chronicle, WCVB (ABC-TV, New England) 1998 - 1999 Produced segments on cultural diversity issues for this critically acclaimed program. Stories included specials on Sergei Khrushchev - son of Cold War Russian Premier; celebrated author Gish Jen; and activist, come Tibetan Prime minister, Lobsang Sangay.
Assistant Director/Editor, WGBH-TV/PBS, Boston, MA 1992 - 1998 Edited and on-line directed short-form and long-form documentaries, magazine and news segments for local and national series, including:
La Plaza. Weekly documentary and news series on the Hispanic community of New England.
COURSES DEVELOPED: Contemporary Communications; Race & Ethnic Relations; Intercultural Communication & Technology; Fundamentals of Video Editing; Location Scouting & Preparation; Producing The Corporate Video; Magazine Segment Producing; Producing the Commercial; Advanced Digital Video Editing; Post-Production Effects.
COURSES TAUGHT: Creating A Culture of Innovation; Computer Mediated Communication; Communication Ethics; Mass Communications; Race & Ethnic Relations; Contemporary Communications; Intercultural Communication and Technology; Fundamentals of Video Editing; Producing The Corporate Video; Magazine Segment Producing; Producing the Commercial; Producing the Music Video; Producing the Music Video; Advanced Digital Video Editing; Post-Production Effects; Freshman Seminar; Digital Video Editing; Internship (Senior) Seminar; Principles of Digital Photography.
SPECIAL PROJECTS: 2001- 2007 - Coordinated extensive hands-on internships for student crews, for two full-length feature film productions: Got Race (2003-4); and Imperfectly (2004-5). The core of my Master’s thesis is based on research and development of team-building skills for visual media production environments. Implementation and assessment of team-building modules were utilized successfully with student crews during all phases of production. Modules include workshops on storyboarding, location scouting, set-design, casting sessions, lighting, jib and dolly operation, location sound, assistant directing, logging, editing, marketing, etc.
June 15, 2006 - Lecture for local college counselors on helping high schools students understand what they need to get into art schools. Focused on the difference between ‘Art School’ and ‘Technical Art School’. Dedham and Norwood, MA.
The Average Buddhist Explores the Dharma, Illustrator. 2012
Between Worlds: A Reader, Rhetoric, and Handbook ( 6, 7th Edition)- Sections from my book, In The Shadow of Race: Growing Up as a Multiethnic, Multicultural and Multiracial American. ( 6, 7th Edition), Bachmann and Barth, January 2012
Chocolate Therapy. Television series pilot: Reality category. Featuring husband and wife team of the nationally acclaimed chocolatiers of Chocolate Therapy. Featuring the Amazing Race winners, The Fabulous Beekman Boys, and Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Model Minority: Do The Math. PBS and PBS WORLD documentary. Telly Award, 2013. Aired on PBS nationwide, in May and June, 2013, reaching over 50 markets, representing 48% of the US TV viewing market. Numerous media features, including Asian language outlets.
Care, Share, Bond Campaign. Multi-platform media (research, data interpretation, print, broadcast, DVD, CD and website) campaign for the Massachusetts Department of Public Health’s New Parent Initiative, to provide support and tools for low-income new parents.
Crossing The Line: Multiracial Comedians. Feature-length documentary. Telly Award, 2009. Aired on PBS nationwide 2008-2009. Numerous media features including The Boston Globe, National Public Radio and NBC, CA
Go Fit: Television series pilot: Inside the highly competitive world of female fitness and figure competitors and models.
Got Race: A Pigment of the Imagination. Full-length feature film. A satirical look at race, power and politics in America. Premiered at the Coolidge Corner Theatre, December, 2004, and The Roxbury Film Festival, 2005.
Diversity Elementary. Six part educational video series, and companion workbooks, on cultural diversity, for 1st through 4th graders. Distributed by Discovery Education, to 13 countries, since 2000. Six additional units requested by Discovery, 2012.
My Kind (Original Title was "Ethnic Man!") Educational and autobiographical video on race, culture and ethnicity. 6th through 12th grade level. Distributed Discovery Learning to 13 countries, since 1998.
RaceOff! - A permanent installation in the Race: Are We So Different?, major national touring exhibit created by the American National Anthropological Association. 2007 - 2011. This video has been used in schools, hospitals, and corporations around the country for more than ten years, and has been seen by millions of people all over the United States.
Morning Breath – Television series pilot. Spoof on morning talk shows for evening viewers.
MOBILE APP RaceOff iPhone app. Developed and designed. Available on iTunes, 2011 - 2014.
DIVERSITY / INCLUSION / MULTICULTURAL TRAINING Partial list of college, corporation and event speaking engagements, lectures, shows, presentations and workshops.
