ANDRE CARBONELL | HAKEEM FURIOUS ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Phone: (720) 763-2094 1134 Kearney St [email protected] Denver, CO 80220

EDUCATION ​

AA from Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University, ​ Public Relations May 2015

Diploma, from Douglas Anderson School of the Arts, Theatre May 2012 ​

WORK EXERIENCE ​ ​ ​ Apprentice of Peace Youth Organization , Denver, Co Feb 2018 - Present ​ — Development Director ​ ● Help implement and cultivate organizations strategic, marketing, and fundraising plan ● Write grants and proposals ● Design and develop curriculum for school and community programs ● Build strategic partnerships with local organizations and institutions. ● Manage interns and task lists ● $20/Hour

Poetry For Personal Power, National May 2016 - Present ​ — Colorado Regional Director ​ ● Recruit and train artist and mental health care advocates in Colorado to run community mental health care messaging events and proper peer support interventions. ● Give input on grant proposal, ● pitch business models to ACO’s and implement program in new states we get funding for. ● $15/Hour

Slam Nuba, Denver, CO Summer 2016 - Present ​ — Co-Executive Director ● In charge of running the venue, booking national performance acts, create paid opportunities for members, organizing performance and workshops in schools. ● Organize the board and manage financial accounts.

Andre Carbonell | Hakeem Furious- 1 Creative Strategies for Change, Denver, CO November 2016 - November 2017 ​ — Community Programs Coordinator ● Designed curriculum, coordinated, and facilitated the Community Cypher project a program centered around disrupting the school to prison pipeline. ● Organized bi-monthly events and our bi-annual facilitators workshop ● Managed multiple grant budgets ● Teach classes in our school programs, and trained facilitating artist. ● $17/Hour

Black on Black Rhyme Inc, Tallahassee, Fl Summer 2012- Present ​ — New Generation Correspondent ● Ensure the communication between the executive board and the general body and served as a liaison between the President and all new members getting them adapted to the organization structure, policies and standards. ● $10/hour

TEACHING EXPERIENCE ​ ​ ​

AOPYO Enrichment Programs, Denver, Co Feb 2018 to Currently ​ AOPYO Instructor Apprentice of Peace Youth Organization ​ ● Work with youth organization developing students in the L.A.W.S. of life. ● Taught Leadership (Chess), Arts (Lyrical Expression), Wellness (Tai Chi) and Skilled Trade (Trade Skills) classes. ● Wrote Curriculum for Lyrical Expression class ● Worked at multiple sites including Polaris Elementary, McGlone Academy, Mountview Detention Center, LookOut Mountain Youth Service center and Delta High. ● Trained new facilitator in classroom through co-facilitation. ● $50/Workshop

CSC School Programs, Denver, Co Nov 2016 to Oct 2017 ​ Lead Facilitating Artist, Creative Strategies for Change ​ ● Worked with a non-profit promoting arts and education for social justice. ● Taught Hip-Hop Theater, Hip-Hop Philosophy, Spoken Word and Social Justice classes. ● Wrote Curriculum with the CSC social justice frameworks which includes topics of identity, culture, power, oppression and liberation. ● Worked at multiple sites including Boys and Girls Club, Mi Casa Afterschool program, Grant Beacon Middle School, Kepner Beacon Middle School, and Compassion Roads Academy ● Trained new facilitator in classroom through co-facilitation. ● $60/Workshop

Andre Carbonell | Hakeem Furious- 2 Community Cypher Project, Denver, Co Dec 2016 to Jun 2017 ​ Lead Facilitating Artist, Creative Strategies for Change ​ ● Worked with a group of 12 students twice a week for 6 months. ● Taught about the School-to-Prison Pipeline and then facilitated the creation of play to educate and spread awareness to the public and school systems. ● Designed curriculum, Organized/Facilitated rehearesals and organized shows. ● $50/Workshop

Art from Ashes, Denver, CO, — Guest Artist March 2015- Present ​ ​

● Art from Ashes is a non-profit organization in Denver, Co that teaches poetry as part of their school programming, I have worked with them for almost over a year doing “Guest Poet” work and helping their facilitating artist out in and outside the classroom. ● $35-50/Workshop

Do the Write Thing, Washington, DC, — Guest Artist February 2016 ​ ​ ● While doing a series of shows in the DMV area I was asked to be a guest artist and teach a workshop for Do the Write Thing which is an organization that does community arts programming throughout the Washington DC area ● $50/Workshop.

