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The faculty and staff of MAP are pleased to present our first keynote speaker, Belvie Rooks.
Belvie Rooks is a writer and educator, whose published works have been included in a number of books and anthologies: Prayers in Praise of Life, edited by Mary-Ford Grabowsky (Doubleday); The Same River Twice: Honoring the Difficulty by Alice Walker (Scribner); My Soul is a Witness: African American Women’s Spirituality, edited by Gloria Wade-Gayles (Beacon Press); Life Notes: Personal Writings by Contemporary Black Women (Norton); Double Stitch: Black Women Write About Mothers and Daughters (Harper Collins). In 1993, Ms. Rooks received an American Book Award as editor of Paris Connections: African American Artists in Paris (QED Press).
In 1997, Ms. Rooks co-created, with actors Danny Glover and Roy Scheider, a dramatic dialogue entitled, “Who’s Gonna Be There?” This dramatic presentation, co-starring Danny Glover and Roy Scheider, was performed at the Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor in 1997. “Who’s Gonna Be There?” marked Ms. Rooks’ debut as a director. Ms. Rooks has developed, and is currently piloting, an innovative educational model that encourage urban, inner-city youth to explore critical social, environmental and global issues using a multimedia-based curriculum. The project, “Hey, Listen Up,” piloted in South Central Los Angeles in a Wellness Village target area was supported by the Urban Habitat Program. Ms. Rooks has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Anthropology and a Master’s Degree in Interdisciplinary Studies in Education from San Francisco State University.
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Last updated November 30, 2007.
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