Deen with students at the Ally Safe Schools Student Leadership Retreat hosted at Hands In 4 Youth in West Milford, New Jersey.
A photo from 2017 Philly Youth Pride organized by Deen Rawlins-Harris at the William Way LGBTQ Community Center.
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Mazzoni Center Ally Safe Schools Programming
From 2017-2018, I was the Ally Safe Schools (Ally) Coordinator at the Mazzoni Center in Philadelphia, PA. In addition to producing youth events, retreats, and conventions, I managed and coordinated all elements of Ally programming including school trainings. I would receive requests for trainings from schools in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, and Delaware. Each school had unique needs and I would modify existing trainings or create new workshops for students, staff, and families. Below are two work samples. 1. The first pdf file is the Creating Safer Spaces Training I co-researched and developed with Elizabeth C. Khan, LAC . We led this training for school administrators, staff, and teachers throughout the city. 
2. The second pdf file is from a lesson I led for a school in Philadelphia on age of consent laws. This workshop was unique because the middle school I created it for had recently taken disciplinary action against an educator for violating Age of Consent and statutory rape Laws. The school's administration was concerned because members of the student body were blaming the victim saying the the.young person "asked for it". I created this workshop to help student tangibly see the power dynamics when age is a factor in an individual's ability to consent to intimate relationships.
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C1's Professional Development for Actors' fall 2021 student showcase flyer.
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Company One Theatre Professional Development For Actors Course
Since Spring 2020, I've co-instructed four Professional Development for Actors classes at Company One (C1). This is a mixed-level audition preparatory course for adult actors. I've adapted course materials for virtual instruction to provide resources and tools to my students. As a co-instructor my goal is to provide students with tools and resources they can use to continue monologue development in their own time. The pdf file that follows is a powerpoint presentation I lead for students in their first class session with me. I provide students with a + / Δ framework, adapted from facilitation techniques, they use to reflect on classmates and their own performed monologues. The + / Δ framework provides students with an open-ended process for giving and receiving feedback in a non-judgmental way.
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Collective Liberation and Performance For Folx of Color Workshop (CLPFCW) for the University of the Arts (UArts)
In the Fall of 2019, my colleague Daniel Park and I co-instructed a one week residency for students at UArts in Philadelphia, PA. This one week workshop was facilitated for BIPOC students from various departments throughout the university. We led students through a variety of facilitation techniques to help them build a collective vision of liberated futures in their university and community. The residency culminated in a final showcase. In this video you'll view a selection of a movement piece choreographed by student participants in the residency. They hold tools for liberation that they created in response to Audre Lordes' speech "The Master's Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master's House". There are photos of these objects they created in the video too. I've included selected feedback from student participants below.
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