Lunch and Learn: "Creativity is a Hard Skill" with Joe's Movement Emporium

Co-presented with the Prince George's County Office of Human Rights

This winter, grab your favorite lunch at noon and tune in to virtual conversations with the Prince George’s County Office of Human Rights and the Prince George’s County Memorial Library System on topics from repairing the effects of racial injustice to fighting for equitable access to recovering from exile and loss. Let’s learn together!

Lunch and Learn returns with special guests Brooke Kidd and Camille Kashaka of Joe's Movement Emporium in conversation with the Prince George's County Office of Human Rights and the Prince George's County Memorial Library System about how creativity is a hard skill.

Established in 1995, Joe’s Movement Emporium is a cultural arts hub that acts as a catalyst for creativity and economic opportunity. Based in Mount Rainier, Maryland in the Prince George’s Gateway Arts District, Joe’s serves more than 70,000 visitors annually. Joe’s has five arts-based youth programs that bridge the creative divide between under-resourced families and those with means. Through programs and productions in education, performing arts, and work readiness, Joe’s integrates progressive education, creativity, and youth development.

Registration not required. Click on the YouTube video linked below to stream the program live or watch the recording later.

About our guests: 

Brooke Kidd, Executive Director and Co-Founder of Joe’s Movement Emporium, is a dance artist, choreographer, and arts education advocate. She received her B.A. in International Relations and Dance, Anthropology, and African Studies, and an M.A. in Dance with the thesis “Revitalizing Community through Dance” from American University. For more than 30 years, Ms. Kidd has designed arts programs to engage community, produced large-scale performances, and presented work throughout the region.

She received the Alan Kriegsman Award from Dance Metro DC for lifetime achievement and an Individual Artist Award in choreography from the Maryland State Arts Council. Brooke served on the Mount Rainier City Council (2001-2003), has been honored as the Maryland State Arts Advocate of the Year (2015), Prince George’s County Chamber of Commerce Business Leader of the Year (2015), and Gratitude Award (2018). Brooke is a member of Leadership Greater Washington class of 2017. Brooke has launched and directed a number of projects with broad community stakeholders from Maryland, such as Joe’s project “Mapping Racism,” in partnership with the Hyattsville Community Development Corporation, which documented the historical and present-day impact of restrictive deed covenants in Brentwood and North Brentwood.

Camille Kashaka (she/her/hers) currently serves as the Managing Director for Joe’s Movement Emporium and Creative Suitland. She is excited to be contributing to the broad and powerful community focused cultural and artistic impact of these institutions. 
 
She is the former Executive Director of Motor House in Baltimore, MD, Interim Managing Director of Hattiloo Theatre in Memphis, TN, and Director of the Anacostia Arts Center in Washington, DC. 
 
Camille received her BFA from Howard University in Theatre Administration and her Masters from American University in Arts Management. It is with this specific blend of cultural, artistic, and professional experience that she hopes to add to the eclectic cultural ecosystem of Prince George’s County.