Award-winning actor, singer, songwriter and producer, and 2021 Ladies Songwriters Corridor of Fame inductee Dr. Dawnn Lewis is not any stranger to the perils of home violence, having been each as witness and survivor.
Lewis is a keynote speaker on the City Useful resource Institute’s A Blueprint for Change: Ending Cycles of Gender-Primarily based Violence & Homelessness, the place she is going to communicate candidly about her personal experiences with home violence and why she so strongly advocates for survivors and efforts to boost consciousness to teach, help, and information people in domestically violent conditions.
The occasion will happen on Oct. 4 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the Museum of Jewish Heritage (36 Battery Place, Manhattan). Lewis will communicate at 10:15 a.m.
Lewis will talk about how her A New Day Basis applications like Sisters Hangout and MenTORS: Males Speaking of Related Conditions assist younger women and men ages 13 to 19 tackle vanity, self-awareness, and image-building, create a secure area for teenagers to share and talk about advanced topics, together with life abilities, relationships, fellowship, and empowerment.
A Mattress-Stuy, Brooklyn native Lewis based Morning Jewel Inc. in 1988—a manufacturing firm spanning movie, tv, stage, animation, and voice-over initiatives. It additionally homes Morning Jewel Music/Publishing, overseeing a document label, music composition catalog, studio classes, and dwell concert events. Morning Jewel Productions additionally hosts workshops, talking engagements, and Grasp Lessons.