TEDx; Massachusetts State House, Boston, MA; Massachusetts General Hospital; Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA); Harvard Pilgrim Health; Macy's Department Stores; Lucent Technologies; New York State Financial Aid Administration; Museum of Science, Boston; Science Museum of Virginia; National Conference on Community & Justice; Emerson College; Josai International University, Japan; New England Resident Service Coordinators; Boston Book Festival; Chinese American Citizens Alliance of Greater New York; Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency; University of Akron; The College of Saint Rose; University of Alabama; Yale University; Connecticut College; Clark University; Trinity College; Tufts University; Brown University; Brookhaven College; Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); Wilbraham & Monson Academy; Cape Henry Collegiate School; San Jacinto College; Washington College; Greensboro College University of Wisconsin; University of Northern Iowa; University of Connecticut, Storrs; Suffield Academy; Clarkson College; Northeastern University; Edmonds Community College; Evergreen State College; Penn State University System; Anna Maria College; Oklahoma State University; Blackburn College; Northern Virginia Community College; University of Missouri- Columbia; Lawrence University; Siena College; Spokane Community College; Polytechnic University; SUNY-Plattsburgh; Bridgewater State University; Fashion Institute of Technology; Elmira College; Texas A&M University; Pace University; Park School; Carroll College; Eastern New Mexico University; Marymount College; Texas Christian University; Rider University; Mesa State University; Elmhurst College; Amherst College; Principia College; Wesleyan College; Lynn University; Muskingum College; University of Rhode Island; Kutztown University; Hood College; Kentucky State University; Syracuse University; William Paterson University; Concord Academy; Drake University; Nicolet College; San Jacinto College; Quincy University; Bunker Hill Community College; Ivy Tech; Marian University; Augustana College; Western Michigan State University; Princeton Day School; Kutztown University; Georgia Southern University; Drake University; Nicolet College; Hamilton College; Appalachian State University; University of North Carolina; James Madison; Lower Columbia College; Ripon College; Bridgewater College; Providence College; University of Memphis; Westminster College; Quincy University; SUNY Paltz; SUNY Oswego; SUNY Geneseo; SUNY Oneonta; Northfield Mt. Hermon; Central College; Eastern Tennessee State; College of Saint Elizabeth; Ferris State University; Northern Kentucky University; Mansfield University; Penn State University, Erie; Coastal College Georgia; York College, Albany Academies, University of Michigan, Tilton Academy, Sam Houston University; Skidmore College, Schenectady County Community College; Forsyth Technical Community College; Western Caroline University, Seton Hill University, Fairfield University; Bromfield School; Boston Public Library, Penn State Erie...over 1,700 to date. Partial detailed list: (Joined IBIS Consulting Group in 2018) 2023-05-04 Workshop Title (1 of 2): The Cross-Cultural Key: Simple, Everyday Techniques to Help Communities Adjust and Adapt to Different Cultural Communication Styles and Interpersonal Dynamics PART 1 will explore the definitions and contexts of culture, communication and identity through shared stories and global examples. Cultural practices and identities are deeply ingrained in all societies. From how we greet each other, raise families, form bonds, conduct business and mitigate conflict, culture creates a sense of deep belonging. In mixed-cultural communities, it is essential that community leaders understand and harness these differences in order to address complex and often conflicting cultural norms. Through awareness-building exercises, role-play and storytelling, participants will learn how to recognize differences and similarities among cultural groups and settings. 1. Learn how to observe, listen and appreciate different cultural communication styles 2. Learn how to find similarities in cultural practices to support multicultural and cross- cultural communities 3. Learn how to mitigate potential conflicts that may arise from cross-cultural misunderstandings and assumptions Workshop Title (2 of 2): The Cross-Cultural Key: Simple, Everyday Techniques to Help Communities Adjust and Adapt to Different Cultural Communication Styles and Interpersonal Dynamics PART 2 will introduce tools, exercises, and group work in the form of practice listening, sharing, and adapting through real-world problem-solving. Cultural practices and identities are deeply ingrained in all societies. From how we greet each other, raise families, form bonds, conduct business and mitigate conflict, culture creates a sense of deep belonging. In mixed-cultural communities, it is essential that community leaders understand and harness these differences in order to address complex and often conflicting cultural norms. Through awareness-building exercises, role-play and storytelling, participants will learn how to recognize differences and similarities among cultural groups and settings. 1. Learn how to observe, listen and appreciate different cultural communication styles 2. Learn how to find similarities in cultural practices to support multicultural and cross-cultural communities 3. Learn how to mitigate potential conflicts that may arise from cross-cultural misunderstandings and assumptions
2022-05-05 Presented Racism & Colorism from A Global Perspective This interactive group session will help participants understand the complex layers and impact that racism, colorism, and colonialism has on non-US citizens residing in New England. Participants will be expected to engage in difficult dialogue about the global phenomenon of skin color/tone politics, racial consciousness, colorism, and casteism, and how these issues deeply affect residents living in diverse residential communities.
