Angel Iset (pronounced: eye-set) Dozier is a creative strategist, conceptual teaching artist in community development and urban planning, and an educational researcher, having contributed to writing ed curriculum at the Ferguson Uprisings in 2014. This work led to establishing Be Connected Durham & Beyond, a 501 c 3 providing equity-centered curatorial services and research designs that address disparities and bridge access gaps using the arts as the vehicle for lasting change. Angel has lived in Durham with her son, Q, now a 4th-grade teacher at Club Boulevard Elementary since 1999.
Her background in exercise & sports science and world language education at Southern High School (Durham) has earned her twenty years of experience integrating science, technology, and the arts across K-12 disciplines and learning intelligences, a skill that has served as the foundation for The Be Connected Method, a prescriptive concept design process to promote authentic connections, community healing, and socioeconomic mobility for marginalized residents. Her love for dance, golden era hip hop, literature, and yoga has driven her career in curriculum development within public, independent, and Montessori school systems. Be Connected Durham’s current project is LIVE! From The Fayetteville Street Corridor, a 3rd Friday Art & Business Walk equitable community engagement (ECE) implementation series in the historic Hayti District.
Preferred Name: Angel Iset Dozier
Please share the title of a book you’ve recently enjoyed and would recommend to your GLS colleagues.
Emergent Strategy by adrienne maree brown
What movie or television show that you watched recently would you recommend to the rest of us?
I May Destroy You | HBO Series Description: Where does liberation end and exploitation begin? Set in London, this fearless, frank, and provocative series centers on Arabella (Michaela Coel), a carefree, self-assured Londoner with a group of great friends, a boyfriend in Italy, and a burgeoning writing career. But when she is spiked with a date-rape drug, Arabella must question and rebuild every element of her life.
We’re going to make a GLS 2022 playlist on Spotify. Please recommend a song to include that speaks to how YOU feel as you embark on this new learning journey. It could be something that you’re listening to a lot now or a longtime favorite that captures the moment for you.
Guarding the Gates by Ms. Lauryn Hill
Coming to the Duke GLS program, I hope to build more sound and effective structures to establish equity from a place of cultural abundance in the hearts and minds of all people, for all people — with a keen focus on the fractals that promote the healing of Black and Indigenous people who are descendants of enslaved African peoples.
