Catch Me If You Can!
Monday 25th August 2008 | 06:16 pm
Feeling: 
hopeful
Catch Me If You Can!
damali’s Upcoming Speaking Engagements
Autumn has arrived full throttle in Portland and has me excited for a new year of talks, presentations and workshops. I can’t wait to get on the road and see all of you from the stages and classrooms of your communities.
A few highlights:
September 6th I will be speaking at the Portland Creative Conference, on the genius of fashion and my personal creative process as a designer, artist and creative thinker. You can attend the conference at a discounted rate because you know me. Just enter the code SPEAKER for your registration and you’ll get $30 off your fee. ($69 for the day). The day proves to be worth it with a host of amazing speakers inspiring you about the creative design process.
Bitch Magazine has asked me to kick of their inaugural season of the “B-word” speaker series. That talk will be at PSU on September 30th. Should be damali at her most open. Definitely worth catching.
I’m also excited to speak at the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center in Februrary. More details on that as the date approaches.
But mostly, I’m excited to find out where else I can go this year, meaning to you! I would really love to re-visit some of the campuses I’ve met over the last few years and bring new talks and energy to your communities. I’d also love to visit some of the places and people on this list that I haven’t met yet. This year starts a new relationship between me and SpeakOut.org as well as a return to self-representation which means I have a lot more flexibility with my schedule. Please drop me a note if you are interested in having me come for a visit.
Below are some topics that I’d love to bring to your community.
PRESENTATIONS
The Good Fight:
My life as a Social Change Artist
damali shares her inspirational journey through her many creative solutions to societal problems. This talk gives you living flaga sense of how all issues are connected, from the US revolution, to racial issues and reparations, to fashion and eco living. This talk shows each member of the audience that there are many ways to make a difference in their world. It is truly an entertaining and inspiring evening.
Change You Can Wear:
The Economy’s First Sliding Scale Clothing Company
Why create an eco-friendly clothing company that sells clothes on a sliding scale? What kinds of challenges do you face in this process? Is it possible to create social change through the capitalist economy? Is fashion radical or is it oppressive? Is community real? damali examines all these questions as she shares her path to creation of CROW Clothing, a truly 21st century business that challenges all the rules.
Living the Green Life
damali shares her user-friendly strategies for living a life that is gentle on the earth, easy on the budget, and rewarding to the spirit. Not your typical take on “green talk” damali shows, from racism to recycling, why “living right is living well” in all aspects of your life.
TRAININGS
I Can Fix It! Speaker Corps
damali passes the race-relations torch by training new speakers to give her talk on 10 practical solutions for how to create healthier, more productive racial interactions. Trainings will include a kit with all needed powerpoint slides and audio. First training is October in Portland, OR. Apply Now You can also arrange for a Speaker Corps Training in your community.
How to Make Conceptual Art
Participants design their own conceptual art projects through this interactive team-oriented workshop.
Yoga
In addition to giving a talk to your community, damali shares her love and ten-year practice of yoga in an hour long class. damali welcomes all interested parties as she leads you through a basic yoga practice that will leave you feeling more energetic, stretched, refreshed, and centered.
More info on all of these presentations and more at damaliayo.com
I’d love to see you.
To bring damali ayo for a presentation or training please contact:
damali@damaliayo.com
OR
programs@speakoutnow.org
Speaking Engagements
September
6- Portland Creative Conference: Fashion Keynote, Portland OR
30- Bitch Magazine Feminism and Pop Culture Series, Portland State University, Portland OR
October
(tba)- I Can Fix It Training Corps, Portland, OR apply now
21- Rockford College, Illinois
February
9- National Underground Railroad Museum, Cincinnati, OH
Next up...Your School or Center. Let’s work together to bring me to you!
damali’s Upcoming Speaking Engagements
Autumn has arrived full throttle in Portland and has me excited for a new year of talks, presentations and workshops. I can’t wait to get on the road and see all of you from the stages and classrooms of your communities.
A few highlights:
September 6th I will be speaking at the Portland Creative Conference, on the genius of fashion and my personal creative process as a designer, artist and creative thinker. You can attend the conference at a discounted rate because you know me. Just enter the code SPEAKER for your registration and you’ll get $30 off your fee. ($69 for the day). The day proves to be worth it with a host of amazing speakers inspiring you about the creative design process.
Bitch Magazine has asked me to kick of their inaugural season of the “B-word” speaker series. That talk will be at PSU on September 30th. Should be damali at her most open. Definitely worth catching.
I’m also excited to speak at the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center in Februrary. More details on that as the date approaches.
But mostly, I’m excited to find out where else I can go this year, meaning to you! I would really love to re-visit some of the campuses I’ve met over the last few years and bring new talks and energy to your communities. I’d also love to visit some of the places and people on this list that I haven’t met yet. This year starts a new relationship between me and SpeakOut.org as well as a return to self-representation which means I have a lot more flexibility with my schedule. Please drop me a note if you are interested in having me come for a visit.
Below are some topics that I’d love to bring to your community.
PRESENTATIONS
The Good Fight:
My life as a Social Change Artist
damali shares her inspirational journey through her many creative solutions to societal problems. This talk gives you living flaga sense of how all issues are connected, from the US revolution, to racial issues and reparations, to fashion and eco living. This talk shows each member of the audience that there are many ways to make a difference in their world. It is truly an entertaining and inspiring evening.