2019 and 2020 May - 6 week course For NERSC (New England Resident Service Coordinators) Detective Mel Anin: The Action Packed Diversity Challenge(virtual / digital media) With the help of the audience and their mobile devices, time-traveling Detective Mel Anin must uncover clues and solve particularly irritating microaggression and bias problems. Inclusion Fusion puts gaming into diversity training, and humor into difficult conversations. Drenched in storytelling, humor, research, current events, discussion, action-based learning and competition, this fast-paced live, gamified workshop addresses racism, bigotry and freedom of speech in the form of a who-done-it mystery style crime solving activity. Exciting, high-energy and funny, this program can be tailored to all types of communities, workplaces and campuses by addressing their particular inherent and projected diversity concerns. Outcomes and responses will be available as anonymous data in the form of a report that can give campuses, directors of diversity, deans and faculty valuable insight into what students are really experiencing.
2019 May NERSC (New England Resident Service Coordinators), Connecticut, USA New In America Immigrants and migrants built this country, and continue to provide significantly to making the US as inclusive as it is diverse. The difficulties migratory people have are usually insurmountable, and arriving in the US for the first time can be a very shocking experience. Through storytelling and activities, this engaging, fun and exploratory workshop will provide participants with tools to identify, embrace and help New-In-American People adjust to life in the US. Key focus areas:
Understand the complexities of immigrant cultural adjustments
Help cultural nomads feel accepted and connected
Learning to share your own cultural perspectives on what is typically perceived as 'normal
2018-5-3 NERSC (New England Resident Service Coordinators), Newport, RI Presented Story Forward - a step-by-step storytelling path, coaching attendees on how to create and tell their own stories to build trust in listening; connecting personal stories to overcome obstacles; and finding valuable "hooks" that transform our understanding of the "other".
2017-11-02 Seton Hill University, Greensburg, PA Presented Crossing The Line: Comedians, Politicians and Shock Jocks. Challenged the audience to consider offensive language and images by wealthy and powerful.
2017-10-28 Boston Book Festival at the Boston Public Library, MA Facilitated presentation and discussion with the high school student authors and photographers of Defining Diversity.
2017-09-30 CACAGN (Chinese American Citizens Alliance of Greater New York) Film Festival, New York, NY Presented with Co-Producer Michael Tow, our library of social action films and videos.
2017-08-19 ACE NextGen National Conference, Los Angeles, CA. Presented at the Asian/Pacific Islander American Chamber of Commerce and Entrepreneurship (ACE) NextGen B2B national conference on entrepreneurship. Showcased our internationally acclaimed, award-winning and social media viral social re-action films combatting racism and whitewashing against Asians in the media. ACE is the only conference in the world uniting community minded Asian Pacific Islanders entrepreneurs, that gives a voice to the business interests of Asian American and Pacific Islanders.
2017-06-17 BAAFF (Boston Asian American Film Festival), Boston, MA. Presented our film Self-Reflectionwhich explores what happens when an Asian American man is introduced to his White fiancé's family. Many Asian Americans are hyperaware of how others perceive them, and sometimes the slightest trigger word can make them think the worst. The discussion with the audience included addressing mixed-race concerns across the board in US society.
2017-05-3/4 (Sixth year) NERSC (New England Resident Service Coordinators, Inc.), Rockport, ME Facilitated three workshops: •Crossing The Line: Comedians, Politicians and Shock Jocks. Challenged the audience to consider offensive language and images by wealthy and powerful. •Mixed Feelings. An in-depth dialogue and activity based workshop exploring the complexities and beautiful aspects of living and growing in mixed-race households and communities. •The Language of Culture & Race: A comprehensive dissection of language and stereotypes with respect to racial, cultural and ethnic identity.
2017-04-26 Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA Keynoted and facilitated an interactive multimedia, Film Noir style who-done-it diversity workshop Detective Mel Anin for Massachusetts General Hospital's Stand Against Racism event. Private Diversity Detective, Mel Anin takes the audience on a tour of racism, unconscious bias and microaggressions and gets them to engage in real-time sleuthing. The program was packed with skit-based problem-solving activities with audience polling and instant data collection and presentation.
2017-04-08 Lamar University, Beaumont, TX Presented workshops: •Other The New Normal •RaceOff
2017-02-25 Clark University, Worcester, MA Presented at the Third Culture Kid (TCK) Conference. Discussed psychological, personal, cultural and social ramifications of transitional living in different countries and cultures while growing up.
