Mark VanDerzee's schedule for Amplify & Ignite: Creative Practice in and With Communities

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Sustainability Invitation
Emerson Sustainability is currently preparing for the annual Campus Race to Zero Waste competition that runs from February through the end of March. It’s a friendly competition between universities in North America to reduce waste on campuses and raise awareness about waste-related behaviors. In celebration of Campus Race to Zero Waste, we are participating in the Green Event Certification program and we hope you will join us in this challenge. In advance of your travel to Boston, we encourage you to bring a reusable water bottle and/or hot thermos and utensils to reduce the need for single use products.

Mark VanDerzee

About me

Mark VanDerzee is a co-founder and Education Director of Company One Theatre (C1). Mark is also a teacher of Improvisation and Social Justice Theater at Brookline High School, where he won the Caverly Award for Educator of the Year in 2019. Since 1999, Mark has led the development of C1's Stage One: Theatre Education program: Professional Development for Actors, Professional Development for Educators, Young Producers Teen Internships, Anti-Racism for Youth residencies, and Stage One's flagship program, their In-School residencies.

My Speakers Sessions

1:00pm EDT

Voices for Empathetic Change: Two Boston Community Organizations' Approaches to Social Justice Empowerment for Youth Black BoxJosephine Ross • Raquel Duarte Hunt • Mark VanDerzee