PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

November 2007

Kamilah Forbes “Motivating The Reluctant Learner”

Kamilah Forbes (Photo: Dale Davis)

Kamilah Forbes, who conducted ALCC’s “Motivating The Reluctant Learner” Professional Development workshop is an actress, director, playwright, and producer. She is known for her strong commitment to the development of creative works by, for, and about he Hip-Hop generation. She is artistic director of the Hip-Hop Theater Festival http://www.hiphoptheaterfest.org/ the annual festival taking place nationwide in New York, San Francisco, Washington, D.C., and Chicago. OBIE Award winner Will Power, TONY Award winner Sarah Jones, Rennie Harris, Nilaja Sun, Marc Bamuthi Joseph, and Indio Melendez have had their work leveraged under artistic direction. In addition she is Co-Producer for the Peabody award-winning show “Russell Simmons’ HBO Def Poetry Jam” and was assistant director to the TONY award-winning Broadway tour “Russell Simmons’ Def Poetry Jam.”

Marty Hardisky and Charity Green, Teachers in Rochester City School District’s Youth and Justice Programs who are part of ALCC (Photo: Dale Davis)