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Lloyd Daniels from Missouri Legislator to Poet, Speaker, Essayist, and Author

Lloyd Daniels, a former member of the Missouri House of Representatives, has over the years, shared the bill with artists and political icons such as Jawole Zollar’s Urban Bush Women Performance Company, Sweet Honey in the Rock, Amiri Baraka, Sam Greenlee, Prime Minister Maurice Bishop, Rev. Jesse Jackson, and Minister Louis Farrakhan. He delivers an engaging and inspirational presentation that combines thought provoking lecture on politics, history, culture, and economics with his unique brand of poetry and satire.

Rep. Daniel served as a professor with the National In-Service Teacher Education Program of Grenada, West Indies, during the Maurice Bishop administration. He has held the position of Instructor in the School of Education and the Department of Social Science, at the University of Missouri at Kansas City, and in the Social Science Division, at Penn Valley Community College.

Daniel worked as a host/producer with KCPT, Kansas City’s National Public Television affiliate. Lloyd has produced and hosted numerous commercial and community radio talk shows and music programs.

He’s served as a community development specialist and teacher with Genesis Alternative School and as Director of the Urban Economic Development Institute, both located in Kansas City. He has worked as a writer and community engagement coordinator, in Philadelphia, New Orleans, Los Angeles and other locales, with the Urban Bush Women Performance Company of New York City.

An experienced college instructor, he holds a Bachelor of Science degree, from the University of Kansas, a Master’s degree from the University of Connecticut, both are in educational theory. He also holds 21 post-master’s hours from UMKC in Education and History. Lloyd is author of the books, “Radio Free America” and “Objective Reality”, both published by Undercurrent Press. His most recent work “Liberation Education: A Strategy for the 21st Century” is a provocative compilation of political essays, poetry, and alternative learning models. It’s published on New Democracy Press. Lloyd is a convener and founding member of the Midwestern Free School, the National Black United Front, the New Democracy Movement, the Kansas City Media Project, and the Kansas City Leadership Institute. Lloyd has also served as Assistant Department Director for Missouri’s Department of Economic Development.

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