Mosaic is a keynote address that can range from 30 min to 60 min that features 2 spoken word pieces from Brandon Leake, and addresses the topic of diversity, equity, and inclusion from the perspective of the stained glass window versus the melting pot. Brandon utilizes your company's personal mission, his story and storytelling ability, alongside relevant cultural prompts to illustrate that we are better not only together, but when we are utilizing our unique cultural pieces to our advantage instead of trying to assimilate to being singularly minded. There is beauty in our uniqueness, our cultures hold value in their uniqueness, allowing for them to hold space.
Black Art is a DEI-focused keynote that can range from 30 min to 60 min that features 2 spoken word pieces from Brandon Leake, and addresses the topic of diversity, equity, and inclusion from the perspective of the historical utilization of art in black communities as vehicles to advocate for freedom, equality, and equity. This particular keynote addresses the need for our creativity to remain at the forefront of industries, even if they aren’t artistry based, because creativity is what will allow for us to find space for blackness and black culture, and it has a historical precedent.
Dreamers is a motivational speaking keynote that can range from 20 min to 30 min, and utilizes spoken word and Brandon’s unique story to encourage his audience to look within themselves to reflect not only on what they would like to do but to also examine who they would like to become. The end result of this keynote should be people walking away with a clear road map to accomplishing their dreams and goals.
Discipline Over Motivation is a keynote address that can range from 30 min to 60 min and it examines the immense benefits of discipline over motivation. It utilizes stories from both Brandon’s life, and stories from other disciplined people (Kobe Bryant, Serena Williams, Martin Luther King Jr., Denzel Washington) and provides a story arch for listeners to attach themselves to, to learn not only the skill and benefit of discipline but then prompts them to examine where their discipline if faltering and how they can revive it.
Journey is a workshop that ranges in time frame of 30 min to 60 min, and it utilizes spoken word poetry, and literary devices to aid its participants in being able to determine not only where they would like to go in the future, but also to determine who they would like to be in that future, they are designing for themselves. This workshop keys in on explicit decisions we make regarding how what we choose to bring along with us, will impact the ease of our journey, the length of our journey, and if we will inevitably arrive to our destination, where we would like to be, and who we would like to be.
Mosaic is a workshop address that can range from 30 min to 60 min, and it utilizes spoken word poetry, and literary devices to prompt participants to examine their own cultural history (ethnically, racially, religiously, within their own home context) and to determine which aspects of it are the best to bring to the Mosaic of our world. It refutes the perspective of the melting pot, in leu of a stain glass window. This workshop then shifts from being an inward facing position to an outward facing position of humility, its one in which we start asking the questions to those around us about their varied cultural context and how what other provide can inform us. There is beauty in our uniqueness, our cultures hold value in their uniqueness, allow for them to hold space.
Brandon Leake is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as DEI: Mosaic, DEI: Black Art, Motivational/Inspirational: Dreamers, Motivational/Inspirational: Discipline Over Motivation, Journey to Self Actualization and Mosaic: DEI. The estimated speaking fee range to book Brandon Leake for your event is $20,000 - $30,000. Brandon Leake generally travels from Stockton, CA, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are John Holiday, Daveed Diggs, Hill Harper, Chardelle Moore and Malcolm London. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Brandon Leake for an upcoming live or virtual event.
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