LEADERSHIP TRAINING TEAM
Leadership Training Facilitators
The Leadership Training Facilitators are a dedicated team of professionals with years of experience in their respective fields. Their intensive trainings provide and build professional capacity and self-determination. The intensives empower cohorts to be change agents in ways that productively and constructively serve.
The intensive training can be separated into 4 categories:
Equity & Inclusion
Kibibi Ajanku
Equity & Inclusion Director; Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance
Avis Ransom
Engineer, Consultant; Baltimore Racial Justice Action
J.C. Faulk
Author, Consultant, Founder; Circle of Voices
Lady Brion
Spoken Word Artist, Educator, Activist; Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle
Social Justice Panel
Marion Blackwell
Manager; Pennsylvania Avenue Main Street
Social Justice Panel
Quanice Floyd
Executive Director; Arts Education in Maryland Schools
Intention Vs. Impact
Community Engagement & Activism
Nneka Nnamdi
Engineer, Activist
Fight Blight
Omolara
Artist, Activist
Community Agreements
Diana Baird-N'Diaye
Cultural Specialist and Curator; Smithsonian Institute
Telling Stories with Material Culture
Sojin Kim
Curator
Collaborative Collecting & Storytelling
Betty Belanus
Educational Specialist and Curator
Preparing Oral History
Catherine Hiebert Kerst
Folklife Specialist, Archivist; Library of Congress
Archiving Best Practices
Guha Shankar
Folklife Specialist, Research and Programs; American Folklife Center
Folklore Documentation
Michelle Stefano
Folklife Specialist, Research and Programs; American Folklife Center
Folklore Documentation
Marjorie Hunt
Educational Specialist and Folklife Curator
Preparing Oral History
David Hamilton
Architect & Photographer
Documentation: The Art of Seeing
George Ciscle
Curator in Residence, Emeritus, Maryland Institute College of Art
Curatorial Practice
Alexis Dixon
UAL Alumni Cohort '18
Executive Assistant, Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance
Curatorial Practice
Marketing and Communications
Dr. Garey Hyatt
Professor, Fine Arts Dept. Chair; Coppin State University
Public Speaking
Renz Balagtas
UAL Alumni Cohort '18
Assistant Program Manager; Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance
Documentation & Video Production
Kayla Morgan
UAL Alumni Cohort '19
Marketing & Communications: Best Practices
Alahna Nichole Davis
Social Media & Marketing Manager
Social Media Marketing Workshop
Alisha Patterson
Managing Director; Afro House
The Great Stretch: Creating Long Term Goals
Angela N. Carroll
Writer, Artist-Archivist, Educator; Stevenson University
The Power of the Press
Maurissa Stone-Bass
Director of Innovation;
The Living Well
Social Media & Branding
Development & Financial Management
Jill Steele-McGhee
Founder, CEO; JP Homes Inc.
Owning Your Own Art Space
Teara Q. Booker
UAL Alumni Cohort' 16
Director, Development & Membership; Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance
Professional Development Best Practices
Sonja Cendak
Program Director; Robert W. Deutsch Foundation
Grantwriting Intensive
Doreen Bolger
Retired, Director;
Baltimore Museum of Art
Resume Writing
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