Archive
Emotional Justice is a journey that spans 15 years, 6 cities, 3 countries and 3 continents. Our archive is a story-teller of that journey.
MULTI MEDIA PROJECTS & SUMMITS
2016 NEW YORK
The Emotional Justice Summit
This is an annual summit that focuses on a targeted demographic for reimagining our healing, developing our emotional literacy in order to lead, love, build, engage and organize more sustainably and impactfully.
The 2016 Summit featured: Dr Brittney Cooper, Joan Morgan, asha Bandele.
2016 NEW YORK
The Emotional Justice Summit
This is an annual summit that focuses on a targeted demographic for reimagining our healing, developing our emotional literacy in order to lead, love, build, engage and organize more sustainably and impactfully.
The 2016 Summit featured: Dr Brittney Cooper, Joan Morgan, asha Bandele.
African Women in Media Conference: KENYA 2019
EAA Media Productions was a Panelist on the ‘From #MeToo to #TimesUpGH Sexual Harassment & Global Movements’ panel featuring journalists and organizations from Kenya, America, Ghana and Tanzania. #AWiM19 partners with The African Union to hold an annual conference bringing together African women in media.
#16DaysOfActivism : Africa’s Media Houses, 2019
#TimesUpAfriMedia was the multi-media campaign led by EAA Media Productions in partnership with collectives, coalitions, journalists in Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania for the annual United Nations #16DaysOfActivism focused on gender-based violence. The campaign focus: call out sexual harassment in Africa’s media houses, highlight the impact of sexual harassment on the industry, on progress, and on reporting.
EAA Media Productions partnered with Media Council of Kenya, Association of Women in Media Kenya (AMWiK); Biola Alabi Media Nigeria; African Women in Media (AWiM); and Tanzania Women in Media and Public Relations Professionals (TWMPR).
International Day of the GIRLCHILD: Ghana 2017
‘state of the ZONGO MUSLIM GIRL CHILD in EDUCATION’ is the 90 minute live, radio discussion special organized and produced by EAA Media Productions for the UN’s International Day of the Girl Child on 11th October. It aired on Starr FM103.5, Accra.
It featured a panel of Muslim young women aged 18 – 30 discussing the challenges, influences, issues, barriers to Education in their Community. In Ghana, Zongo Muslim Girls and women are the marginalized of the marginalized.
STORIES, STANDARDS, SEX - THE MEDIA SUMMIT : Ghana 2016 & 2017
reimagine: stories, standards, sex' is the two-year Media Summit created by EAA Media Productions, and held at Webster University. This industry-wide, interactive, debut media summit had a specific focus on gender and the reporting of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) by the industry, as well as sexual harassment within the industry. Panelists and attendees were Journalists (TV, Radio, Online, Print), Editors, Camerapersons, Producers, Communications Students, Hosts, and Media Communications faculty.
2016: Sexual and Gender-based Violence (SGBV): Reporting It, Experiencing It, Naming and Narrative
2017: Sexual and Gender-based Violence (SGBV): The Power and Peril of Online Reporting
International Day of Action Against Illicit Drug Taking : Ghana, 2017
Ghana Drug Reform Policy was explored for the June 2017 International Day of Action Against Illicit Drug Taking. EAA Media Productions led a global team that featured West Africa Drug Policy Network; West African Civil Society Institute, Open Society Initiative of West Africa (OSIWA) and produced a multi-media project of radio discussions, visual graphics and in print articles.
EAA Media Productions produced 5 x 1 HOUR specials on Drug Reform Policy in Ghana.
Executive Producer: EAA Media Productions
Host: Moro Awudu
#finePRINTfriday : Ghana, 2017 to 2018
This one-year visual conversation project was a celebration and discussion of African print, fabric as identity, heritage, history, status, aesthetic and community. It mixed video, stills and podcasts. #finePRINTfriday was in partnership with Class FM radio station, Accra. It featured African print scholars alongside designers, buyers and fashionistas. The discussion aired on Class FM Radio, Accra and ABN Radio UK, the still images were featured across social media – on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.
Every Friday in Ghana, we rock print. EAA Media Productions has engaged that day to create this visual conversation project.
ON SOCIAL MEDIA: Rock your print, snap a selfie, post it/tweet it/IG it with the hashtag, your name and your location in the world.
ON AIR: ACCRA - tune in to Class 91.3FM 8.10am for discussions with Cultural Historians, Fashion Designers. Artists, Politicians, Celebrities
ON AIR: LONDON - tune in to ABN Radio UK 9.10am. #finePRINTfriday is an internationally syndicated radio segment on air in ACCRA & LONDON.
PODCAST: check out #podcastGHANA for #finePRINTfriday discussions.
Follow #finePRINTfriday on IG.
THEATRE
ACCRA
August 2018
#safeCARGO
Written & Directed by Esther Armah
Featuring: Pearl Korkey Darkey
Featuring: Kwaku Ankomah
Accra’s British Council is transformed into a black box theatre.
NEW YORK & CHICAGO
March 2014 & October 2011
SAVIOUR?
Written by Esther Armah
Directed by Passion
Dwyer Cultural Center, Manhattan & etaCREATIVE ARTS, Chicago.
Post-perfromance discussion: Lynn Nottage - Pulitzer-Prize winner; Marc Lamont Hill – BET & CNN Commentator; Moderator – Zerlina Maxwell – MSNBC Commentator
NEW YORK
June 2009
Forgive Me?
Written by: Esther Armah
Directed by: Trezana Beverley
Featuring: Beverley Prentice
Featuring: Gilbert Glenn
Manhattan International Theater Festival & Dwyer Cultural Center
NEW YORK
June 2009
ENTITLED!
Written by Esther Armah
Directed by: Petronia Paley
Dwyer Cultural Center
New York
2007
CAN I BE ME?
Written by Esther A Armah
The Roger Furman Play-reading Series
2013 - 2009 NEW YORK
EJconvos
These were an annual season of intimate public conversations held in New York. We brought together high-profile contributors from the worlds of art, activism, academia, and journalism. EJconvos were held at The Brecht Forum in Manhattan and The Cultural Center in Harlem.
