Marilyn
with high school students in Texas
At Highland
Park High School Literary Festival in 2003
With Linda
Holleman in a skit for our Cleveland Junior High students
Announcing
Marilyn's performance at Hurst Public Library
 At
Hurst Public Library in June 2004
With former
student Erin at Watauga Public Library in February 2004
With Nigerian Storyteller John Owhonda at
Highland Park High School in February 2004
At the Swearing-In Ceremony of the new U.S.
Ambassador to Sierra Leone, Tom Hull on 8 July 2004 at the
Department of State, Washington, D.C.
Secretary of State Colin Powell administering
oath of office to Ambassador Hull.
Marilyn as Mamma Memuna: African Storyteller!
at Bear Creek Intermediate School, Keller, TX, February
2005
Mamma Memuna: African Storyteller!
African Dancing with sixth-graders
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Mamma Memuna: African Storyteller!
Bear Creek Intermediate School, Keller, TX: February
2005
Highland Park High School,
'My Life in Sierra Leone and its relation
to The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver': January
2005
Highland Park Literary Festival,
Highland Park High School, Dallas: February 2002,
2003, 2004, March 2005
Parc Place Retirement Living: Bedford,
TX: 'A Caribbean Overview' and 'A Sierra Leonean
Life' : August, November 2004
Southwest Texas State University,
‘Multiculturalism in the Classroom’; June 2003
Texas Council of Teachers of English
(TCTE) State Convention: February 1998, January
2002, January 2003
English Pre- Advanced Placement/
Advanced Placement (Pre-AP/AP)
Summer Institutes:
Rice University: July 2004
Southern Methodist University (SMU):
June 2004
University of Oklahoma:
June 2000, July 2001
University of Texas at Dallas: June
1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, July 2004
Austin Independent School District:
June 1997, 1998
College Board English AP Institute:
Dallas, January 1998
Past Poetry Project for the Austin Public Library: 1995-2000
Public libraries in Bedford, Hurst, and Watauga, Texas, 2004
What People Say:
'Your love
for oral tradition and storytelling is a lost art. We are
proud to have you help us keep it alive...'Renae
Garrett, Teacher, Bear Creek Intermediate School, Keller,
TX
Marilyn’s performance
is exciting, inspirational., and mesmerizing...’ Gretchen
Polnac, National AP Presenter
‘Marilyn
has a cultural awareness and an empathy for other societies
that is unusual.’
Dr.
Lucy Brown; Ph.D. University of Texas at Austin
'I sat through
your presentation today... and I was in the best mood I've
been in in a long time when I left ... What fun and how interesting
were the authors, poets and musicians you presented!... I
can only hope to make my students as excited about learning
as I was today.’Catherine
Semrod, Teacher, Summer AP Institute for Teachers, SMU, June
2004
'I just
wanted to tell you again how much I enjoyed your presentation
at the AP Summer Institute last week at SMU. It was one of
the highlights of the week.... Thanks again for the experience
of learning more about Caribbean literature.' Mark
R. McCulloch, English Teacher/Student Council Sponsor, Amarillo,
TX
'The
sharing of customs and traditions of Africa has enriched our
students. Thank you for a morning of song, dance, and storytelling.'
Tammy Ramsey, Teacher, Bear
Creek Intermediate School, Keller, TX
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