Currently booking school visits and professional development programs for 2026 -2027.

New! Nonviolence is Not Dead: James Lawson’s Playbook for Justice

Looking for new perspectives on the Civil Rights Movement? Wondering what happened to the Nonviolence after King? Take a journey through 80 years of activism with Reverend James Lawson Jr, whom Congressman John Lewis called, “The Architect of the Nonviolent Movement in America”. Part author talk, part strategy workshop students will walk away inspired and ready to activate their inner nonviolent athlete.

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Olaudah Equiano: African Genius

This student presentation or professional development discusses the genius and adventurous life of Olaudah Equiano, the 18th century British abolitionist whose autobiography was the source material for NEARER MY FREEDOM. Student presentation can be combined with a found poetry workshop and poetry slam. Professional development presentation includes curricular connections, lesson ideas, and examples.

Poetic Connections: Building Bridges to the Past with Found Verse

This student workshop or professional development introduces attendees to found and erasure poetry. Special emphasis is placed on using primary sources as inspiration as we connect to and lift up voices from the past. Creativity will flow as we converse with different perspectives, produce poems, and end with a Found Verse Slam.

Globalizing African Enslavement and Abolition

This professional development discusses ways to expand teaching and learning about enslavement and abolition beyond the United States. Attendees will get information about abolition in Britain, Canada, the Caribbean, Mexico, and Brazil, plus strategies for incorporation into humanities classrooms.