Former founding member of Seattle Public
Theater's Theater of Liberation Ensemble, Cheryl has
been active in anti-oppression and empowerment work with people
of all ages since the mid 1980's and has designed and facilitated
workshops and trainings locally, statewide, nationally and
internationally. Using music, theater, lectures, and a variety
of experiential activities both Theater of the Oppressed
based as well as non-T.O. based, Cheryl has worked with a
wide array of organizations and communities such as homeless
youth and other marginalized social groups, domestic violence
survivors, school age youth, nurses, work transition programs
(YWCA), as well as universities and colleges. Some agencies
and organizations include the State of Washington (DSHS and
Department of Labor and Industries) the International Pedagogy
and Theater of the Oppressed Conferences in New York, Nebraska,
and Ohio, University of Minnesota, Kellogg Fellows, ACLU,
Amnesty International, Wheaton College, PATH (Program for
Appropriate Technology in Health), University of South Florida,
Global Visionaries, Power of Hope, Labor Center at The Evergreen
State College, and the Eastside Domestic Violence Program
among others. Through her work Cheryl is committed to facilitating
self-awareness and empowerment for individuals and communities
as a means to create a world which values equity, understanding
and compassion for all peoples around the world.
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