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CurrentCoco Fro is a freeze-dried vegan ice cream company based in Durham, NC 🍨 creamy, sweet and crunchy plant-based ice cream from the (Afro)Future!
Oct 2023 - Present
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AfroFuturist GRAMMY® nominated artist, picture book author, podcaster & ice cream maker. Dad & husband. 40 y/o two handed dunker in-training.
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AfroFuturist GRAMMY® nominated artist, picture book author, podcaster & ice cream maker. Dad & husband. 40 y/o two handed dunker in-training.
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Durham, North Carolina, United States
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Pierce Freelon is listed as AfroFuturist GRAMMY® nominated artist, picture book author, podcaster & ice cream maker. Dad & husband. 40 y/o two handed dunker in-training. at Coco Fro, based in Durham, North Carolina, United States. AeroLeads shows a matched LinkedIn profile for Pierce Freelon.
Pierce Freelon previously worked as Founder at Coco Fro and Founder at Blackspace. Pierce Freelon holds Ma, Pan African Studies from Syracuse University.
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Afrofuturist Dad from the South. Musician, Professor and Husband. Durham City Council Member. He/Him.
Listed skills include Music, Higher Education, Teaching, Community Outreach, and 10 others.
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Founder
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Blackspace
Jan 2014 - Present
Founder
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Blackspace
Blackspace is a digital makerspace and Afrofuturism community center, with downtown locations on Main St. in Durham, North Carolina and Franklin St. in Chapel Hill - where youth engage in beat making, videography, puppetry and coding workshops free of charge.
Jun 2013 - Present
Co Founder
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Beat Making Lab
Beat Making Lab is an Emmy-Award winning web-series and social entrepreneurship community program co-founded and hosted by Pierce Freelon.
Jan 2012 - Present
Durham City Council Member
Sep 2020 - Dec 2021
Lecturer
Pierce has been a lecturer in the Department of African, African American and Diaspora Studies; and the Department of Music at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Jan 2009 - Jun 2016
Lecturer
Pierce has lectured in the Department Political Science at North Carolina Central University.
Aug 2009 - Jun 2011
Program Coordinator
Thelonious Monk Institute Of Jazz
I directed the Bebop to Hip-Hop program for the Monk Institute.
Jan 2008 - Jan 2009
Hip Hop Coordinator
Voices For Working Families
Pierce was the Hip Hop Coordinator for the non-profit Voices for Working Families, where he managed youth organizing, voter education and GOTV efforts throughout the state of North Carolina.
Jan 2004 - Dec 2004
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Pierce Freelon education
Ma, Pan African Studies
Ba, African And African American Studies
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Pierce Freelon works for Coco Fro.
What is Pierce Freelon's role at Coco Fro?
Pierce Freelon is listed as AfroFuturist GRAMMY® nominated artist, picture book author, podcaster & ice cream maker. Dad & husband. 40 y/o two handed dunker in-training. at Coco Fro.
Where is Pierce Freelon based?
Pierce Freelon is based in Durham, North Carolina, United States while working with Coco Fro.
What companies has Pierce Freelon worked for?
Pierce Freelon has worked for Coco Fro, Blackspace, Beat Making Lab, City Of Durham, and University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill.
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Pierce Freelon holds Ma, Pan African Studies from Syracuse University.
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Pierce Freelon is listed with skills including Music, Higher Education, Teaching, Community Outreach, Research, Public Speaking, Student Affairs, and Social Media.
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