2017-02-11 Sam Houston, Huntsville, TX Facilitated two workshops: •Crossing The Line: Comedians, Politicians & Shock Jocks •Healing Racism
2016-12-29 Statehouse, Boston, MA Presented State of Us: Know The Community, Know The State, a diversity & inclusion seminar at the Massachusetts State House, to Representatives, legislators and staff, with my friend State Representative Paul McMurtry. The packed room was committed to becoming stakeholders in making positive changes toward inclusion within the State House, but more importantly with the communities they serve, including communities of color and the underserved.
2016-12-22 Improv Boston, Boston, MA Interviewed and participated through improv on So That Happened, a comedy talk-show hosted by Sam Ike at Improv Boston. References to Whitewashing in Hollywood, and the plight of mixed-race people dominated the discussion.
2016-12-20 Dedham Community Theatre, Dedham, MA Held a screening and facilitated a discussion on the movie Loving during its New England premiere week. The discussion was wrapped in intense emotions surrounding the post-election rise in anti-diversity sentiment.
2016-11-24 Clark University, Worcester, MA Brought internationally acclaimed director of Bend It Like Beckham and Viceroy’s House Gurinder Chadha to discuss social activism and filmmaking.
2016-10-26 Schenectady County Community College Presented Crossing The Line: Comedians, Politicians and Shock Jocks.
2016-10-21 Asian American and Pacific Islanders Civil Rights Forum, hosted by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and Asian American Commission (AAC), Boston, MA Presented on a panel titled, AAPIs & Media, with the theme of civil rights.
2016-09-06 Skidmore College, Saratoga Spring, NY Presented, Other The New Normal
2016-02-24 Forsyth Technical Community College, Winston-Salem, NC Presented RaceOff: Race Is A Pigment of Your Imagination
2016-02-03 Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC Presented RaceOff: Race Is A Pigment of Your Imagination
2016-01-18 University of Michigan Keynote for major MLK Day Convocation. Presented Other: The New Normalin Rackham Auditorium, to a packed house. Event theme: Human Difference Makes a Difference. Stories about human diversity and potential, in remembrance of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
2015-10-06 University of Rhode Island Keynote for The Power of Humor Colloquium Presented and hosted my major comedy and education event, You’ve Crossed The Line: Comedy, Diversity and Freedom of Speech, a comedy competition show that brings together a mixed race and cultural cast of comedians, and positions them at the forefront of civil rights and human rights efforts to address freedom of speech, equality and diversity. Remote clickers were used to collect valuable data reflecting the audience’s thoughts about language and context, with respect to racism, sexism, homophobia, classism, religious differences and abilities.
2015-04-11 TEDx Speaker at Clark University Race: The Unscience.The history and absurdity of biologically designated race categories.
2015-03-06 Families in Global Transition Annual International Conference, Tysons Corner, VA (Washington DC) Keynote speaker. Addressed globally mobile individuals and families to promote cross-sector connections for sharing research and developing best practices that support the growth, success and well-being of people crossing cultures around the world.
2015-02-25 Salve Regina University, RI Presented and hosted my major comedy and education event, You’ve Crossed The Line: Comedy, Diversity and Freedom of Speech, a comedy competition show that brings together a mixed race and cultural cast of comedians, and positions them at the forefront of civil rights and human rights efforts to address freedom of speech, equality and diversity. Remote clickers were used to collect valuable data reflecting the audience’s thoughts about language and context, with respect to racism, sexism, homophobia, classism, religious differences and abilities.
2015-02-21 Sam Houston University, TX Presented RaceOff: Race Is A Pigment of Your Imagination and workshop for the week-long diversity leadership conference.
2015-02-17 Forsyth Tech Comm College, NC Presented Ethnic Man! For Once it’s not just Black and White
2015-02-16 Coker College, SC Presented Ethnic Man! For Once it’s not just Black and White
2015 February 9-13 Fessenden School, Newton, MA Week-long programs with students from numerous countries, and ethnic backgrounds. • Facilitated 12 classroom discussions on diversity, culture, race, identity. • Keynote speech and activity: Courage and Freedom of Speech • Diversity and inclusion in-class activities
2014-11-6 Dubuque, Iowa, Chamber of Commerce Facilitated diversity and inclusion workshop and dialogue for the Dubuque, Iowa, Chamber of Commerce. 300+ participating members, including the mayor's office, the police department, businesses and educators. Focused on how to incorporate changing demographics into business development, and ways in which to grow a city by embracing differences and challenges.
2014-04-30 Seminar facilitator, Personal, Community, Public Stories, at The Annual New England Resident Service Coordinators (NERSC) Conference, Reaching The Summit in Service Coordination, Bretton Woods, NH. In this session we will used personal storytelling shared, about race, culture, class, religion, to gain skill in building strong communities for family and youth. A visual summary of stories were collected and presented for empowerment.
