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Specialized Training, Consultation, and Speaking Services from the lens and expertise of a Lived Experience.
Professional Background
Hakim Crampton
A.M.E.N 4 Youth, LLC
Jackson, MI
Founding Director
Founder and Director of The Academic Mentoring & Education Network, founded in 2001 in Sayre, Oklahoma
JustLeadershipUSA
New York, NY
Senior Movement & Capacity Building Specialist
Training Specialist and Leadership Development Consultant
Michigan Indigent Defense Commission
Lansing, MI
Commissioner
Serving a 4-Year term as Commissioner on the Michigan Indigent Defense Comission. This Comimission expires in April 2023.
Early Career Background
Hakim Crampton
H.A.P.E. (Helping All People Excel)
Jackson, MI
2006-2012
Chief Operating Officer
Served as COO between 2009-2012 as well as Program Facilitator from 2006-2012.
Asha Family Services, Inc
Milwaukee, WI
1994-2010
Program Developer/Consultant
Served as Chair of the committee that developed UJIMA Mens Education Program, and served as Programs Consultant.
One Love Global, Inc
Lansing, MI
2009-2012
CONSULTANT
Served as public speaker and colsultant on the development of m.a.d.e. Alliance.
Certifications
Advanced Circle Facilitation
Facilitator Training
The Christopher and Virgina Sower Center for SuccThe Christopher and Virgina Sower Center for Success.
Issued Apr 2017 · No Expiration Date
Restorative Conferencing
International Institute of Restorative Practices
Issued May 2015 · No Expiration Date
Trainer/Independent Instructor
SMSIP Pure/Complete Phonics
ROCKVIEW SCHOOL
Certified by Dr. Robert T. Nash, Ed.D as an independent teacher of Pure/Complete Phonics and trainer of teachers using SMSIP (Simultaneous Multi-Sensory Instructional Procedure)
Healing Centered Engagement Practitioner
Flourish Agenda
Healing Centered Engagement is an asset-based and culturally-rooted approach to healing and well-being for young people of color and their adult allies. The term was coined by Dr. Shawn Ginwright in 2018, and is based on more than 30 years of research and practice with young people, schools, probation departments, and social workers.
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Over the years, Flourish Agenda has trained hundreds of teachers, administrators, and youth development professionals on the principles of Healing Centered Engagement, and how to integrate these principles and practices into their work with young people.
Academic and Professional History
Awards, Lectures, Trainings, Published & Nonpublished Works and more
Awards
• 2007 The National Wall Of Tolerance, name inscribed on. Montgomery, Alabama
• 2010 Save Our Youth Award, presented by Thomas Burke, founder of Save Our Youth, Inc
• 2011 Outstanding Service Award, Jackson College (formerly JCC), Men Of Merit Presenter/
Speaker
• 2011 Best, Brightest & Most Beautiful of Lansing, New Citizens Press, Lansing MI
• 2012 Hot Top 100 Ranking Artist of The Year, Spokenword Billboard Awards, Canton,
Michigan
• 2014 Outstanding Service Award, Jackson College, Men of Merit Mentor/Speaker/Presenter
• 2014 Save Our Youth Award, Outstanding Service in Support of Save Our Youth, Jackson, MI
• 2014 VIP Partner in Education, McCulloch Academy
• 2014 Educators/Advocates, Community Service Award,
Spokenword Billboard Awards
• 2015 Community Impact Award, Wolverine Bar Foundation, Detroit Michigan
• 2017 Community Service Award, NAACP Jackson Branch. Jackson, Michigan
• 2018 Distinguished Gentlemen Award, The Connection TV Show, Lansing & Muskegon, Michigan.
