Department of Art Lecture Series with Co-Sponsor YSU's Department of Communication presents Emmai Alaquiva. Alaquiva, an Emmy Award-winning film director, photographer, and composer, skillfully showcases the soulful account of humanity across multidisciplinary art platforms. Once homeless, Alaquiva is now a philanthropic entrepreneur as CEO of Ya Momz House, Inc., co-founder of Hip-Hop On L.O.C.K. and curator of OpticVoices. Most recently, Alaquiva has been nationally honored as Black Enterprise Magazine's Top 100 Modern Men of Distinction, appointed by Governor Tom Wolf to serve on the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts and has been recognized by President Barack Obama as a national BMe Community Leader.
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