2014-04-29 Facilitated diversity and inclusion workshop and dialogue for Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions, Boston, MA
2014 February - April Producing a pilot for an interactive digital platform for diversity training specific to the nursing industry.
2014 January - present Producing a pilot for an interactive digital game for diversity training specific to grades 1-5.
2014 June - October Produced a pilot for a new television series focusing on diversity and small business enterprises.
2014-04-11 On panel of experts for Story Day, at Salve Regina University's Pell Center. Presented a segment of my award-winning PBS documentary Crossing The Line: Multiracial Comedians. Discussed process of storytelling and the moving image industry, and challenges for the future. Engaged audience in telling stories about, and featuring underserved and marginalized people. Was honored to be featured with Danny Strong (The Butler, Hunger Games, Game Change, etc.).
2014-11-6 Dubuque, Iowa, Chamber of Commerce Facilitated diversity and inclusion workshop and dialogue for the Dubuque, Iowa, Chamber of Commerce. Around 300 participating members. From the mayor's office, to the the police department, to businesses and educators. Focused on how to incorporate changing demographics into business development, and ways in which to grow a city by embracing differences and challenges.
2014-04-30 Seminar facilitator, Personal, Community, Public Stories, at The Annual New England Resident Service Coordinators (NERSC) Conference, Reaching The Summit in Service Coordination, Bretton Woods, NH. In this session we will used personal story-telling shared, about race, culture, class, religion, to gain skill in building strong communities for family and youth. A visual summary of stories were collected and presented for empowerment.
2014-04-29 Facilitated diversity and inclusion workshop and dialogue for Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions, Boston, MA
2011 - 2013 - Bunker Hill Community College, Boston, MA Annual engagement. Facilitate diversity and inclusion training for ACE, the college’s learning community peer mentor program.
2013-1-17 - The Diversity Continuum Worked with student mentors to:
Analyze and observe lines between races, cultures, religions, class, age, abilities, gender and language.
Illustrate how identity is fluid, constantly shifting, overlapping and adapting, on many levels.
Understand models for affirming, celebrating and understanding diversity and inclusion that are often limited by language, direction and intent.
Effectively absorb, comprehend, adjust to and maximize the potential to succeed in applying what was learned to one’s career, work environment, family and community.
2012-1-19/20 - Dimensions of Culture Worked with student mentors to:
Observe sense of self and space: distance, touch, formal/informal, open/closed communication.
Consider diverse/multicultural elements, such as language, gestures, expressions, tone, direct/indirect communication.
Experiment and compare notions of time consciousness: promptness, age/status, pace, etc.
Discuss relationships: family, age/gender/ kindred, status, etc.
Share values and norms: group vs individual, in the US and internationally.
Compare beliefs and attitudes: religion, position of women, social order/authority, etc.
2011-11-29 - The Diversity Continuum Worked with student mentors to share, observe, consider and compare:
Notions of identity - races, cultures, religions, class, age, abilities, age, gender, sex and language.
Identity as being fluid - constantly shifting, overlapping and adapting, on many levels.
Traditional models for affirming, celebrating and understanding diversity and inclusion that are often limited by language, direction and intent.
Ways in which to absorb, comprehend, adjust to and maximize one’s potential to succeed in applying what one is learning to one’s career, work environment, family and community.
Life skills, benefits and problem solving techniques acquired through personal experiences, with respect to all aspects of diversity.
2012 November - February 2014 Producer, Camera, Editor. Bunker Hill Community College, Boston, MA. Learning Community video on BHCC ACE mentoring and learning communities, diversity, immigrants and mentoring.
2013-11-10 - Trinity College, CT (Annual) 14 years, engagement Present to prospective minority and international students. 2013 - Ethnic Man! For Once it’s not just Black and White 2012 - Model Minority: Do The Math. PBS Documentary and discussion 2011 - Race Off: Race is a Pigment of the Imagination 2010 - Race Off: Race is a Pigment of the Imagination 2009 - Crossing The Line: Comedians, Politicians and Shock Jocks 2008 - Crossing The Line: Comedians, Politicians and Shock Jocks 2007 - Healing Racism: Reaching In, Reaching Out 2006 - Healing Racism: Reaching In, Reaching Out 2006 - Healing Racism: Reaching In, Reaching Out 2005 - Healing Racism: Reaching In, Reaching Out 2004 - Diversity Directives - Workshop and Dialogue 2003 - Diversity Directives - Workshop and Dialogue 2002 -Healing Racism: Reaching In, Reaching Out 2001 -Healing Racism: Reaching In, Reaching Out 2000 - Ethnic Man! For Once it’s not just Black and White 1999 - Ethnic Man! For Once it’s not just Black and White
2013-1-21/22 - Albany Academies, Albany, NY. Teacher workshops / performances. Two diversity/inclusion workshops with faculty, and two presentations of my national, multimedia touring lecture, RaceOff: Race Is A Pigment of Your Imagination for the high school and middle school. Workshop focus: Diversity within a college preparatory school setting, for faculty and staff training, and prepare students for a diverse, international, multilingual and inclusive world.