• 2019 African American Service Award, Communities in Schools & Ypsilanti Community School, Ypsilanti, Michigan
• 2020 Black Empowerment Award, Booker T. Washington Bookday, Ypsilanti, Michigan
• 2021 We See You Award, Black Excellence Awards, Jackson, Michigan
• 2022 The Spirit of Detroit Award, Detroit Michigan
• 2022 Come Out Stay Out Award (Bishop TD Holden Award), Detroit Michigan
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Lectures & Public presentations
• 2009, Jackson Community College. Lecture before the Men Of Merit, Office on Multicultural
Affairs. Jackson, Michigan. Education Vs. Incarceration: One Man’s Triumphant Journey
• 2010 Keynote, Breaking The Cycle of Incarceration, Lansing Community College. Lansing, Michigan.
• 2013, Jackson College (formerly JCC). Lecture before the Men Of Merit, Office on
Multicultural Affairs, Jackson, Michigan. Social Context: Understanding Our Place in
Education and The Complexities of Standardized Tests.
• 2013, Jackson District Library, Jackson, Michigan. Lyrical Education: A Three-Part Lecture
Series on The Use Of Spoken Word in The Classroom.
• 2013, Michigan Juvenile Detention Association, Lecture tour to 15 County and Private
Facilities. Time, Doing Time, Wasting Time & Using Time to Serve You: How To Use Your Time
While Incarcerated.
• 2018 Keynote, Understanding Adverse Childhood Experiences Among Black and Minority Students. Jackson County ISD. Jackson, Michigan
• 2019 Black Histoy Month Lecture Series, Jackson District Library. Jackson, Michigan
• 2020 Trauma Informed Education Series, Jackson District Library. Jackson, Michigan
published & non-published works
Published Works
• Let There Be Light: Daily Inspirations & Thoughts of a Neo Soul Poet. Edited by A. A.
Drew. 2010 Xlibris Corporation
• SL.A.M. An Alternative Educational Model & Workbook Building Literacy Skills in English
Language Arts Through Spoken Word, Lyrics and Hip Hop. 2015 Second Edition. AMEN 4
Youth, LLC. Jackson, Michigan
• Hip Hopology 101: A Student’s Guide To Exploring The History, Art, Influence and Politics
of Urban Culture Through The Spoken Arts of Hip Hop. 2015 Third Edition. AMEN 4 Youth,
LLC, Jackson, Michigan.
• Little Brown Bear: Looking Through The Eyes of a Biracial Child Raised in Black America.
2014 AMEN 4 Youth, LLC. Jackson, Michigan.
• Lyrical Education: Students who use Spoken Lyrics with an Academic Mission. 2015 AMEN
4 Youth, LLC. Jackson, Michigan.
• Our School Life: An Anthology of Student’s Stories & Lyrics About Getting off The Schoolto-
Prison Pipeline. 2015 AMEN 4 Youth, LLC. Jackson, Michigan
• Lyrical Exercises in English Language Arts. 2016 AMEN 4 Youth, LLC. Jackson, Michigan
• We've Got Words: A High School Student's Guide to The Parts of Speech & Public Speaking. 2016 AMEN 4 Youth, LLC. Jackson, Michigan
• Lyrical Exercises in English Language Arts: Vocabulary & Reading Comprehension. 2017 AMEN 4 Youth, LLC. Jackson, Michigan
Non-Published works, Research Papers and Articles
• Building a New Cultural Perspective: Essays and Commentary on the Socio-Political
Landscape of Black America. 2001, IS Publications, Jackson, Michigan
• Literacy, Language and The Science of Phonics, A two-part article on a ground breaking
approach to Remediating Reading Disabilities. 2004 Research Papers presented to Dr. Robert
T. Nash, Ed.D
• America’s Pipeline to Prison: Mass Incarceration & The Socio-Education Crisis of Black
Youth in America. 2015 unpublished manuscript.
• Exegetically Speaking: The Story of My Life From the Streets to the Pen Through The
Biography of My Poetry Inked with a Pen. Unpublished Autobiography. The Journal Of Neo Soul & Poetry, Jackson Michigan.