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Executive and Artistic Director |
PAULA LARKE -
Founder, President,
Keynote Speaker, Workshop Facilitator, Humorist, Vocalist,
Drummer, Banjoist, Bassist, Storyteller, Percussive-word
Artist, Workshop Program Designer, and Instructor/Teacher.
A veteran of the professional stage,
(New York Shakespeare Festival, New Federal Theatre, La Mama)
story-gatherer in and creative consultant to educational and
community service institutions, Peace Artivist (community
peace builder through the arts) PAULA LARKE is firmly grounded
in the art of human relationship building. She has brought
her hands-on experience to advisory and keynote presenter roles
within educational, social service, public and private sector
institutions for over thirty years. She is a fiercely
avowed autodidact, having studied exactly what she needs to
know to do exactly what she wants to do all her adult life.
This course of studies she sometimes calls "Hard-Head Hindsight
University”, and her degree, Doctorate in Decency Discernment.
After doing professional theatre in NY and on tour, Larke
immersed herself in the classroom of the American community,
traveling with stories, music, and message across rural and
urban USA. Her accolades as a performer/lecturer include
enthusiastic endorsements from the North Carolina Department of
Juvenile Services, Leadership America, the General Board of
Global Ministries, and innumerable advocacy organizations across
the U.S. In addition, she provides counseling and
motivational workshops through faith-based and community service
organizations across the country. She works with refugees
from every continent to help them acclimate to American language
and customs and still honor the traditions and values of their
own cultures.
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Director of Intercultural Relations Due to the confidential nature of much of Mrs. Nimoy's work with domestic violence survivors and/or certain refugee communities, photos of her work are few and do not depict or compromise the safety of any one in these specific communities. |
KIM NIMOY -
Vice President, Artivist,
Advocate, Chief Percussionist, Consultant, Inspirational
Speaker, Peer Educator, and Writer. KIM NIMOY promotes education and healing through the arts. She uses music, dance, drama, poetry, drumming, with humor and artistic flair, and is a much sought after keynote speaker and facilitator. For decades a solo warrior in the fight against domestic violence, Ms. Nimoy is an individual recipient of the prestigious Governor’s Justice, Freedom, and Courage Award in the State of New York. Armed with this as well as the Warrior Award from the Benjamin Cordoza School of Law, she is a fearless representative of Sanctuary for Family’s ( www.sanctuaryforfamilies.org ) legal staff as a member of the Courtroom Advocacy Project (C.A.P.). After graduating from Sanctuary for Families’ Mentors Program, Ms. Nimoy established the Sister to Sister Peer Support Program at Sanctuary’s Sarah Burke House Tier II Transitional Domestic Violence Shelter. Sister to Sister is a program which caters to the needs of women survivors in - shelter as well as in the continuing care program. Her aim is to bring this program to other D. V. shelters both locally and nationally. Kim Nimoy’s works and words are quoted in law school journals by such professors as John Jay College of Criminal Justice’s Katie Gentile, PhD. Ms. Nimoy is one of the recipients of the Fund for Modern Courts’ Samuel J. Duboff award1. This award was given in recognition of her work in documenting problems with handling domestic violence cases and in making recommendations for improving the courts’ approach to such cases. As an artivist, Kim Nimoy
brings her training in the theories of Paulo Freire and
Augusto Boal, Pedagogy and Theatre of the Oppressed, to her
“works” in helping women to heal and to organize through the
arts and to her “works” in promoting peace globally.
Her unique program, The Healing Arts Drum Circle, was
designed for and is implemented at Barrier Free Living
Family of Companies.
http://www.bflnyc.org Ms Nimoy works with youth and
adults alike. As Vice President, Director of
Intercultural Relations and of Domestic Violence Awareness
and Education with VOICES IN THE TREETOPS, Inc. (
www.voicesinthetreetops.org ), she has facilitated
workshops for agencies such as Friends of Island Academy, a
re-entry program for young first time offenders from Rikers
Island Correctional Facility. Ms. Nimoy is a certified
producer, through training provided to Voices of Women,
Inc., for Manhattan Neighborhood Network cable access
channel. She is presently designing, in her own unique
style, programming which addresses injustices to humanity on
all fronts, locally and globally. 1 Samuel J. Duboff Memorial Award: The Samuel J. Duboff Award is named for the late Samuel J. Duboff, who served as Chair of Modern Courts' Executive Committee for 19 years. The Duboff award recognizes non-lawyers who make outstanding contributions toward improving the quality of justice in New York State.
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National Advisory Board/ Consultant Team |
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Website Mgr., Oak Ridge, TN |
Ralph Hubbard - Peace
Advocate Founder and
President of Living in Peace, Inc.
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University Programming, Duke University |
Sheila Kerrigan - Mime,
Theater Specialist Sheila is a performer, director, and writer who collaborates with schools and after-school programs to create meaningful arts experiences for neighborhood youth. Sheila created the position of Coordinator of Education and Community Programs for Duke Performances and the Office of Community Affairs at Duke University in NC where she matched up Duke arts students, faculty and staff with appropriate partners, for example, musicians who coach middle school band students. With Duke Performances, she brought professional performers and artists-in-residence to neighborhood sites. She has returned to being a full-time writer, theatre arts teacher and consultant, facilitating and teaching at schools, universities and other institutions nationally. She is co-chair of Alternate ROOTS’ Resources for Social Change and the author of THE PERFORMERS GUIDE TO THE COLLABORATIVE PROCESS. E-mail: kerrigan@mindspring.com Website: www.mimewhotalks.com |
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