- Founder, 14 Words for Love, lit and art activism, 2011-present
- Interim Executive Director, Georgia Conflict Center, 2020; member board of directors 2016-2019; board president 2019
- The Resource Center, Athens, GA, programming/teacher, summer 2019
- Athens Anti-Discrimination Movement, advisory board member 2019-2020; board member 2018-19; volunteer 2016-2018
- Triangle Diversity Conference instructor, Cary Academy, 2013
- Writer-in-residence, Wake County Public Schools, 2007-2012
- Guest instructor and multiculturalism panelist, Cary Academy, 2010-11
- Featured reader, poetrySpark, SPARKCon Festival, 2010-2011
- Wake County Race and Ethnic Study Circles facilitator, 1999-2005; advanced Vortex training, 2002
- Diversity trainer/consultant for NC Episcopal Diocese, 2004
- Appointee, Diversity Committee for Lincoln, NE Public Schools 1995-96
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