"Reimagining Education" Virtual Panel

Pangea World Theater strives to build a just world by creating multi-disciplinary theater that embodies decolonizing practices of solidarity, sustainability and equity.

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"Beyond Shakespeare &amp; The Western Canon" a panel about the impacts of centering of power &amp; privilege in the arts and education

Pangea World Theater presents the "Reimagining Education" a panel series addressing the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and recent social uprisings on the arts and education. This month, we are speaking with artists and educators from across the country and US Territories to reimagine a world "Beyond Shakespeare and the Western Canon." Together we will discuss the current state of the field, dissect the system that maintains this status quo, while discussing creative solutions to instill and sustain meaningful change, so that all stories and voices are seen and heard in classrooms and in the public sphere. This event will be livestreamed on Pangea World Theater's <a href="https://www.facebook.com/PangeaWorldTheater/live_videos" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Facebook page</a>.The panel will feature:<ul><li>Tammy Hailiʻōpua Baker - Theater Professor, University of Hawaii Manoa (Honolulu, HI)</li><li>Sage Crump - Culture Strategist, Artist and Facilitator (New Orleans, LA)</li><li>Kathy Haddad - HS Teacher &amp; Playwright; Artistic Director of Arab American Theater Works (Minneapolis, MN)</li><li>Beliza Torres Narváez - Theater Professor, Augsburg University (Minneapolis, MN)</li></ul>ABOUT REIMAGINING EDUCATION PANEL SERIESCOVID-19 has impacted us all in different ways, and required a reimagining of education--during the pandemic and beyond. This time has also become an invocation to reflect on ourselves and our communities, and examine how we address social justice, center artistic expression, and value each individual in our society. Being in a distance-learning environment this past year made way for new discoveries, new ways of working and different strategies for connecting to each other amidst the various challenges. The last year brought uncertainty, isolation and unprecedented burdens, while disproportionately affecting students of color. <a href="https://www.pangeaworldtheater.org/reimagining-education-panel-2020" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Learn more</a> about Pangea's past Reimagining Education panels. ADDRESSING IMPORTANT QUESTIONSPangea World Theater is asking our community: "What questions should we be asking?" We are gathering responses to bring to policy makers with the intention of making meaningful change in the field of education through this important work. Please send your questions to emily@pangeaworldtheater.org, or share them during this livestream.ABOUT THE PANELISTS

Tammy Haili‘ōpua BakerPlaywright/Director Tammy Haili‘ōpua Baker is an Associate Professor in the Department of Theatre and Dance at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. Her work centers on the development of an indigenous Hawaiian theatre aesthetic and form, language revitalization, and the empowerment of cultural identity through stage performance. Baker is the artistic director of Ka Hālau Hanakeaka, a Hawaiian medium theatre troupe based on O‘ahu. Originally from Kapa‘a, Kaua‘i she now resides in Kahalu‘u, Ko‘olaupoko, O‘ahu with her ‘ohana.​​Sage CrumpSage Crump is a culture strategist, artist and facilitator who expands and deepens the work of cultural workers, and arts organizations in social justice organizing. Sage is a member of Complex Movements, a Detroit-based artist collective whose interdisciplinary work supports local and translocal visionary organizing. She is principal and co-founder with artist muthi reed of The Kinfolks Effect (TKE) Studio. TKE Studio is an incubation space for multimedia interdisciplinary artwork that examines the movement of Blackness through time and space. She is the Program Specialist for Leveraging A Network for Equity ( LANE) at the National Performance Network and holds the position of Chief Architect at the Emergent Strategies Ideation institute. Kathy HaddadKathryn Haddad has been a high school teacher in Minnesota since 1991. Her licensure is in English Language Arts and Communication Arts with master’s degrees in Liberal Studies and Public Affairs. She has developed and taught classes in literature, writing, and film, and serves as a concurrent enrollment instructor at both Normandale Community College and Minneapolis Community College. In addition to her work as a teacher, she is the Executive and Artistic Director of New Arab American Theater Works in Minneapolis and was the founder and executive/artistic director of Mizna for over a decade. Kathryn is a 2004-05 recipient of an Archibald Bush Leadership Fellowship for her work with the Arab American community. She has received three Playwright’s Center Many Voices Fellowships, is a recipient of the 2018 Kay Sexton Award from the Minnesota Book Awards for her work with the Arab American Community, and is a 2019-20 Jerome Artist Fellow in theater. As a playwright, her works have been presented throughout Twin Cities stages. She has had several works published in anthologies including the upcoming, More Than A Single Story anthology edited by David Mura and Carolyn Holbrook, University of Minnesota Press, 2021.​Beliza Torres NarváezBeliza Torres Narváez is an artist/scholar/educator and a Tenured Professor of the Theater Department at Augsburg University. She was a resident and touring artist of the Bread and Puppet Theatre (Vermont) for a year, where she learned making and performing with masks and puppets. In Ecuador, she completed a two-year intensive actor training program with internationally renowned Teatro Malayerba. In Puerto Rico, she was the director of Teatro Camagua, a group that worked with children and teens in underserved communities using theatre as a social justice tool. She also was a teaching artist working with teens in rural and inner city public schools and training teachers on how to integrate theatre into the regular curriculum. In Texas, she worked as a teaching artist with Creative Action, an arts-based youth development organization as part of their after school program. Besides collaborating with other artists as a performer, Beliza has also developed her original solo performances such as Cuerpo Público (Casa Cruz '04), Y…Pervertida (Teatro Yerbabruja '06), Doña Ana no está aquí (Teatro Yerbabruja '07), Counting my lunares (University of Texas '08), Sexy Picnic (PSI '13), Hi…perverted (Patrick’s Cabaret Latinx-Q '18). and Resabios the Amargura or that bitter cabaret (Teatro del Pueblo '20). Her credits as a director include: Rudy Ramírez Footnotes for People who don’t Speak Spanish (Vortex Theatre 2011), Karina Casiano’s Silence is Health (Augsburg University '16; Nobel Peace Prize Forum, '17), Javier Murillo’s solo performance Broken English Mother Tongue (Minneapolis Fringe, NYC Fringe, '18; Teatro del Pueblo, '20) and Arístidez Vargas Pluma and the Tempest (Augsburg University, '19). She was also an Arts Organizing Institute Fellow (Pangea World Theatre '17), a guest director of Lake Street Story Circles Project (Pangea '19), and guest artist of the  National Institute for Directing and Ensemble Creation (Pangea and Art2Action '19). At Augsburg, she was also Sabo Community Engagement Fellow (2016-17) and a Center for Teaching and Learning Fellow (2018-20). And she is the recipient of the 2020 Distinguished Contribution Award for Teaching.

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