in Education
WORKSHOPS + SPEAKING
career development & leadership
Support students in the multitude of interpersonal and professions skills needed to succeed.
Mental health
Included is a screening of Aaron’s award-winning short film Dark and Tender.
custom workshop + speaking ENGAGEMENT
Work with Aaron to customize what your students are needing most. Topics can include: self-harm prevention, disability awareness, how to build professional and personal relationships that shape your life.
PRICING PACKAGES
Tier 1 — Keynote Only
Your core talk/storytelling experience
$7500
Tier 2 — Keynote + Workshop / Breakout OR Q&A
Keynote plus a deeper 60–90 minute interactive experience
$12,000
Tier 3 — Full Experience
Keynote + workshop + ‘DARK AND TENDER’ film SCREENING + facilitation and/or consulting/follow-up session
$20,000
25–50% deposit due upon booking, with the remaining balance due before the event. These prices do not include travel and accommodations costs.
“dark and tender”
private SCREENING LINKS
Dark and Tender (Original)
Password: TouchPlan
Ten Black men explore the transformative power of touch during a workshop with the Chronically UnderTouched Project outside Seattle, Washington, replacing violence and roughness with tenderness and connection.
Runtime:18:50
Dark and Tender: The Big Island
Password: Touch Plan
In the second chapter of “Dark and Tender”, ten Black men workshop the touch and listening practices from the Chronically UnderTouched Project on the Big Island of Hawaii – interrupting the violent narratives told about them using the tool of tenderness.
Runtime: 25:51
“…a map to the future of care.”
The Power Of Touch & The Black Brute Narrative In The Workplace
Aaron Johnson, professional speaker and founder of the CUT Project, joins Melinda in an honest conversation on the power of touch and the Black brute narrative in the workplace. They explore holistic resistance as a response to the profound impact of the Black brute narrative on African heritage men. They discuss ways this narrative shows up in the workplace, including through a lack of safe space where Black men can be vulnerable, set boundaries, and protect themselves when those boundaries are violated.
