Dr. Fran Kaplan Email & Phone Number

Madison, Wi, Us

Wisconsin, United States

Milwaukee Wi

Now providing training, professional development, and public education ONLINE!Reggie Jackson and I provide education, training, and consulting services that foster diversity, inclusion, and equity within institutions and the greater society. Our mission: to increase our participants’ historical and cultural literacy, awareness of and empathy for others’ lived experiences, and capacity for personal and social action.We offer talks, keynotes, and workshops; program and… Show more Now providing training, professional development, and public education ONLINE!Reggie Jackson and I provide education, training, and consulting services that foster diversity, inclusion, and equity within institutions and the greater society. Our mission: to increase our participants’ historical and cultural literacy, awareness of and empathy for others’ lived experiences, and capacity for personal and social action.We offer talks, keynotes, and workshops; program and curriculum development; professional development and training of trainers; researching, writing, and media consulting. Show less

Greater Milwaukee Area

From my base in Milwaukee, I have provided• Facilitator training and Training of Trainers nationally and internationally for the Nurturing Program for Parents and Children (parenting education for child abuse prevention and early intervention)• Cultural competency / diversity and inclusion training and consulting• Curriculum development of experiential adult education programs (including CNA certification, large and small public history events, interracial dialoguing series, and… Show more From my base in Milwaukee, I have provided• Facilitator training and Training of Trainers nationally and internationally for the Nurturing Program for Parents and Children (parenting education for child abuse prevention and early intervention)• Cultural competency / diversity and inclusion training and consulting• Curriculum development of experiential adult education programs (including CNA certification, large and small public history events, interracial dialoguing series, and parenting programs)• Development and management of a 3000+ page online museum (including curation and recruitment of scholar-griots, historical research, exhibit planning/production, copy and video editing, supervision of student interns and other volunteers, etc.)• Original writing, editing, and desktop publication of books in English and Spanish (including training and implementation manuals, parent education handbooks, and the memoir of Dr. James Cameron, lynching survivor and civil rights activist) Show less

Greater Milwaukee Area

• Mission: To educate the public about the harmful legacies of the slave trade, enslavement, and Jim Crow in the US – and how we can heal as a nation. • Vision: We envision a society that remembers its past in order to shape a better future: an equitable society in which every person is equally valued and cared for, a fully democratic country that is, in the words of our founder, “one single and sacred nationality.”ABHM is unique among museums dealing with the African American… Show more • Mission: To educate the public about the harmful legacies of the slave trade, enslavement, and Jim Crow in the US – and how we can heal as a nation. • Vision: We envision a society that remembers its past in order to shape a better future: an equitable society in which every person is equally valued and cared for, a fully democratic country that is, in the words of our founder, “one single and sacred nationality.”ABHM is unique among museums dealing with the African American experience in that it frames and memorializes that experience as a holocaust.The 400-year history of captured Africans and their descendants has many similarities with the Holocaust experiences of European Jews – and other victims of mass atrocities around the world. These include: forced marches and migrations, mass murder, stolen property, dehumanization, slave labor, mass incarceration, torture, medical/scientific experimentation, discrimination, race riots (pogroms), lynchings and other extrajudicial killings, and long-lasting physical and psychological effects (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder) on survivors and descendants.ABHM helps Americans heal through recovering and acknowledging the truth about the African American experience – information that is, for the most part, lacking in our history schoolbooks. We bring to light the historic and contemporary lived experiences of black Americans through our online exhibits, face-to-face community programs and interracial dialogues, and print and digital publications.Dr. James Cameron, who survived an Indiana lynching in 1930 at age sixteen, founded the museum in 1988 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. When ABHM’s building closed in 2008, the museum moved entirely online as a virtual museum. It currently displays over 2900 exhibits, receives thousands of page-views per month from people in over 200 countries, and presents public programs to hundreds of people regionally and nationally every year. ABHM is an International Site of Conscience. Show less

I am currently working to find financing and attach well-known actors for the lead roles in this ensemble piece.Our screenplay, which I co-wrote with Aaron Greer, has garnered several honors, including Best Screenplay at the national University Film and Video Association 2008 competition, 2007 Invitation to Tribeca Film Festival's All Access Program, and 2008 Finalist in the Slamdance competition.

Honey-Colored Boy was a Finalist as a screenplay at DC Shorts 2009 and won Best Wisconsin Short at the Milwaukee International Short Film Festival in 2010 and screened at film festivals across the country.

I still work with Gettin' Grown. The film is distributed by Warner Home Video, and we are currently working towards a broadcast date on cable tv.Gettin' Grown can be purchased at Amazon.com, Target.com, and other Internet and brick-and-mortar stores. The film can be rented from Netflix.

Edd, Educational Leadership And Administration, General

Activities and Societies: IFP/Chicago member Dissertation on the impact of emotional intelligence training for early childhood educators.

Msw, Community Organizing & Administration

Activities and Societies: Women's Movement, Anti-Racism Organizing Field placements (practicum): Women's Movement (studied the development.

Ba, Portuguese

Activities and Societies: civil rights work and anti-Vietnam War organizing I also speak, read & write Spanish fluently and have published.