Awards & Honors
Rhode Island Pell Award for Excellence in the Arts, 2016
Nancy Elizabeth Prophet Award, RI Black Heritage Society, 2003
National Storytelling Network’s Circle of Excellence Award, 2001
Distinguished Visiting Professor Johnson & Wales University, 2000
Parents’ Choice Gold and Silver Awards, 1996
Jefferson Award
City of Providence Outstanding Citizen Award
Humanitarian Service Award from the Heifer Project International
New England Monthly Magazine Local Hero Award, 1987.
Noteworthy Appearances
Festival at the Edge, Manchester UK
International Singapore Storytelling Festival
National Storytelling Festival, Jonesborough, TN
Cave Run Storytelling Festival, Kentucky
Cape Clear Island Storytelling Festival, Ireland
The Tenth & Thirteenth International Storytelling Festival, Belgium
Kamala Elementary school, Phuket, Thailand
MLK Celebration, John F. Kennedy Library, Boston, MA
Martha’s Vineyard Festival of Storytelling
The Taos Festival, New Mexico
Discovery Theater at The Smithsonian Institute
The Kennedy Center for the Arts, DC
Performed at the Bill Clinton Inaugural Festivities 1992
The National Black Storytelling Festival, (numerous times)
The Folk-Life Festival on the Mall, DC (numerous times)
Storytelling Festival of Amsterdam, 2009
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