The Social-Emotional Learning Hub For Black People
BLACK SEL AND MUSIC
BREAKOUT SESSION
TOPIC: Exploring social-emotional learning in music, through an unapologetically Black lens:
Pierce Freelon is a Grammy-nominated musician, author, and educator from Durham, North Carolina. He is the co-creator of Beat Making Lab, an Emmy Award-winning PBS web series and is the writer, composer and co-director of the PBS animated series The History of White People in America, an official selection of the Tribeca Film Festival. His Grammy-nominated Children’s Music album Black to the Future has been featured on NPR, Billboard and MSNBC. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers published his debut children’s picture book, Daddy-Daughter Day in 2022. Freelon is a former Durham City Councilman, a husband and a father of two based in Durham, North Carolina.
Pierce Freelon is a Grammy-nominated musician, author, and educator from Durham, North Carolina. He is the co-creator of Beat Making Lab, an Emmy Award-winning PBS web series and is the writer, composer and co-director of the PBS animated series The History of White People in America, an official selection of the Tribeca Film Festival. His Grammy-nominated Children’s Music album Black to the Future has been featured on NPR, Billboard and MSNBC. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers published his debut children’s picture book, Daddy-Daughter Day in 2022. Freelon is a former Durham City Councilman, a husband and a father of two based in Durham, North Carolina.
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