IAMQUINNEE
Quinnee speaking into a microphone on stage, seated in a black suit and gesturing as she talks
i.Speaking
Quinnee listening closely, chin resting on her hand, in a black turtleneck
ii.Listening

01Booking + appearances

Bring me into the room.

For conversations, classrooms, stages, panels, workshops, podcasts, and spaces where ideas matter.

Make an inquiry

02The invitation

Some conversations need more than a talking point.

Quinnee on a panel between two other women, speaking into a microphone while they listen
iii.Panels + conversation

Quinnee brings more than fifteen years of experience in creative strategy, communications, design, organizational work, and community leadership together with an evolving scholarly practice in theology, Black history, culture, and identity.

Her perspective moves between creative practice and scholarship, business and community, history and contemporary culture, faith and lived experience.

She isn’t interested only in providing answers.She’s interested in asking better questions.

03Territories

What we can
talk about.

Some of this comes from fifteen years of practice, some from lived experience, and some from study that is still underway. Each subject says which.

  1. Identity

    Identity formation, becoming, Black girlhood, representation + imago Dei.

    Practice · lived experience · study

  2. Faith

    Christianity, theological curiosity, womanist theology, Black faith + lived theology.

    Theology in formation

  3. Culture

    Black culture, Black life, representation, aesthetics, memory + community.

    Lived experience · creative practice

  4. History

    Black history, the Black Church, HBCUs, archives + historical memory.

    Research interest · ongoing study

  5. Creativity

    Design, storytelling, creative identity + interdisciplinary careers.

    Fifteen years of practice

  6. Purpose + Impact

    Mission-driven work, community engagement, organizations + creativity as problem-solving.

    Professional expertise

04Ways to bring me into the room

The format can change. The conversation shouldn’t.

Quinnee in an ivory sweater, leading an intimate conversation with women seated around her
iv.Workshops
Quinnee smiling during a discussion around a table
v.Media + engagement
Speaking
Talks, presentations + invited reflections.
Panels
Panelist, respondent + interdisciplinary conversations.
Workshops
Interactive learning around identity, creativity, culture + communications.
Classrooms
Guest conversations + student engagement.
Podcasts + media
Interviews, podcasts + editorial conversations.
Community + faith
Churches, nonprofits, youth programs + community gatherings.
Creative collaborations
Select culture, storytelling, history + design projects.
I’m not interested in being the smartest person in the room. I’m interested in what the room can discover together.

Curiosity makes better conversations possible.

06Where I do my best work

I like
good rooms.

  • Rooms wherepeople are curious.
  • Rooms wherequestions are welcome.
  • Rooms whereculture matters.
  • Rooms wherefaith can withstand inquiry.
  • Rooms wherehistory isn’t decoration.
  • Rooms whereyoung people are taken seriously.
  • Rooms wherecreativity has something useful to do.
  • Rooms wheredisagreement doesn’t require disrespect.

From where I’m standing

15+ years
Creative strategy, marketing + communications
Founder
Creative Impact ConsultingThe Studio 85The Imago Initiative
Scholar
Master of Divinity candidateHoward University School of Divinity
Creative
Artist + designer by training
Writer
Faith, culture, Black life, history, identity + becoming

08The inquiry

Let’s talk
about the room.

Considering Quinnee for an event, conversation, classroom, panel, workshop, podcast, interview, or creative collaboration?

Tell me about the room you’re creating.

i.Who’s asking
Please share your name.
Please share your organization, or “Independent.”
Please enter an email address like name@example.com.
ii.The room
Please choose the kind of invitation.
Location / format
Please choose a format, or TBD.
Estimated size, or the community you’re gathering.
iii.The invitation
Estimated budget / honorariumOptional
What are you creating, who will be in the room, and what would you like Quinnee to contribute? A few sentences about the opportunity will help.

Required. Everything else helps, but isn’t necessary.

Good rooms change us.

Let’s make one worth entering.

Make an inquiry