Change You Can Wear:
The Economy’s First Sliding Scale Clothing Company
Why create an eco-friendly clothing company that sells clothes on a sliding scale? What kinds of challenges do you face in this process? Is it possible to create social change through the capitalist economy? Is fashion radical or is it oppressive? Is community real? damali examines all these questions as she shares her path to creation of CROW Clothing, a truly 21st century business that challenges all the rules.
Living the Green Life
damali shares her user-friendly strategies for living a life that is gentle on the earth, easy on the budget, and rewarding to the spirit. Not your typical take on “green talk” damali shows, from racism to recycling, why “living right is living well” in all aspects of your life.
TRAININGS
I Can Fix It! Speaker Corps
damali passes the race-relations torch by training new speakers to give her talk on 10 practical solutions for how to create healthier, more productive racial interactions. Trainings will include a kit with all needed powerpoint slides and audio. First training is October in Portland, OR. Apply Now You can also arrange for a Speaker Corps Training in your community.
How to Make Conceptual Art
Participants design their own conceptual art projects through this interactive team-oriented workshop.
Yoga
In addition to giving a talk to your community, damali shares her love and ten-year practice of yoga in an hour long class. damali welcomes all interested parties as she leads you through a basic yoga practice that will leave you feeling more energetic, stretched, refreshed, and centered.
More info on all of these presentations and more at damaliayo.com
I’d love to see you.
To bring damali ayo for a presentation or training please contact:
damali@damaliayo.com
OR
programs@speakoutnow.org
Speaking Engagements
September
6- Portland Creative Conference: Fashion Keynote, Portland OR
30- Bitch Magazine Feminism and Pop Culture Series, Portland State University, Portland OR
October
(tba)- I Can Fix It Training Corps, Portland, OR apply now
21- Rockford College, Illinois
February
9- National Underground Railroad Museum, Cincinnati, OH
Next up...Your School or Center. Let’s work together to bring me to you!
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damali on NPR
Wednesday 16th July 2008 | 09:03 am
Feeling: hopeful
Listening to: This is My Life * Firewater
Today my essay on recycling can be heard on line. It airs on the NPR program “Tell Me More” tomorrow.
The Potential for a New Life
This is a part of the historic This I Believe series started by Edward R. Murrow and revived by Jay Allison. It was an absolute honor to be included.
In the essay I talk about how recycling became a way of life for me, not just a token action that one can take on a weekly basis. It may help many of you to understand and develop a personal connection with why I made the change in my life and career that I recently made.
I hope you enjoy it. It’s touching to me because I talk about my sweet doggie, Stevie and today is her birthday!
So please join me in recycling....we can start with the cover of this weeks New Yorker! ;-)
damali
ps: My eco-justice clothing line, CROW Clothing is offering July ePromos for joining our social network or our facebook group. You can learn about them on our blog at crow-clothing.com Join our mailing list there as well!
The Potential for a New Life
This is a part of the historic This I Believe series started by Edward R. Murrow and revived by Jay Allison. It was an absolute honor to be included.
In the essay I talk about how recycling became a way of life for me, not just a token action that one can take on a weekly basis. It may help many of you to understand and develop a personal connection with why I made the change in my life and career that I recently made.
I hope you enjoy it. It’s touching to me because I talk about my sweet doggie, Stevie and today is her birthday!
So please join me in recycling....we can start with the cover of this weeks New Yorker! ;-)
damali
ps: My eco-justice clothing line, CROW Clothing is offering July ePromos for joining our social network or our facebook group. You can learn about them on our blog at crow-clothing.com Join our mailing list there as well!
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Happy Earth Day!
Tuesday 22nd April 2008 | 02:40 pm
Where: 11 years in Portland OR this week!
Feeling: earthy
Listening to: Elvis Costello•Pump It Up
Hey Y’all!
It’s Earth Day!
and in oregon it is cold, rainy, blustery and i want to curl up and watch a movie with my dog.
what are you doing to celebrate?!
In honor of the day i want to share with you my passion for loving the planet and the people on it.
take a look at some of the many things i’ve done to “eco-fit” my life here: http://damaliayo.com/pages/ecoliving.htm
Redbook Magazine found this page and interviewed me about it. The article should come out in July!
Enjoy!
damali
It’s Earth Day!
and in oregon it is cold, rainy, blustery and i want to curl up and watch a movie with my dog.
what are you doing to celebrate?!
In honor of the day i want to share with you my passion for loving the planet and the people on it.
take a look at some of the many things i’ve done to “eco-fit” my life here: http://damaliayo.com/pages/ecoliving.htm
Redbook Magazine found this page and interviewed me about it. The article should come out in July!
Enjoy!
damali
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Calling Green People of Color
Friday 14th September 2007 | 10:44 am
Where: flexible
A new web-portal is seeking:
1) Senior Editor
2) Advertising Manager
The site is focused on connecting environmental sustainability with social justice issues highlighting work and leadership by people of color.
please write: damali@blackbrowngreen.com
thank you.
damali ayo
Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Black. Brown. Green.
1) Senior Editor
2) Advertising Manager
The site is focused on connecting environmental sustainability with social justice issues highlighting work and leadership by people of color.
please write: damali@blackbrowngreen.com
thank you.
damali ayo
Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Black. Brown. Green.