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Amaris has worked for over 10 years as both an artist, mentor and teacher instructing students of diverse cultures in media literacy and leadership development. Amaris has performed in places such as the Apollo and the United Nations, combining theatre and Hip-Hop in order to educate the masses of social ills like violence, child abuse and date rape. Her work was also documented with FACES, a Brooklyn based theater troupe, in an one hour documentary, that faces the issues of control and violence in teen dating relationships. “It Ain’t Love” aired on Cinemax and screened at the Lincoln Center Human Rights International Film Festival. “It Ain’t Love” was produced by Edward James Olmos in association with the Foundation for Advancement in Science and Education and Funded by the US Department of Justice.---------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------Ama ris Mesa has also organized for the Hip Hop Association and the H2O International Hip Hop Film Festival. During her time with them she organized over 300 volunteers, and worked closely in project management, in addition to co-creating and Directing DML: The Defuse Media Lab. Ms. Mesa has conducted Leadership development activities for teens with The Department of Education, the YMCA, group homes, and other organizations. Her background work has led her to create Real Talk a Community outreach and prevention program through the Arts and Media. ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------yo, Yo LeAdErs----------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ -----ReAl TaLk is on it's way, so get your game face on!......................................................... ........ You should create your own MySpace Layouts like me by using nUCLEArcENTURy .COM's MySpace Profile Editor !