I HAVE PRODUCED AUDIO STORIES FOR: MINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO, KFAI, WFNU-LP, THE UPTAKE, UC BERKELEY, SPRINGBOARD FOR THE ARTS, RAMSEY COUNTY, SAINT PAUL ALMANAC, PRX AND OTHERS.
This audio documentary reveals the determination and community organizing behind the fight for justice for Marcus Golden, a victim of police violence, highlighting the resulting $1.3 million settlement and exposure of a cover-up by the Saint Paul police department amidst a broader narrative of the Black Lives Matter movement.
“Samantha and Max", are a married couple in Saint Paul, Minnesota with 4 young children who are participants in Saint Paul’s People’s Prosperity Guaranteed Income Pilot program..
Despite our best intentions, people with disabilities suffer from deep prejudice. Many of us see those with physical and mental disabilities as unable to fully participate in all sorts of activities, including the arts. A St. Paul nonprofit that is trying to change that through the magic of making movies.
Starry Night Prom
For the past 13 years, De La Salle High School in Minneapolis has hosted a Starry Night Prom--a prom for people of all ages living with disabilities. More than 1,400 guests attend, and nearly 200 students volunteer to make the Starry Night Prom a memorable spring event
Nontraditional holiday services are on the rise in Minnesota. But don't expect Santa to make an appearance. Instead, look for an urban Shaman to lead hundreds of audience members in rhythmic drum rituals.
At lot of young men in the St. Paul Adaptive Recreation basketball league aren't just teammates, they're friends. The Warrior Tigers is a team that passes, shoots and hangs together.
Sound is used to inform, entertain, communicate, and even heal. The ancient art of sound healing helps ease pain and stress, facilitates spiritual growth, and balances emotions. Sound therapist Frank DiCristina talks about his practice of sound healing.
The Joyful Noise Choir
The Joyful Noise Choir includes 19 clients from Lifeworks—a Minnesota nonprofit organization serving people with disabilities. One of four music therapy programs, the Joyful Noise Choir helps clients develop their musical abilities while learning life skills.
Rock of Ages is a musical therapy program and collaboration between Lifeworks--a nonprofit organization serving people with disabilities--and McNally Smith College of Music. Participants are enthusiastic about expressing themselves through rock 'n roll..
Partnership Resources Inc. serves more than 200 clients with a range of developmental disabilities. Working to provide employment opportunities, PRI also offers art programs including visual arts, a glee club and a theater program. "Born for the Stage" is a documentary film that follows PRI actors as they work to bring their theatrical production of "Hairspray" to the stage
Music making has mass appeal, but what if you couldn't sing? Or speak? Lifeworks' services for people with disabilities includes an innovative music therapy program with four performance bands. Band members don't sing or play instruments, but instead use computers as assisted technology to create music.
Minneapolis' Black Storytellers Alliance is a nonprofit organization made up of master storytellers, educators and community supporters who use African-based storytelling methods to reach their audience. They perform for all ages--pre-schoolers to seniors--and emphasize values such as honesty, friendship, love, integrity, manners and self-determination
Loopty Loop Madness is one of 18 weirdly, wonderful holes of mini-golf at St. Paul's Can Can Wonderland. And unlike the other artist-designs, this one was created by a St. Louis Park teenager.
In addition to producing radio documentaries and news, I produce multiple podcasts.
Please check out my podcast production company Sounds Powerful Productions, where you can listen to the various audio projects I have created. Your voice is powerful, let it be heard. If you’re interested in audio or podcast production services, contact me via Sounds Powerful Production services.
Green Card Voices Podcast is a podcast that connects our common humanity with first-person stories of immigrants and refugees living in the United States.
Rondo: Beyond the Pavement, the podcast are stories from the people who lived or live in the Rondo neighborhood in St. Paul, Minnesota. In the 1920’s Rondo, Saint Paul’s largest African American neighborhood, was flourishing. With music, theatre, African-American newspapers and businesses booming the community was thriving. Until the construction of 94 shattered homes, businesses and families, but it did not shatter Rondo’s spirit.
EDTalks is a lively series of networking and education events in Minneapolis, Minnesota that feature compelling short talks and Q & A on a wide range of issues impacting young people and public education.
Storymobile is a storytelling podcast in association with the Saint Paul Almanac. Storymobile tells the stories of people in your community. Check out Storymobile Podcast on Soundcloud or iTunes.
I co-host the weekly funk music program Funk2UrEars on WFNU-LP . I also produce the bi-weekly radio show and produce the widely popular live radio sports show Conor’s Corner.
Minneapolis is home to Minnesota's only therapeutic salt cave. The man-made salt cave opened in July 2012 to help alleviate allergy symptoms, anxiety and other ailments
Special Olympics Minnesota provides opportunities for people with intellectual disabilities to compete in physical activities. Through training and competition, participants build strength and confidence.
What started as an after-school poetry club, has evolved into a competitive youth poetry festival. On Saturday, May 7, a spoken word festival called Say Word! took place at the Minneapolis Central Library. The one-day event featured dance performances, open mics, workshops, and youth teams competing in a series of poetry slams, aimed at crowning the 2011 Say Word! champions.