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PRESENTATIONS                            

Grades 6-12

HEALING YOUR WAY TO HOPE

Keynote/Workshop for Trauma Mitigation

A Need for a Different Approach… in a country where statistically only 59% of African American males graduate from high school, it is imperative that non-traditional methods of reaching the most at-risk youth be explored if we are serious about changing the future of millions in this country. Muhibb Dyer, uses the power of spoken word and  inspirational storytelling to facilitate emotional breakthroughs that allow students to see past the painful experiences of their lives and begin to dream again. The keynote/ workshop has been delivered to hundreds of thousands of students all over the country. It is a masterful keynote workshop designed to address the effects of post-traumatic stress in at-risk youth.

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EDUCATION OR DEATH

A Dropout Recovery Keynote Presentation

Approximately 4,500 black males are murdered in America annually... and the sad reality is, there is no state of emergency declared. No flags lowered at half mast. No moment of silence

for the children of the slums all across the inner cities of America; only shrines, teddy bears and flowers that mark the spot of another soul gone too soon. It is in the midst of this environment,  motivational speaker Muhibb Dyer has positioned himself metaphorically  to stand in between the casket and thousands of  children in this country bent on an early demise. His  ‘Education or Death’ keynote presentation is designed to give youth the opportunity to see their mortality up close and on a more personal level, albeit an enacted funeral, in hopes  that they will be willing to make the necessary changes to prevent violent death from happening in real life.

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The presentation addresses the seductive nature of the streets that lures teenagers away from school and into a life of incarceration and violent death.

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FROM KINGS, TO THUGS, TO PRESIDENTS

A Dropout Recovery Keynote Presentation

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A Dropout Recovery Keynote Presentation

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The objective of this theatrical performance is to to garner the interest of at-risk youth. In each city of the tour, the performance is followed by breakout sessions and workshops led by Muhibb Dyer with the goal of reducing juvenile crime, reinforcing a sense of respect, and promoting dropout recovery, in hopes that the value of education will increase.

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Scenes

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â–˜HISTORY IS HIS-STORY - African Americans and the media

â–˜ENTER THE KING - African dancing depicts the resilient king.

â–˜WHAT HAPPENED TO US? Highlights destructive behavior in the      

    community.

â–˜ STRANGE FRUIT/ENTER THE THUG Likens historical lynching to

    modern day incarceration.

â–˜ I’M THE CHAMPION WITH OR WITHOUT YOU!!! As the main character,

    Dyer vows to defeat the negativity of the “hood” that wants to see him

    dead or incarcerated.

â–˜ ENTER THE PRESIDENT Like a phoenix, Dyer rises from the ashes

    and gives his version of a presidential address.

â–˜ HOW WILL THEY REMEMBER YOU? Dyer teaches the concept of

    leaving a legacy.

College Students

SURVIVOR'S GUILT

A Dropout Recovery Keynote Presentation 

Addresses one of the greatest reasons behind the phenomenon of African American Higher education students dropping out of College. Similar to the guilt that soldiers experience who survive a war and leave many of their comrades dead on the battlefield..The African American College student leaves behind many family and friends metaphorically on the battlefield of life, struggling with the realities of poverty and violence, while they are hundreds of miles removed, attempting to better themselves, but not without a feeling of betrayal. Muhibb Dyer takes the College student on a journey using the spoken word, inspirational anecdotes and personal experiences to convince the listeners, that not only is College the place where they need to be, but it is one of the keys to the upward mobility of their friends and family back home. Dyer emphatically impresses on them that they have the amazing opportunity of becoming a symbol of hope for the communities that they come from, which is the greatest form of help that anyone can give. If their is a message that can inspire a student on the verge of dropping out to refocus and develop the fortitude to press through and make something out of their lives, this is it.

Parent Workshop
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THE ABC’S OF DESTROYING YOUR CHILD'S FUTURE-
A parent workshop that addresses the dysfunction of the home environment, and how it contributes to a student's chronic behavioral issues, increasing  their chances of dropping out of school and ultimately becoming a negative statistic. In his 17 years of working with at-risk students Mr. Dyer has found that great parents produce great children, and unfortunately bad parents produce too many bad seeds.  If the fruit doesn't fall far from the tree it makes sense to invest more in the empowerment of parents if we are to produce a greater generation of students destined for success.
Staff Development
The Compassion Curriculum-
 
A staff development training facilitated by Mr. Dyer  that focuses on the need for educators to prioritize the building of strong compassionate relationships with their students. It is his strong belief that relationship building is the most effective strategy that teachers can employ to ensure their students achieve academic success. It is based off the saying that “a student will never care how much you know until they know how much you care,” simply put,  a child  must trust you before they give you permission to educate them. Mr. Dyer is committed to spreading this message to as many educators as possible.
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