2013-11/4- 11/8- Fessenden School, Newton, MA Weeklong programs with students from numerous countries, and ethnic backgrounds.
Facilitated 14 classroom discussions about diversity, culture, race, identity, etc.
Keynote speech: Healing Racism
Diversity and inclusion in-class activities
Culture Core. Filmed over 65 students and faculty, short interview format - personal stories about their identity, ethnic history, and experiences reflecting on how they coped with difficulties, racism, religious conflict, immigration, etc.. The edited version will be an acknowledgement of the power of diversity on a small private school compaus.
2013-8-29 - Western Michigan State University - Keynote speaker/performer - Ethnic Man! Audience: 2,600+ Freshman. Post-show, live Twitter and FaceBook Q&A about race, culture, multiracial/biracial issues, freedom of speech, and the politics of race. YouTube link to a video promo, featuring this particular audience: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Az7oNmjMv5A
2013-8-10 - Keynote Speaker: National Association of Asian American Professionals (NAAAP), National conference, Toronto, Canada. Subject/title of presentation: Asian Mix. Addressed diversity within the Asian American and Canadian community as an asset to corporations and businesses.
2013-7-2 - WXKS Kiss 108, interview with Gwen Blackburn, on Minority Counterpoint. Kiss 108 is a major market FM station. Discussed my current work, including national diversity/inclusion training, keynote speaking, books and PBS documentaries.
2013-6-19 - Consultant on diversity within curriculum, for The New England College of Business (NECB), Boston, Massachusetts. Two month evaluation of curriculum and strategies to implement a diversity and cross cultural communication components into their core curriculum.
2013-5-20 - WGBH - PBS/WORLD premiere, Model Minority: Do The Math. Organized and sat on panel discussion on the devastating effects of the model minority myth, implying that all Asians are good at math and sciences. WGBH-TV/PBS, Boston - standing room only audience. Discussed social, economic, racial, legal and political implications of the model minority stereotype. Co-panelists: William A. Howe, Ed.D, Chair of the Connecticut Asian Pacific American Affairs Commission, Past President of the National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME); Andrew Leong, JD, Associate Professor of Legal Education, Immigration Law, Asian Studies, College of Public and Community Service at UMass Boston; Chi Chi Wu, Member of the WGBH Community Advisory Board and Co-Founder of the Brookline Asian American Family Network. Hosted by Liz Cheng, General Manager, WGBH-TV and PBS WORLD.
2013-2-27 - Presented RaceOff: Race is a Pigment of Your Imagination, at Northern Kentucky University. Post show discussion included a powerful discussion regarding Saudi Arabian students’ concerns about categories for them other than "Asian" or "Other".
2013-2-4 - Presented Healing Racism at The Fessenden School, Newton, MA - Show and Discussion. Post show mentoring meeting with students on mixed-race and mixed-culture issues.
2013-1-29 - Presented RaceOff: Race is a Pigment of Your Imagination. University of Memphis, Tennessee.
2013-1-23 Presented RaceOff: Race is a Pigment of Your Imagination at Ferris State University, Michigan to a large and diverse audience.
2012-11-27 Presented / Keynoted RaceOff: Race is a Pigment of Your Imagination at the College of Saint Elizabeth, New Jersey, for the Multicultural Affairs Department’s special awards banquet.
2012-11-20 - Presented RaceOff: Race is a Pigment of Your Imagination for Swampscott Middle School, Swampscott, MA.
2012-10-16 - Presented RaceOff: Race is a Pigment of Your Imagination, at Augustana College, Rockland, Illinois - performance and community discussion.
2012-6-30 - Behind The Doc Lens interview, regarding Crossing The Line: Multiracial Comedians. Discussed the process of making social issues documentaries for PBS on complex, critical issues, such as race, culture and language.
2012-6-25 - Presented Healing Racism for the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
2012-5-2 - Keynote Speaker and seminar facilitator, The Diversity Continuum, to The Annual New England Resident Service Coordinators (NERSC) Conference, annual conference, Bringing Hope and Services that Enrich Lives in Providence, Rhode Island.
2012-3-8 - Keynote Speaker and workshop facilitator - Canton High School, Canton, Massachusetts. • Presented Healing Racismto 9,10 grades • Presented Healing Racism to 11,12 grades • Workshop with 450 9.10 grades • Workshop with 400 10,11 grades • Evening workshop with parents
2012-2-11 - Keynote Speaker and diversity workshop facilitator, Get To WIT- Winchester, MA - Day-long diversity and inclusion workshops in the historic town hall. Open to the town, public, administrators, teachers, parents, business. Discussed ways in which Winchester, a predominantly White, upper middle-class town could embrace diversity in the communities, schools, workplace and community. Approximately 450 attendees.
