Joining the co-hosts for the eleventh episode of THE Conversation are guest panelists Morgan James Peters and Robin Joyce Miller. Vasco Pires and Zyg Peters also appear on the program. The discussion in this edition of THE Conversation focuses on the questions: “Where do we find racism in the arts?” and “How can we address racism through art?”

Morgan James Peters, also known as Mwalim, is a multi-award-winning interdisciplinary artist whose works span the mediums of music, theater, literature, and film. Playing Carnegie Hall as a violist before turning 14, he became one of the youngest session players in EMI Records history at age 16. A graduate of Music and Art High School in New York, he earned his BA in Music and MS in Film from Boston University and his MFA in writing from Goddard College. His plays and performance pieces have been presented throughout the USA, Canada, the UK, and the Caribbean. In 1994, he co-founded Oversoul Theatre Collective, Cape Cod's first professional Black and Native Arts organization. His first novel,
Land of the Black Squirrels, was published in 2020. He is a founding member and keyboardist for the multi-Grammy-nominated soul-funk ensemble, The GroovaLottos, and a multi-award-winning solo recording artist of soul, jazz, and dance music. He is the owner of Polyphonic Studios, a recording studio in Bourne, and a tenured English and Black Studies professor at UMass Dartmouth.

Robin Joyce Miller is a retired educator, artist, poet, and public speaker, who taught for 30 years in the
New York City school system. She spent the first half of her career teaching learning-disabled students and the next half as an art teacher. Miller was also a Blueprint for the Arts Facilitator, leading workshops at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Whitney Museum. After retirement, she and her husband have maintained two residences in New York and Cape Cod. Robin co-authored The Faithful Journey – From Slavery to Presidency with her husband, James W. Miller.
She also wrote and illustrated Who Do You Say That I Am – A Man Called Jesus with paintings inspired by Ethiopian Christian art. Miller specializes in African American Heritage art and poetry. Paintings from her book, A Humble Village, have been exhibited in the Brooklyn Children’s Museum and the African American Museum of Hempstead, NY. After George Floyd’s murder, Robin and her husband began presenting a Black Lives Matter series with the Cotuit Center for the Arts. These programs are available to the public on YouTube.

Joining the co-hosts for the tenth episode of THE Conversation are guest panelists Miranda Alves and Robert Cutts. Rev. Nell Fields, Brenda Nolan, and Robert Mascali also appear on the program. The discussion in this edition of THE Conversation focuses on the questions: “What are the root causes of racism in the justice system?” and “How do we eradicate racism in the justice system?”

Miranda Alves is a co-founder of Cape Cod Voices, a community organization created by women of color who have grown up on Cape Cod. Cape Cod Voices focuses on bringing black and brown voices into the center of the conversation on race, combating and educating about systemic and institutional racism issues on Cape Cod, and advocating for students of color in local schools. Miranda grew up in Bourne and currently lives in Falmouth.

Robert Cutts was raised in Harwich by his grandmother and his aunt, Cape Cod civil rights activist Eugenia Fortes. He is a 1977 graduate of Harwich High School. Robert spent six years in the U.S. Army stationed in Germany as an officer in the Military Police. In 1985, Robert began a 30-year career working for the Fairfax County Sheriff's Office in Fairfax, Virginia. In 2014, he retired and returned to Cape Cod, where he resides in Bourne. He is currently writing a book about his experiences entitled The Darkness Of Being Black In Law Enforcement. Robert is also a six-time world champion powerlifter. He enjoys working to educate youth and help them understand how members of law enforcement think.

Joining the co-hosts for the ninth episode of THE Conversation are guest panelists Kevin Murray and
Dr. Seyana Mawusi. Lindsey Scott and Anna Fernandes also appear on the program. The discussion in this edition of THE Conversation focuses on the questions: “How does racism exist in our education system?” and “How do we eliminate racism in schools?”

Kevin Murray became Executive Director of the Massachusetts Advocates for Children (MAC) in September 2019. He has had a long career in the leadership of nonprofit organizations in the human rights and international development sectors. Most recently, he led the Program on Human Rights and the Global Economy at Northeastern University School of Law. In addition to his staff leadership roles,

Murray founded Kevin Murray Strategic Consulting (KMSC), an international consulting collaborative with a 25-year commitment to supporting the organizational development of mission-driven nonprofits and philanthropic organizations.

Dr. Seyana Mawusi is an educator with an extensive background in leadership development, curriculum design, mindfulness, trauma, neuroscience education, racial equity, restorative and social justice.

Dr. Mawusi received her doctorate at Mills College, Oakland, CA. She served as a college professor, principal coach, elementary and middle school principal in Oakland and Philadelphia. Dr. Mawusi is a director and founder of Luxor Academy, an Afrocentric school for students ages four to fifteen. Dr. Mawusi also founded and is CEO of Intuitive Integrative Consultants, where she coaches, consults, and intuitively guides leaders locally and internationally to reinvent, rethink and reframe their next steps to enhance their lives personally and professionally. Her clients include school districts, human resource departments, and city agencies.