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Nationally-recognized artist, trans justice & racial equity trainer, Merrique Jenson of SocialScope Productions will be facilitating this summit. Merrique (she/her) is a queer and trans, multiracial anti-violence advocate and artist of color. For the past 18 years, she has worked closely with street-based youth, communities of color, and LGBTQ people in the fields of youth programming, anti-violence advocacy, racial justice, and community empowerment. She is the Director of SocialScope Productions, a consulting and coaching company focused on LGBTQ multimedia projects, community storytelling, and building innovative, equity program design models and professional development training. She also currently serves as the Program Director for Transformations, a Kansas City-based youth organization serving transgender and nonbinary young people ages 12 – 24.
Merrique is a respected community advisor and equity consultant having worked closely with the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, The Coterie Theatre, and Mid-America Arts Alliance. She is a two-time full-project award winner with the Kansas City Rocket Grants, a published writer, documentary filmmaker, DJ (DJ Stunt Queen) headlining multiple Pride Festivals, and has been a national keynote speaker with her intersectional projects.
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Professional Services
Professional Services: Actor/Actress, Director, DJ, Graphic Designer, Professional Development, Teaching Artist | Presenter, Videographer, Writer
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Price: $$$
VIDEOS
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Transformations, a KC trans and gender-expansive youth organization, produced a video series focused on conversations between trans women of color in 2019. In this episode, video participants (Nyla Foster (National Director, Trans Women of Color Collective) Fynelle Fristoe (Lead Advisor, Transformations Young Women’s Group,) Gia Bleu, and ballroom icons, Essence Mazzaritie and Lila Star Escada (Overall Mother of the House of Escada) move beyond the violence and trauma, but also showcases sisterhood, beauty, personal strength and resiliency. In the closing words of this episode from Lila, self-love is vital: “You can not let people’s opinions determine what prize you want for yourself. Trust what you see in the mirror. That’s what matters.” If you self-identify as a (MTF) transgender young woman, ages 16-24 years old, please join us for our monthly Transgender Young Women’s Empowerment Group, 3rd Wednesdays of the month (6-9pm), at the Center for Spiritual Living (1014 W 39th St, KCMO 64111.) Learn more at transformationskc.org Video produced by SocialScope Productions & Edited by Merrique Jenson.
