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Owen ‘Blakka’ Ellis Speaking Topics
TALKS & TOPICS
- ‘I WASN’T SUPPOSED TO BE…’
In a poignant portrayal of personal trials and triumph, and a tribute to the value of early positive reinforcements, Ellis shares highlights from his life journey from Trench Town to the world. You will laugh, you may cry, you may even laugh until you cry.
- ‘KILL IT BEFORE IT BITES YOU’
Have you ever considered how the performance of gender roles and expectations inform attitudes and practices that impact the natural environment? You may want to give it more thought and perhaps some action, after this provocative look at the intersection of Culture, Gender and Environmental issues from a Jamaican/Caribbean perspective.
- ‘MEN DECLARE, WOMEN SHARE’
Are we training boys to be manly in ways that impede their capacity for compassion and blight their facility with communication? Ponder this and other questions in a humorous and thought-provoking exploration of issues relating to male socialization in Jamaica and its effects on family life, gender relations and communication.
PAST PRESENTATIONS
- “WORKING WITH MEN & BOYS TO CONFRONT GENDER BASED VIOLENCE IN THE CARIBBEAN
– The CariMAN experience”-
Presentation made at Policy Dialogue on Men & Boys, Gender Equality, Health & Human Rights – Pretoria, South Africa – November 2011 - “WHY ARE ‘FUNNY’ MEN SO FUNNY?
Questioning Masculinity and Sexuality in the Caribbean Comic Space –
A call to conversation” paper presented at the Caribbean Studies Association Conference – Bridgetown, Barbados – May 2010 - “ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION
AND THE ANGRY URBAN YOUTH”
Talk presented at the World Environmental Education Conference – Montreal Canada – June 2009 - “RAGAMUFFIN BACCHANAL
FROM JOHNKUNNU TO PASSA-PASSA – CARNIVAL IN JAMAICAN CULTURE”
Paper presented at Carnival: ‘A Peoples Art’ and ‘Taking Back the Streets’ International Conference – York University, Canada – July/August 2008
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