Available for speaking engagements. Please e-mail whitmoreii@gmail.com.

Future/Recent Speaking Engagements

15 June 2008 @ 10:30a
Annual Juneteenth Celebration. @ Risen Savior Lutheran Church, Milwaukee, WI. Rubin Whitmore II is speaking on this historical occasion. Invited by Pastor K. Fisher.

11 June 2008 @ 10:00a
8th Grade Completion Ceremony. @ Benjamin Franklin School, Milwaukee, WI. Rubin Whitmore II has been asked to deliver words of encouragement and inspiration to the future high school class of 2012 and college class of 2016. Invited by Principal M. Morris.

20 May 2008 @ 7p
Hip Hop: Who’s Pimpin’ Who? . @ Lawrence University, Appleton, WI. Rubin Whitmore II is lecturing and leading a discussion to provide an in-depth look at masculinity and manhood in rap and hip hop, exposing the complex intersection of culture and commerce. Invited by Office of Multicultural Affairs.

22 April 2008 @ 6p
Survey of African-American Society: Black Reality . @ University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI. Rubin Whitmore II is lecturing on Race, Power, and the Media focusing on the effects of media on the Black community. Invited by K. Stephenson, MPA in Department of Africology.

14 March 2008 at 7p
Media and Images of Women. @ Metropolitan State University, Minneapolis, MN. Rubin Whitmore II is keynote speaker for this banquet. Sponsored by Women Empowered Organization.

20 February 2008 @ 7p
The Portrayal of African-Americans in the Media: Solving this Problem. @ UW-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI. Rubin Whitmore II is facilitator for this Q&A forum. Sponsored by Union Sociocultural Programming.

2 February 2008 @ 11a
Hip Hop Congress Midwest Summit: Hip Hop Media Ownership @ UM-Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI. Rubin Whitmore II is on a panel with BBoyB, editor of e-newspaper FlyPaper discussing the direction of Commercial media vs. Independent Hip Hop and seeking options to implant independent views and images of Hip Hop to a mass media. Sponsored by Multi-Ethnic Student Affairs & Trotter Multicultural Center.

1 February 2008 @ 7p
Hip Hop Congress Midwest Summit: Voices from a Common Struggle @ UM-Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI. Rubin Whitmore II is on a panel with Vanessa Diaz (documentary director), Rushay Booysen (music director) and Whipper Whip of the Cold Crush Brothers (hip hop pioneer) discussing how Hip Hop films can link cultures and identities. Sponsored by Multi-Ethnic Student Affairs & Trotter Multicultural Center.

Weekdays 1:30p

English/Media Studies @ The Hope School, Milwaukee, WI. Rubin Whitmore II is lead teacher for several sections of high school English with an integrated Media Studies curriculum.

Past Speaking Engagements

· 1 November 2007 UW-Oshkosh

· 30 October 2007 UW-Milwaukee

· 25-29 June 2007 Discovery World, Milwaukee, WI

· 2 May 2007 UW-Milwaukee

· 19 April 2007 UW-Oshkosh

· 11 April 2007 North Carolina Central University

· 5 April 2007 Clark Atlanta University

· 3 April 2007 Clark Atlanta University

· 2 April 2007 Savannah State University