Mr. Mudu grew up chalking cartoons on the Bushwick streets of Brooklyn during the deadly crack era. His desire to share those comic-book recreations with his childhood friends was the impetus for him to start facilitating poetry and Career Day workshops at several New York City public schools in 1994 for another generation. He worked with several organizations to reach the youth:

El Puente Learning Academy

Helped the Latino community organization become DOE accredited while providing art and educational workshops

Medgar Evers Center for Black Literature

Facilitated writing, art & performance workshops focusing on analyzing contemporary and classical forms of spoken word, performance poetry and hip hop

Empowering Youth Towards Excellence

Young adults from this Not-For-Profit speak about college, goals and decisions from a ‘Big Brother’ or ‘Big Sister’ POV

Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute

Ten week ‘Dynamics of Modern Poetry Workshops’ across NYC for decades at various public schools

Career Day Appearances

Benjamin Banneker, George Washington High School, Phillipa Duke Schuyler, High School for Citizenship, Murry Bergtraum, etc