
“I love it when Spectra Speaks…”
Spectra is a highly requested frequent speaker at schools, colleges, conferences, community forums, and other forums on a variety of topics, including but not limited to diversity in social justice movements, LGBT identity politics, creating safe spaces for queer youth, empowering young girls, gender and culture, leadership, media making, and much more. View past appearances here.
In addition to planning and coordinating a very heavy roster of critical discussions, panels, and community-building events via her role as Founding Director at QWOC+ Boston, Spectra also produces via her social enterprise, Spectra Events, a wide variety of community-based literary and performance art events intended to increase awareness and promote more dialog around issues pertaining to gender, culture, and sexuality.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Featured Speaker at Brown University
Date Thu, 23 February 2012 @ 07:00 PM
Location Brown University
Featured Speaker at Brown University's annual Pride Series. "How to Build a Movement" is an interactive presentation about my work raising visibility for LGBTQ women of color via my work with QWOC+ Boston and creating diversity within affinity groups.
Workshop Facilitator at Northeastern University RA Training
Date Tue, 28 February 2012 @ 07:00 PM
Location Northeastern University | Boston MA
About Me

Meet Spectra: Nigerian Writer & Media Activist, Queer Afrofeminist Social Commentator, Human Rights Advocate, Social Entrepreneur, Africa's Cheetah Generation, Idealist Warrior Woman.Testimonials
... a flexible and effective communicator with youth across various social, class and cultural strata.
— Ayari, Girl Scouts Program CoordinatorWe love it when Spectra Speaks!
— The Theater OffensiveSpectra is a talented speaker and facilitator and is especially adept at working with groups of students in ways that both challenge and support individual viewpoints.
I can always count on Spectra to challenge an audience, to nudge us in new directions and connect us with new ideas.
— Andrew Elder, The History Project... [an] articulate weaving of personal experience and analysis.
— BeckyBy sharing your story, you allow people like me to relate, to experience, to learn and to share with others as well. thank you, thank you, thank you.
— JTThank you so much for sharing your story and for being an inspiration to so many people.
— WayoftheLiz... a force to be reckoned with--in a very positive way. Spectra has the "gift" of envisioning the greatness we can achieve and uniting the folks who will make that happen. I adore her.
— Tim, Fenway HealthSpectra has allowed myself, and many I know, access safer spaces to have much needed, challenging and powerful conversations that would otherwise not occur in our communities.
— Shakira, The Network/La Red... a genius when it comes to creating space that feels safe and centering for a variety of marginalized groups (and subgroups) but still warmly invites allies at all levels of previous engagement.
— Jaclyn Friedman, Author of Yes Means YesSpectra, you are a role model; people who have no one at home find you on the internet and draw hope from your work and your words.
— KE, Facebook FanUpcoming Events
- Featured Speaker at Brown University
Date Thu, 23 February 2012 Time 07:00 PM
Location Brown University - Workshop Facilitator at Northeastern University RA Training
Date Tue, 28 February 2012 Time 07:00 PM
Location Northeastern University | Boston MA
- Featured Speaker at Brown University

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