https://www.drcrystalleigh.com/about daily 0.75 2023-05-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d559ff61cec28000144282a/1566931633707-KU9LUX7FCA9QAWJVBL8M/cleigh_dcpg2.jpg About - Freedom from fear. Two-time co-host of the Zanzibar International Film Festival Music and Performing Arts stage, Crystal Leigh has collaborated with communities in Tanzania since 2006. Her most recent scholarship-activism focuses on how spoken word poetry and performance can connect girls to each other globally, impact their communities, and inform government policy. From 2015-2019 Crystal Leigh co-directed the creative performance of the Girls Speak Out! program at the United Nations for International Day of the Girl hosted at the UN Headquarters each year in the month of October. She was the co-chair of the Working Group on Girls, Girls Participation committee from 2015-2020, where she trains high school girls for political advocacy at the UN. Her community-based work with global girls is rooted in a deep belief in the ethics of love and the transformative power of spoken word poetry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d559ff61cec28000144282a/1566626198067-QW5DYTVNQIPWIIJH7F8E/CrystalLeigh_action.jpg About - Conviction. Spoken word poetry performances, workshops and curriculum development have taken Crystal Leigh around the world from New Orleans, Louisiana, to Hawassa, Ethiopia. From upstate New York to Managua, Nicaragua, Crystal Leigh delivers powerfully through performance. Check out her most recent TEDx talk hosted by Hamilton College entitled “Re-Mixing Master Narratives through Spoken Word Poetry” https://www.drcrystalleigh.com/home daily 1.0 2021-10-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d559ff61cec28000144282a/1566928878967-SV1CZ0KHBCLWAEOTEO13/crystheading2.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d559ff61cec28000144282a/1604447328424-E34RHIS461A3JCTEPJHD/BEGREAT_v3_flyer.jpg Home - Be Great Today! Be Great Today! is the brainchild of Harriet Lampkin, Esq. and Dr. Crystal Leigh after receiving multiple requests from students, friends, and colleagues in need of encouragement. Together, they discuss and consult on life during the quarantine, finding God’s purpose during lock-down, and everything in between. Harriet and Crystal decided to join forces and spread light and positivity through uplifting conversations. Their conversations will take on different issues each week, and they will respond to questions from you! There are wonderful things to come! #begreattoday For more details and for recordings of the weekly chats, click the link to Crystal’s YouTube channel or find Harriet’s page on Facebook and join us for the weekly Live video each Friday. https://www.drcrystalleigh.com/contact daily 0.75 2021-10-25 https://www.drcrystalleigh.com/publications daily 0.75 2020-11-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d559ff61cec28000144282a/1569454268660-84R5P5N9BH2NLZ8G4AN7/openmicnight_bookcover.jpg Publications - Open Mic Night While campuses across the United States have been offering spoken word programs for over 20 years, little attention has been paid to their purpose and impact beyond their contribution to the campus social aesthetic. There is an increasing understanding that performance poetry and spoken word is much more than entertainment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d559ff61cec28000144282a/1571006208453-TEKPJU1W4EU2QI14KDGI/fifthelement_bookcover.jpg Publications https://www.drcrystalleigh.com/projects daily 0.75 2021-10-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d559ff61cec28000144282a/1569952202143-JEKT9TNY3FWUS0D58E0P/cleigh_BYCworkshop.jpg Projects - For over a decade, Crystal Leigh has been involved in research and community programming. The projects below are just a few examples of her social justice scholarship, Hip-hop feminism, and art in action. