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RON WILKINS

P.O. Box 43387 - Los Angeles, California 90043 - politicart.net
P H O T O G R A P H I C A R T I S T

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Official Photographer
7th Pan African Congress - Kampala, Uganda — April, 1994
Publicity Photographer
A.M. Herman & Associates - Washington, D.C. — 1988 to 1991
Freelance Photographer
Serious Productions - Los Angeles, California — 1977 to 1981
Promotional Photographer
Les Ballets Africains - Conakry, Guinea Fall, — 1978

EXHIBITIONS-LECTURES:

"Journey to Black Mexico"
Los Angeles Unified School District 7 — September, 2005
"Contemporary Images from the African Diaspora"
Antioch University - Los Angeles, California — April, 2003
"Black Mexico & Other Works"
Watts Towers Arts Center - Los Angeles, California — February, 2003
"Celebrating Images Of A History-Making People"
California State University Dominguez Hills - Carson, California — February, 2002
"Caras de Africa en las Americas"
Centro cultural y deportivo del issste - Acapulco, Mexico — March, 2001
"Celebrating Images Of A History-Making People"
West Los Angeles College - Culver City, California — March, 2001
"Celebrating Images Of A History-Making People"
Whittier College - Whittier, California — February, 2001
"New Directions for Black & Latino Unity"

Ohio State University - Columbus, Ohio — February, 2000
"Unity Through Shared History"
Cerritos Community College - Cerritos, California — February, 2000
"Building Bridges Over Troubled Borders"
Hayti Heritage Center, Durham, North Carolina — February, 1998
"To Africa by Way of Mexico"
Watts Labor Community Action Committee — May, 1996
"Faces of Africa & Africans In The Americas"
University of California - Los Angeles — May, 1995
"Visual Riches"
Santa Monica Museum of Art — Summer, 1994
"Faces of Africa & Africans in The Americas"
Santa Monica High School — Spring,1994
"Pan African Expressions"
Morehouse College, Atlanta — April, 1990
Watts Towers Arts Center — Summer, 1989
Antioch University, Los Angeles — Fall, 1987
"Celebrating The Global African Family"
Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles — Winter, 1985
"Black Is"
Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas — Spring, 1981
"Photo 475"
The Interchurch Center, New York — Summer, 1980

EDUCATION:

M.A.: Organizational Management/Community Leadership Development — 1990
B.A.: Liberal Studies/African American Studies — 1985
Antioch University, Los Angeles

EMPLOYMENT:

Professor, African Diaspora in Latin America & the Caribbean — 1/ 2001 to Present
Professor, Introduction to Comparative Ethnic and Global Societies — 6/2003 to Present
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY DOMINGUEZ HILLS
Professor, African American History 16 — 8/2001 to Present
Instructor, Government 81 — 2/2000 to 6/2000
SANTA MONICA COLLEGE
Professor, African American History 41 & 42 — 8/2000 to Present
WEST LOS ANGELES COLLEGE
Professor, Building Multicultural Communities & Organizations — 2/2002 to 4/2000
SPRINGFIELD COLLEGE
Instructor, African & Latino Unity: Historical Allies Face New Challenges — 4/2001 to 6/2001
ANTIOCH UNIVERSITY LOS ANGELES
Co-Instructor, African Mexicans: An Untold Social History — 1/2001 to 6/2001
PASADENA CITY COLLEGE
Student Outreach Specialist — 10/1994 to 2/ 2001
SANTA MONICA HIGH SCHOOL
Co-Instructor, African & Latino Studies — 2/1997 to 6/1997 & 9/1996 to 2/1997
SANTA MONICA HIGH SCHOOL AWARDS & HONORS;

ORGANIZATIONS & LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE:

Outstanding Organization and Community Activism, Marcus Mosiah Garvey &
Mbuya Nehanda Award, CSUDH Dept. of Africana Studies May 2005
Outstanding Contributions to the Pan African Community,
Mary McLeod Bethune Award, CSUDH Dept. Of Africana Studies May 2003
Fellow, Bannerman Fellowship Program 4/2002
Deputy Chairman, Patrice Lumumba Coalition 1981 to Present
Professional Photographic educational exhibits 1980 to Present
"Outstanding Service to Community Award", Slauson Village Society 12/1998
"Distinguished Service Award", Quinto Encuentro de AfroMexicanistas, Mexico 10/1993
"Community Leadership", Induction into Hall of Fame, John C. Fremont High School, L. A. 5/1993
Producer/Host -- Continent to Continent: An African Issues Magazine, Pacifica Radio 1985 to 1996
Deputy Chairman(Western Region), Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee 1967 to 1969

AREAS OF EXPERTISE:

Documentation of travels to 30 nations in Africa, Caribbean, Latin America, Europe & North America
Participation in local community development and empowerment projects
Professional photographer and experienced community-radio broadcaster

 

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