Community Collaborations
Bringing It Together
Dr. Butterfly is a community builder who leads and supports collaborations with youth, people of color and LGBTQ+ people.
Citywide Ceremony for Healthy Manhood @ Urban Healers (photo by Peter Parker)
2023
Exploring Memories of Ecological Identity Community Day Workshop Presenter California Institute of Integral Studies
2019
Citywide Ceremony for Healthy Manhood Master of Ceremonies + Workshop Instructor Urban Healers Chapter 510 / The Department of Make Believe
The Alchemy of Manhood: A Celebration of Healthy Masculinity for Same-Gender Loving Black Men Creator + Organizer + Facilitator Urban Healers Oakland LGBTQ Community Center
The Alchemy of Manhood @ Urban Healers (photos by Peter Parker)
Kemetic Visions: An Arts-Based Community Research Project Principal Investigator Pacific Center for Human Growth
Consent Kings Performer + Team Member Urban Healers Oakland Peace Center
Consent Kings @ Urban Healers (photos by Paul Chinn for the San Francisco Chronicle)
2018
Citywide Ceremony for Male Vulnerability Ancestral Lounge Installation Artist + Team Member Urban Healers United Roots
2017
Forum Theater Workshop: Human Trafficking and Gender Discrimination Facilitator Rootcamp
A Night with the Stars: Dreaming in Color Talent Show Mentor + Performer Community Housing Partnership Herbst Theater
2016
Youth Arts Research Project Artist-in-Residence San Francisco Public Library
Our Stories, Our Freedom: Black Voices Transforming Shame and Stigma @ Black Brothers Esteem
2015 + 2016
Our Stories, Our Freedom: Black Voices Transforming Shame and Stigma I & II Curriculum Designer + Instructor Black Brothers Esteem San Francisco AIDS Foundation Luggage Store Gallery
“The Ghost of Michael Brown” @ Center for Political Education
2014
The Ghost of Michael Brown Group Improvisation Instigator Center for Political Education Eric Quezada Center for Culture & Politics
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“Mutual Respect” @ Taking a Stand [SF]
“Mutual Respect: A Storytelling Circle about Community/Police Relations” Co-Curator Taking a Stand [SF] Eric Quezada Center for Culture & Politics
Brothers Making Change: Preparing Young Black and Latinx Men for College and Career Instructor Bayview Association for Youth
Activism Within & Without Instructor SOMArts Cultural Center
2013
Generations Diversity Workshop Facilitator Ninth Street Independent Film Center
SQFT Pop-Up Start-Up Case Study Presentation Presenter A Temporary Offering Renoir Hotel
Brothers Making Change: Preparing Young Black and Latinx Men for College and Career @ Bayview Association for Youth
2012
Text-A-City: Start-Ups for Sustainable Communities Co-Producer + Organizer A Temporary Offering Renoir Hotel
2011
Black Is: A Celebration of Black History Month Video Director Longfellow Middle School
Text-A-City @ A Temporary Offering