2012-01-28 - Keynote Speaker for the major, award-winning national science museum touring exhibit, Race Are We So Different. Presented RaceOff: Race is a Pigment of Your Imagination at Science Museum, Richmond, Virginia. - Exhibit opening for the general public.
2012-01-27 - Presented Crossing The Line: Comedians, Politicians & Shock Jocks at the Cape Henry School, VA. Post show discussion with 50+ high school students about language, freedom of speech. race and identity.
2012-01-26 - Keynote Speaker for the major, award-winning national science museum touring exhibit, Race Are We So Different. Presented RaceOff: Race is a Pigment of Your Imagination at Science Museum, Richmond, Virginia. - Exhibit opening for the board of advisors, sponsors, supporters and the media.
2012 January Sections from my book, In The Shadow of Race: Growing Up as a Multiethnic, Multicultural and Multiracial American, for annual Between Worlds: A Reader, Rhetoric, and Handbook ( 6, 7th Edition), Bachmann and Barth, January 2012
2011-9-20 - Presented RaceOff: Race is a Pigment of Your Imagination, and facilitated a diversity/inclusion workshop for the East Coast’s largest DEA (Drug Enforcement Agency) field agent team. Discussed and shared tools on how to be sensitive to race and cultural considerations in highly complex and critical decision-making scenarios. Awarded a special commendation and badge, as an effective trainer and communicator on diversity and inclusion.
2011-7-11 - Presented to the National Black Nurses Association (NBNA) National Conference - Reaching Underserved Populations for Critical Care Issues Through Messaging: From Data to Design, with co-facilitator, Lisa Davis, Team Leader, Connecticut Department of Education & Regional President, CT Division of the NBNA. Presented the challenges and techniques in research, focus group data collection and interpretation and media production for emotional messaging on critical health care needs and disparities, based on my H1N1 cross-media messaging campaign for underserved populations in Massachusetts and Connecticut.
2011-5-21 - Produced Cultural Messaging - prototype digital educational game, with real-life decision making tools for nurses and healthcare providers, to make decisions in complex cultural and race-based scenarios. Designed and produced with Deborah Washington, Director of Patient Care Diversity at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, with a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Diversity in Nursing initiative.
2011-5-14 - Keynote Speaker for the major, award-winning national science museum touring exhibit, Race Are We So Different. Presented RaceOff: Race is a Pigment of Your Imagination at the Museum of Science, Boston, Massachusetts - Exhibit closing for the general public. Sold out show.
2011-1-19 - Presented Ethnic Man! and facilitated workshops, and discussion with High School students at the Princeton Day School, New Jersey.
2011-1-17 - Keynote Speaker for the major, award-winning national science museum touring exhibit, Race Are We So Different. Presented RaceOff: Race is a Pigment of Your Imagination at the Museum of Science, Boston, Massachusetts - Exhibit opening for the general public. Sold out show.
2011-11-1 - Presented Model Minority: Do The Math - rough cut showing at the University of Illinois, Chicago, with co-producer, Dr. Darby Li Po Price. Focused on the issues of the debilitating stereotype of Asians in the media and communities around the country.
2011-11-3. Keynote Speaker and workshop facilitator at The National Conference for Community and Justice in Dayton, Ohio, for the Fall Teen Summit on Non-violence and Inclusion, to teach and empower high school students to work together, share ideas, develop leadership skills and take responsibility for solving real problems that exist in their schools and communities. 800+ High School students in attendance from all over Ohio.
2011-4-26 - Presented Model Minority: Do The Math - final cut showing at the University of Illinois, Chicago, with co-producer, Dr. Darby Li Po Price. Focused on techniques and considerations of producing social issues documentaries for PBS.
2010-8-26 - Panelist: Lesley University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Topic: Career in the Arts
2010-8-1 - Crossing The Line: Multiracial Comedians showcased at the nationally renowned Roxbury Film Festival.
2010-1-20 - Keynote speaker, workshop facilitator - Crossing The Line: Comedians, Politicians and Shock Jocksat Northfield Mt. Herman School, Northfield, MA
2009-October - 2010-January - Researched, focus group facilitated, produced and cross-media managed campaign to reach underserved populations for the H1N1 flu shot. For the Departments of Public Health Boston and Connecticut.
