Clients
Spirit Drumz has worked nationally and internationally
with:
- Individuals
- Schools (K-12)
- Colleges and Universities
- Corporations
- Organizations
- Private Groups
Our components can be incorporated into a variety of venues,
inter-generational groups and multi-ethnic environments such as:
- Professional Coaching
- Strategic Planning
- Company Retreats
- Residential Life Team Trainings
- Empowerment Conferences
- Summer Youth Programs
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- In-School Instruction
- Performances and Assemblies
- Motivational and Keynote Speaking
- Rites-Of-Passage Celebrations
- Facilitated Drum Circles
- On-Going Percussion Classes
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Clients include:
Adaawe Women's Percussive Ensemble
Artemis Institute, Sebastopol, CA
Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations (AAPCHO)
Bank Street College of Education
California Institute for Integral Studies
California State University – Monterey Bay
City of Oakland Cultural Funding Program
Civic Engagement Project for Children and Families
Cultural Council of Santa Cruz County
Dome Project, New York
East Oakland Leadership Academy
Edge of Wonder
Equal Rights Advocates, San Francisco, CA
Evergreen State College, Olympia, Washington
Harbin Hot Springs, Middletown, CA
Hetrick-Martin Institute, New York
Hopland Women’s Festival
Institute for Transpersonal Psychology
International Black Women’s Conference, Oahu, Hawai’i
International Black Writers & Artists Alliance, Oakland, CA
Iya Onilu Drum Camp, London, U.K.
La Familia de la Casa, San Francisco, CA
La Pena Cultural Arts Center, Oakland, CA
Lambeth College, London U.K.
Lawndale High School
Lehman College Literary Institute, New York
Liquid Fire Productions
Louden Nelson Community Center, Santa Cruz, CA
Luna Sea Women’s Performance Project, San Francisco, CA
Lunar Rhythms Drum and Dance
Making Waves Education Program
Marin Services for Women
Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival
MoonSister’s Drum Camp, Oakland
National Black Lesbian and Gay Leadership Forum, Los Angeles, CA
National Center for Lesbian Rights, San Francisco, CA
New College of California
New World Co-Creators Women’s Conference, CA
NIA Collective Gathering, Oakland, CA
Ocean Song Goddess Festival, Santa Rosa, CA
Pajaro Valley Unified School District, Watsonville, CA
Amesti Elementary School
Salsipuedes Elementary School
Purple Moon Dance Project, San Francisco, CA
St. Mary’s College
St. Odelia School, Los Angeles, CA
San Francisco Gay Pride
San Lorenzo Valley Unified School District, Santa Cruz, CA
San Lorenzo Valley High School, Diversity Program,
Quetzal Alternative School
Tierra Pacifica Charter Elementary School, Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz County Unified School District, CA
Gault Elementary School, Santa Cruz
Main Street After School Program, Santa Cruz, CA
Spring Hill Elementary School, Santa Cruz, CA
Santa Cruz Ethnic Arts Network
Santa Cruz Pacific Arts Center, Santa Cruz, CA
Sonoma County's Health and Harmony Fair, Santa Rosa, CA
Teen Women’s Day Conference, Santa Cruz, CA
The Door (Alternative High School), New York
ULOAH Sistafest, Los Angeles, CA
University of California at San Francisco
University of California at Santa Barbara
University of California at Santa Cruz
Vassar College, New York
William James Youth Association, Santa Cruz, CA
The Women’s Spirituality Forum
Worldbeat Cultural Arts Center, San Diego, CA
Youthbuild U.S.A., Brownsville, New York
Z. Budapest & the Goddess 3000 Festival
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Participant Voices
The following are participant comments from Walking Tree's FunDRUMentals
workshops over the last year from Southern and Northern California.
- Her style is refreshing. Afia makes the language of the drum accessible and
educational, something I can use right there, right now. I always feel like
I come away with a better understanding of drum history, language, while
having mega fun.
- She breaks it all down, the relationship between drumming history,
enslavement of africans in the west and contemporary drumming.
- Afia offers tools that build foundation and allows me tap into my drum
voice within while I cultivate new pathways towards personal freedom.
- Walking Tree provided a safe space for me to remember my ancestral lineage,
be strong in the present, and the courage to embrace my future.
- Her teaching meets the requirmement of the 21st century and assist students
to come into their voice within and KNOW their drum.
- She allows for liberation and emancipation using my own drumz.
- She da bomb! She makes me feel like a powerful woman drummer!
- I love that Walking Tree's classes are inviting, safe and offer
comprehensive drum studies whether you are new to the drum or an eternal
student.
- Classes promise to challenge and inspire you where you are.
- I am amazed at how much I learned.
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