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04.30 - 12:00PM - "From Jazz to Hip Hop and Beyond: Why Jazz Matters in the 21st Century" Lecture as part of Jazz Week @ The Boston Public Library (Central Library, 700 Boylston St., Rabb Lecture Hall)

05.03 - 8:00PM - Performance @ "A Kaleidoscopic View of Jazz in Boston" Benefit Concert to support jazz education outreach in Boston's public schools @ Berklee Performance Center

05.07 - 9:00AM - 1:00PM - Workshop Leader - "Human Rights and Olympics" 18th Annual Human Rights Leadership Forum at the Center for Sport in Society, Northeastern University

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

Past Clients include:

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.