Bio
Allentza Michel se yon atis pratik sosyal, planifikatè iben ak òganizatè kominote ki pasyone sou lyen pratik atizay ak kominote ekitab. Plis pase 20 ane eksperyans divès li atravè devlopman kominote ak ekonomik, edikasyon, sekirite alimantè, sante piblik ak transpòtasyon enfòme travay li kounye a nan konsepsyon sivik, kominote ak devlopman òganizasyonèl.
Allentza enkòpore lanmou li pou boza otank posib nan travay li nan kominote a. Allentza se fondatè laboratwa konsepsyon sivik ak konsiltasyon ki rele Powerful Pathways, ak yon ko-fondatè Cross Cultural Collective, yon kolaborasyon atis ki dedye a ogmante aksè ak ekspoze nan boza dyasporik Afriken yo. Li te lanse tou Boston's Black and Brown Creatives, yon platfòm pou pataje opòtinite pou atis koulè yo. Li te resevwa yon Mèt nan Politik Piblik nan Depatman Planifikasyon ak Règleman Iben ak Anviwònman Tufts University, kòm yon Kamarad Katye 2013. Li te etidye tou Civic Media ak Art Practice nan Emerson College, ak Politik Piblik ak Design nan Rhode Island School of Design. Li te kamarad inogirasyon pou Asosyasyon pou Konsepsyon Kominotè an 2015 ak yon Fellows Kominote Kreyatif 2016 ak Estrateji Nasyonal Art. Allentza te benefisyè 2021 Perez Prize nan Civic Media and Public Art, Fondasyon Perez ak Americans for the Arts te bay. Li te tou yon ewo 2023 nan mitan nou ak Fondasyon Celtics.
Wòl ki sot pase yo Allentza kouvri angajman sivik, devlopman kominotè, politik piblik, òganizasyon kominotè, lidèchip jèn, ak boza. Pou nonmen kèk, li te sèvi kòm premye Ofisye Pwogram pou Syans Imanitè, Arts ak Kilti nan Akademi Ameriken pou Atizay ak Syans, kote li te jere yon komisyon atizay nasyonal lidè remakab atravè sektè a pou devlope rapò rechèch sou ekonomi kreyatif, atis. -Resous travayè, edikasyon boza, ak wòl atizay nan lavi sivik. Anvan sa, li te Direktè Patenarya ak Ekspansyon Pwogram nan mytown Inc, yon lidèchip pou jèn ak òganizasyon edikasyon art media, ak Direktè Atizay Pwovizwa nan Selebrasyon Espontane. Atravè konsiltasyon li ak entegrasyon atizay emdia nan planifikasyon kominotè, li te travay nan tout pati nan peyi Etazini, soti nan Boston, MA, Baltimore MD, Southwest Fresno, CA ak Southside Chicago, IL.
Apre li te sipòte yon kantite òganizasyon lokal ak efò defans, epi li te fonde ak ko-fonde yon kantite pwogram ak òganizasyon san bi likratif, ki gen ladan Mattapan Open Streets/Open Studios, Madam Michel sèvi tou sou plizyè konsèy tankou Boston Network of Artist. Administratè Koulè (NAAC).
Li navige tan li ant Bosto, New York ak Los Angeles.
Allentza is the founder and creative director of Powerful Pathways, an award-winning civic design lab and public interest consultancy which leads urban planning, placekeeping and research projects with deep community involvement, media arts integration and the applications of design thinking and social equity best practices. For over 10 years, Powerful Pathways has served communities representing over 20 million people across the nation. Under the auspices of the organization Allentza also launched Mattapan Open Streets/Open Studios, a creative placemaking initiative that bring arts and cultural programming and functional aesthetic design to a historically underserved community. She also created Boston’s Black and Brown Creatives, a networking hub for artists and creatives of color, and The Engaging Immigrant Entrepreneurs and Small Business Forum, a biennial half day conference that provides culturally responsive training and tools for economic development agencies and service providers.
Previously, Allentza served as the Program Officer for Humanities, Arts and Culture with the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, where she is worked with a national arts commission developing research to promote quality access to arts education and the creative workforce policy. The commission is a group of 44 notable artists and scholars such as actor John Lithgow, Theaster Gates, Natasha Trethewey, Kevin Young, Deborah F. Rutter, Sonia Manzano, Terrence Blanchard, Damian Woetzel and Mary V. Bordeaux to name a few.