DEW MORE Baltimore, Baltimore, MD — Guest Artist February 2016 - Present ​ ​ ● While doing a series of shows in the DMV area I was asked to be a guest artist and teach a workshop for Dew More Baltimore an organization in charge of running the “Louder Than A Bomb” program in a series of schools. ● $100/Workshop

Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University, May 2013 to Aug 2013 ​ Tallahassee, Fl - Peer Mentor , Academic Affairs ​ ​ ● Taught a Spoken Word program for the First Year Experience program to help incoming freshman in the summer semester get acclimated to college with a creative outline. ● Worked with 25 students for 3 months ● Created a curriculum and curated end of semester performances ● $10/Hour

PUBLICATIONS ​

Books

Andre Carbonell | Hakeem Furious- 3 Furious, Hakeem., “Dinner with The Ego and i”, Denver, CO:BackTalk Publishing, 2017.

Anthology, “Work”, Denver, CO, 2015.

PRESENTATIONS AND INVITED LECTURES ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​

Presentation, “Showtime at The Apollo” Apollo Theatre, June 2013 | Harlem, NY ​ ​ ​

Presentation, “Last Call w/ Earl Sweatshirt” Florida State University, August 2016 | ​ ​ ​ Tallahassee, FL

Presentation, “Innovation of Peer Support” Health 2.0 , August 2016 | San Jose, CA ​ ​ ​

Presentation, “This is My Year”, A3C Festival, October 2016 | Atlanta, GA ​ ​ ​

Workshop, “Free Thought” Regis University Heritage Camp, June 2018| Denver, CO ​ ​ ​

Workshop, “Radical Healing” Health Futurism Conference, September 2018 | Kansas ​ ​ ​ City, MO

Workshop, “Word Portals” Time Camp, October 2018| Charlotte, NC ​ ​ ​

Presentation, “Men in Color” St. Lawrence University, December 2018 | Canton, NY ​ ​ ​

Presentation, “Student Slam” University of Northern Colorado, Jan 2019 | Greeley, CO ​ ​ ​

Presentation, “Oral Black History” Denver University, February 2019 | Denver, CO ​ ​ ​

Presentation, “Conscious Hiphop Festival” Regis University, March 2019 | Denver, CO ​ ​ ​

Presentation, “Rise Up” Black Male Initiative Summit, March 2019 | Denver, CO ​ ​ ​

Workshop, “Resilience Poetry Slam” Shared Risk, Protective Factors Conference, May ​ ​ ​ 2019 | Keystone, CO

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING ​ ​ ​

CCI Change Leadership Institute Colorado Creative Industries, Colorado Springs | 2016 A cohort of creative leaders undergoing a 3 day workshop on how leaders can implement change in their artistic and professional practices.

Denver Youth Leadership Academy Young Invincibles, Denver | June-September 2018

Andre Carbonell | Hakeem Furious- 4 3 month youth leadership development around advocacy and ways to advocate.

WESTAF Emerging Leaders of Color WESTAF, Denver, Oct 1-3, 2018 The Western Arts Federation presented a program for the emerging leaders of color is the arts administration field.

FELLOWSHIPS AND RESIDENCIES ​ ​ ​ ​ ​

CEI Innovation Fellow Colorado Education Initiative, Denver, CO | May- Aug 2019 Worked on my education venture on developing a high level spoken word curriculum and research around near-peer learning.

Artist in Residence Platteforum, Denver, CO | Sep-Oct 2017 Taught a group of students for 8 weeks and released my debut book “Dinner with The Ego and i”

Artist in Residence The Wayfaring Band, Portland, OR | July 2017 Description: Journeyed with an organization to Portland, Organ where I worked with neuro diverse communities and went through a social justice curriculum focused on ability.

REFRENCES ​

J.C Futrell Director of Education Redline Contemporary Art Center 2350 Arapahoe St, Denver, Co 303-974-8775

Tennelle Swan CEO Lavish Publicity 646-634-8848

Jose Silva Executive Diretor The Silva Foundation 18625 E 47th Ave, Denver, Co 80249 720-882-1498

Andre Carbonell | Hakeem Furious- 5 Toluwanimi Obiwole Executive Director Palm Wine Collective 1074 S Dahlia St, Denver, Co 720-228-7369

Derwin Ryant Executive Director Apprentice of Peace Youth Organization 551 S Fairfax St, Denver, Co 720-732-8217

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