Services
Writing
My Samples page has links to recent clips and credits. I actively write articles, essays, op-eds, reviews and recaps on varied topics. I can be counted on to provide a well-written, well-researched and thorough piece. Please contact me with your next writing assignment(s).
Speaking
I have conducted workshops, seminars and panels on:
- Tips and strategies for writing, editing, marketing and
promoting your book/manuscript.
Activism:
- Body Image and Media Literacy
- Interpersonal Relations and Personal Transformations: Understanding the pain of others
- Prostitution, Sex Trafficking, and the Commercial Sex Trade: What Can We Do?
- SPEAK! CD listening parties & zine/curriculum activities
- Race and Gender
- The Cyberquilting Experiment: A Network of Women of Color Stitching Together a New Media Movement in Web 2.0 and Beyond
I have connected with schools, local groups, community centers, conferences, collectives and book clubs.
For Writers
I would be happy to help with:
- Referrals to professional editors and proofreaders of fiction, non-fiction, technical and creative works of all genres
- Translations (English to Spanish, Spanish to English)
- Review material for publication and broadcast
Please email me to help design the best workshops, presentations or group sessions for your needs.
Appearances
April 20, 2010
Adele Nieves presents on-line activism and The Cyberquilting Experiment: A Network of Women of Color Stitching Together a New Media Movement in Web 2.0 and Beyond.
Macomb Community College, South Campus
Building J, Room 340
Warren, MI
Information: http://www.macomb.edu/Calendar/2010-04-20-Activism.htm
April 9-13, 2010
Adele Nieves co-presents a weekend with The Cyberquilting Experiment: A Network of Women of Color Stitching Together a New Media Movement in Web 2.0 and Beyond
Chicago, IL
Location TBA
November 5, 2009
Adele Nieves and author/journalist Lori Robinson discuss Interpersonal Relations and Personal Transformations: Understanding the pain of others.
5:30-6:45pm
Wayne State University
Kresge Library - 2nd Floor
Detroit, MI
November 4, 2009
Adele Nieves and author/journalist Lori Robinson discuss the relationship between the Black and Latino populations in Detroit.
Time: 8:30 - 11:00am
Plymouth Educational Center (6th Grade Spanish Classes)
Detroit, MI
July 19, 2009
Adele Nieves co-presents The Cyberquilting Experiment: A Network of Women of Color Stitching Together a New Media Movement in Web 2.0 and Beyond
Wayne State University
Detroit, MI
July 17, 2009
Adele Nieves and SPEAK!: perform for the Allied Media Conference. Opening Keynote: Media and Creativity to Transform Our Selves and Our World.
Wayne State University
Detroit, MI
June 26, 2009
Adele Nieves and author/journalist Lori Robinson host a SPEAK! CD listening party and I Will Survive book discussion.
Nuyorican Café in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
Calle San Francisco, #312
(503) 232-6003
April 18, 2009
Adele Nieves co-organized The First Annual Take Back the Night Detroit: By Women of Color, Empowering People of Color
Samaritan Center
5555 Conner
Detroit, MI
April 11, 2009
SPEAK! CD listening party.
Adele Nieves and E. Rose Sims read pieces from the CD. The CD weaves together the stories, poetry, music, and writings of women of color from across the United States.
In Other Words Bookstore
8 B NE Killingsworth
Portland, OR, 97212
787.977.1276
March 11 - May 6, 2009
Adele Nieves teaches a *FREE* eight week training course in fine dining for restaurant workers. Classes take place once a week on Wednesdays from 12:30 – 3:00pm. Students also receive cover letter, resume, and job placement assistance.
Hosted by Restaurant Opportunities Center of Michigan (ROC-MI)
Start time: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 at 12:30pm
End time: Wednesday, May 6, 2009 at 3:00pm
Eve Restaurant
415 N. 5th Avenue
Ann Arbor, MI
February 27, 2009
Adele Nieves performs Why do you speak? from the SPEAK! CD at Until the Violence Stops Detroit’s Love Her. Cherish Her. Respect Her. An Evening of Spoken Word.
8:00 p.m.
1515 Broadway
Detroit, MI
November 16, 2008
Adele Nieves and Fallon Wilson present The Cyberquilting Experiment: A Network of Women of Color Stitching Together a New Media Movement in Web 2.0 and Beyond
Cape Town, South Africa
October 30, 2008
Adele Nieves co-hosts the Be Bold Be Red Campaign, by taking a bold stance against the violence enacted on women and girls of color in our society and making it visible. In Washington D.C., Chicago, Durham, Atlanta and Detroit women of color gathered to renew our commitment to creating a world free from racialized and gendered violence, this time, we used a new technology called CyberQuilting to connect all of these gatherings in real time.
7:30pm
Detroit Summer Studio
555 Gallery: 4882 Grand River
Detroit, MI
July 18, 2008
Panel discussion and moderation on "Race and Gender: What are the lessons of 2008"
BlogHer Conference
San Francisco, CA
July 7, 2008
Bitch publisher Debbie Rasmussen, Adele Nieves and andrea Lavigne organize "A Bitch Project,"
a participatory discussion about how-and-whether-feminism can become a transformative movement for social change.
May 8, 2008
Adele Nieves and Julie Fiandt (Think Girl) present Body Image and Media Literacy
Hosted by Perfecting CDC
Detroit for Camp PEACE
Detroit, MI
April 2-4, 2008
Prostitution, Sex Trafficking, and the Commercial Sex Trade: What Can We Do?
Sex Trafficking Conference
South Texas College, Women's Studies Committee
McAllen,TX
March 4, 2008
Adele Nieves and Julie Fiandt (Think Girl) present Body Image and Media Literacy.
Hosted by the Organization of Women Leaders of Macomb Community College (OWL's).
Macomb Community College, South Campus
Warren, MI
February 1-3, 2008
Adele Nieves performs in the Vagina Monologues.
Hosted by Think Girl and directed by Frannie Shepherd-Bates.
1515 Broadway
Detroit, MI
September 30, 2007
Get it out there: Tips and Strategies on writing, editing, marketing and promotion of your manuscript/book.
Power of Words Conference
Goddard College
Plainfield, VT
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