4.28.10 - Keynote Speaker, Year Up National Retreat

New Paltz, NY

4.22.10 - Preaching at Union Baptist Church

Spring Revival

Cambridge, MA

4.13.10 - Panelist, Black Music & Spirituality Panel

Center for Black Music Research @ Columbia College

Chicago, IL

4.2.10 - Preaching at Greater Framingham Community Church

Framingham, MA

Check out Emmett's book, Hip Hop Culture. You can purchase it on Amazon's or ABC-CLIO's website.

And The Encyclopedia of African American Music. You can purchase it here.

Past Clients include:

Boston Architectural College (Boston, MA)

Fay School (Southborough, MA)

Pollard Middle School (Needham, MA)

Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity [METCO] (MA)

Graham and Parks Alternative Public School (Cambridge, MA)

Clarence R. Edwards Middle School (Charlestown, MA)

Millis High School (Millis, MA)

Salem Public School District (Salem, NH)

Somerville Center for Adult Learning Experiences (Somerville, MA)

University of Massachusetts, Lowell (Lowell, MA)

Topics

The Hip Hop Entry Point: Using Hip Hop to Educate
Hip Hop 101 for Educators, Clergy and Youth Advocates
Reaching Generation Why?: Youth Culture, Popular Music and the Generational Divide
Black History Month
Connecting the World through the Music
From Civil Rights to Hip Hop: Connecting the Movements

Emmett is ready and able to suit a lecture/ presentation/ workshop to your specific needs. His charismatic style of presentation is equally effective in small and large settings.

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A self-acclaimed "advocate for students" and widely noted "motivational speaker to educators," Emmett has a very captivating and engaging style of presentation that resonates well with diverse ages, multiple learning styles and various levels of interest. He is widely sought after for classroom visits, subject-specific interactive lectures, school assemblies and professional development seminars. Institutions of higher learning frequently request Emmett to lecture as well as serve on faculty for summer teaching institutes around the nation.

Regardless of the opportunity or occasion, Emmett's goals are consistent:

1. increase student learning
2. strengthen student-teacher relationships
3. bridge the generational divide between students and teachers

Emmett has the unique ability to engage students and teachers where they are; inspire them to find a common mode of communication and empower them to get where they need to be.