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d559ff61cec28000144282a/1569457356344-UOM35OOKPSA3YD8T8313/cleigh_workshopNOLA.JPG Projects https://www.drcrystalleigh.com/upcoming-events daily 0.75 2023-11-09 https://www.drcrystalleigh.com/upcoming-events/smash-conference monthly 0.5 2023-10-03 https://www.drcrystalleigh.com/upcoming-events/global-conference-on-hip-hop-education monthly 0.5 2023-10-03 https://www.drcrystalleigh.com/upcoming-events/hip-hop-50-from-rec-rooms-to-classrooms-exhibit-opening monthly 0.5 2023-10-03 https://www.drcrystalleigh.com/upcoming-events/book-release-day monthly 0.5 2023-10-03 https://www.drcrystalleigh.com/upcoming-events/sample-event-1-ggh7x-dwrth-df43z monthly 0.5 2023-10-03 https://www.drcrystalleigh.com/upcoming-events/sample-event-1-ggh7x-dwrth-df43z-kjbjh monthly 0.5 2023-10-03 https://www.drcrystalleigh.com/upcoming-events/sample-event-1-ggh7x-dwrth monthly 0.5 2023-10-03 https://www.drcrystalleigh.com/upcoming-events/sample-event-1-ggh7x monthly 0.5 2023-10-03 https://www.drcrystalleigh.com/upcoming-events/sample-event-1 monthly 0.5 2023-09-21 https://www.drcrystalleigh.com/quantum-justice daily 0.75 2023-11-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d559ff61cec28000144282a/c23b880b-3980-4a45-bc31-e2a75ce64cd0/2.png Quantum Justice - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d559ff61cec28000144282a/a161a094-9d39-493b-a4e1-5bb1ecc74a72/3.png Quantum Justice - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d559ff61cec28000144282a/7ee6252a-8ad2-4ae1-b044-868fe068e6ff/1.png Quantum Justice - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d559ff61cec28000144282a/1695987977978-ITXL5HWLXJ0EX0FJNKSY/Website+Backgrounds-19.png Quantum Justice https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d559ff61cec28000144282a/1696344937555-58KR76YZ616764SXIF9T/2.png Quantum Justice https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d559ff61cec28000144282a/1696344961512-I4R7TMPG1FTTOC3J08Z1/3.png Quantum Justice https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d559ff61cec28000144282a/1696345023502-JC97I9MBZ3DS8N1CUEMH/7.png Quantum Justice https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d559ff61cec28000144282a/1696345058476-1L4EPL6M4G0N0QRJT6O9/6.png Quantum Justice https://www.drcrystalleigh.com/testimonials daily 0.75 2023-09-15 https://www.drcrystalleigh.com/testimonials/relebohile-moletsane monthly 0.5 2023-09-15 https://www.drcrystalleigh.com/testimonials/aria-s-halliday monthly 0.5 2023-09-15 https://www.drcrystalleigh.com/pics daily 0.75 2019-10-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d559ff61cec28000144282a/1571008120234-RIIH0AJ9S35IG6GRXLLI/CrystalEndsley.JPG Pics https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d559ff61cec28000144282a/1571008105401-L147API4QW3JRZ8SWNIS/cleigh_dcpg.jpg Pics https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d559ff61cec28000144282a/1571008104575-ODHFWPQ3O2PDB7CKK3K6/cleigh_dcpg1.jpg Pics https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d559ff61cec28000144282a/1571008106001-51IWQ5XRUV4M2LDMDTMW/cleigh_dcpg4.jpg Pics https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d559ff61cec28000144282a/1571008106055-PYZ9JJ3R5B88I1V80G2R/cleigh_fullshotMD.jpg Pics https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d559ff61cec28000144282a/1571008120016-25RHIF4DZXJSS2HYDAUU/cleigh_headshot3.JPG Pics https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d559ff61cec28000144282a/1571008121499-84E1AAPAQ35U1UE91PYC/Crystal+Leigh+1+%2837%29+%281%29.jpg Pics https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d559ff61cec28000144282a/1571008121103-TLHMM3065SUQH71ZMKD9/cleighheadshot2.jpg Pics https://www.drcrystalleigh.com/performances daily 0.75 2020-11-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d559ff61cec28000144282a/1569037153298-ICBESMB0WI1UR366K4NT/CrystalLeighEndsley.png Performances - Youth Powering Gender Equality at CSW61 (performance begins at 2:19:40) At the 61st session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW61), UN Women hosted a Youth Forum titled, “Youth Create Gender Equality–Economic Empowerment in the Changing World of Work” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d559ff61cec28000144282a/1569036901435-9GOVEDFSXY865MMQ40RQ/CrystalLeighEndsley.jpg Performances - 7 Poems That Show What It’s Like to Be A Girl in Ethiopia “The Lesson” featured on BuzzFeed In Ethiopia, 45 female poets joined forces to confront gender-based violence, cultural gender expectations, and other pressures of being a girl or woman. They've recently released a book, called "Love Rules." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d559ff61cec28000144282a/1569036693769-ZF9RZLNJ7OKS5UGDQ7RD/CrystalLeighEndsley.jpg Performances - Remixing Master Narratives Through Spoken Word Poetry TEDx Hamilton College Crystal Leigh Endsley, associate professor of Africana Studies at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, performs a masterful piece of spoken word poetry touching on her experiences with Hip-Hop, identity, and creativity. https://www.drcrystalleigh.com/store daily 0.75 2025-03-25