2009-October - 2010-April - Researched, focus group facilitated, produced and cross-media managed the campaign, Care, Share, Bond for The New Parent Initiative- to reach underserved populations, immigrant, and healthcare workers to provide tools raising healthy babies. For the Department of Public Health, Boston. Final product included broadcast television and radio public service announcements, training DVDs, new parent nerve calming DVD, brochures, training manual for care providers and doctors, posters, fliers, swaddling blanket and tea sets for over 2,000 clinics in Massachusetts.
2009-5-18 - You Said Whaaat?! - Producer, Host. Major, standing room only, comedy event featuring multiracial comedians from four different US cities. As host, I facilitated dialogue about each comedian's perspectives on race, culture, religion and sexual orientation. Post-show discussion with the audience was a powerful two extra hours of critical insight as to what works and doesn't work in terms of humor and identity. Sponsored by The New Center for Arts and Culture, Boston, Massachusetts.
2009-2-5 - Lilla G Fredrick Middle School - Faculty Diversity and Inclusion Workshop Part IV 2009-1-27 - Lilla G Fredrick Middle School - Faculty Diversity and Inclusion Workshop Part II4 2009-1-22 - Lilla G Fredrick Middle School - Faculty Diversity and Inclusion Workshop Part II 2009-1-20 - Lilla G Fredrick Middle School - Faculty Diversity and Inclusion Workshop Part I
2008-12-4 - Panelist. Lesley University, Discussion - Careers in the Arts
2008-11-26 - Mixed Chix Chat - interview with hosts Heidi Dorrow and Fanshen Cox on mixed-race identity and producing my iPhone app, RaceOff, a game through which the player has to guess the person’s race.
2008-11-13 Presented Ethnic Man! at Lower Columbia College, Longview, Washington, in their black box professional theater. Discussion following focused on race and diversity in theater and the arts.
2008-10-26 Los Angeles, CA presentation of Crossing The Line: Multiracial Comedians. Sponsored by Multiracial Americans of Southern California (MASC), and covered by Los Angeles Times.
2008-6-14 - Host at the premiere of Crossing The Line: Multiracial Comedians on KCET, Los Angeles.
2008-4-5 - Keynote Speaker and Workshop Facilitator, More Than the Eye Can See, Waukesha, Wisconsin, Carroll College’s annual Wisconsin Private College Initiative for Diversity (WPCID) conference.
2007-12-19 - Boston, MA premiere of Crossing The Line: Multiracial Comedians, at the historic Coolidge Corner Theater in Brookline, Massachusetts. Covered by The Boston Globe. Post show discussion with Harvard University law professor, and author, Dr.Randall Kennedy.
2007 November - Created, organized, curated and hosted La Mura, the first annual film festival for the National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME). La Mura provides personal voices to culturally diverse communities all over the US, through video storytelling. In keeping with the old African proverb, "Only when lions have historians will hunters cease being heroes", this festival celebrates America’s stories about race, culture, ethnicity, religion and immigration from the point of view of young video producers.
MEDIA PRODUCTION TRAINING - The Camera Company Examples of 10 years of facilitating training for The Camera Company, Norwood, MA
2013-5-31 - Camera Company - Workshop: Producing The PBS Documentary. Standing room only / sold-out workshop on producing the PBS documentary. Covered pre-production, production, post-production and marketing. Used my PBS documentary Crossing The Line as an example of the step-by-step process.
2013-5-31 - Camera Company - Workshop: Production Preparation. Standing room only / sold-out workshop on preparing for a video shoot. Covered documentary, commercial and corporate video. Used my PBS and commercial work as examples of the step-by-step processes.
2011-3-11 - Camera Company - Workshop: Adapting to Cross Platform and New Media. Workshop for producers interested in transitioning to a new media / cross-media platform, and integrating new technologies, including web-based video and social media. Used my new and cross-platform media as examples of the step-by-step processes.
2011-3-11 - Camera Company - Workshop: Producing the PBS documentary. Covered pre-production, production, post-production and marketing. Used my PBS documentary Model Minority: Do The Math as an example of the step-by-step process.
2011-3-12 - Camera Company - Workshop: Basic Digital Video Production. Covered simple, beginner strategies to prepare equipment, schedule shoots, manage equipment and setting up a basic interview (lighting, audio and camera angles) for exterior and interior digital video production. Used my commercial and documentary works as examples of the step-by-step processes.
OTHER MEDIA ENGAGEMENTS
2012-6-1 - What’s That Pout All About. Reading at The Blue Bunny, Dedham, Massachusetts.
2011-3-6 - New England Emmy Awards - Judging panel - organizer.
2010-6-5 - Host/Emcee, Annual town music festival, Dedham, MA
STUDIO PHOTOGRAPHY 2008-2014 - Owned a large photo/video studio and arts class studio. ARTS PROGRAMMING 2008 - 2012. For kids and teens, through my arts studio in Dedham, MA.