2.24, 2.17, 2.10, 2.3, 1.27, 1.20, 1.13, 1.6 - Preaching at Community of Love Christian Fellowship @ 8pm

Allston, MA

2.23.12 and 2.28.12 - Presenter, "Music of the Great Migration"

Museum of Fine Arts

Boston, MA

2.01.12 - Speaker, Black History Month Service

Gordon College, Wenham, MA

1.24.12 - Presenter, Holland & Knight LLP Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Event

Boston, MA

1.15.12 - Preaching at International Community Church @ 10am

Allston, MA

12.16.11 - Keynote Speaker, Network Health Biannual Employee Meeting

Somerville, MA

11.16.11 - Speaker, History Speaker Series: Jazz Roxbury

Roxbury, MA

10.21.11 - Keynote Speaker,

Boston Business Journal's "Leaders in Diversity"

Boston, MA

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

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.