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REGGIE
MARRA is a poet, author, and educator with over 33 years of experience in
elementary, middle, secondary, and higher education. He is a Master Teaching Artist
with the Arts Division of the Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism, and
he works with organizations and individuals who are committed to ongoing growth
and development. His Integral Journeys™ workshops provide safe, challenging
spaces within which to explore identity, perspective, voice and purpose—your
authentic place in the world—through
the transformative power of language as it manifests in poetry, story, council,
humor & nature. Prior
to developing the Integral Journeys programs, he spent twenty-one years as a teacher,
coach, and administrator in secondary and higher education. He currently lives
in Connecticut with his family. PUBLICATIONS
- This Open Eye: Seeing
What We Do —
Poems 2003-2005. Poetry. From the Heart Press, March 2006.
- Living
Poems, Writing Lives: Spirit, Self and the Art of Poetry.
Nonfiction/Poetry. Xlibris, 2004.
- Who
Lives Better Than We Do? Poetry. From the Heart Press, 2001.
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The Quality of Effort: Integrity in Sport and Life for Student-Athletes, Parents,
and Coaches. Nonfiction. From the Heart Press, 1991.
- The
Depot Anthology (Fall 2003),The Underwood Review, Many Waters, Let the Poets Speak,
The Fairfield Review and Concepts have published various individual
poems.
- The
Journal of Pastoral Counseling has published selected poems as well as articles:
"Story, Silence and Spirit: The Crisis of the First-Person Pronouns," "Transformation
or Stagnation: the Resilience Dilemma," and "What Do You Mean, Spirituality?"
PRESENTATION/WORKSHOP
VENUES INCLUDE: - Poetry
Without Fear: Libraries, schools, community and health centers in Lancaster,
Littleton, Stratford, Lincoln, Conway and Plymouth, New Hampshire, in conjunction
with the Arts Alliance of Northern New Hampshire, April 3-9, 2005
- Integral
Perspective: Weekend Workshop, 22 Haviland Street Gallery, Norwalk, CT (November
2004)
- Weaving
Soulful Community, Madison, VA (5th Annual Gathering, October 2004)
- Integral
Perspective: One-Day Workshop, Danbury Commons, Danbury, CT (September 2004)
- National
Association for Poetry Therapy, Costa Mesa, CA (Annual Conference, April 2004)
- Weaving
Soulful Community, Madison, VA (4th Annual Gathering, November 2003)
- Connecticut
Poetry Festival, New London, CT, (Workshop and Readings, September 2003)
- CT
Commission on the Arts HOT Schools Summer Institute, CT College, New London, CT
(Core Faculty, 2004, 2003, and 2002)
- Hudson
Valley Writers' Center, Sleepy Hollow, NY
- Farmington
Valley Arts Center, Avon, CT
- Spirituality
Institute at Iona College, New Rochelle, NY
- New
York State Women's Correctional Facility at Bedford Hills
- CT
Commission on the Arts HOT Schools Mini-Institute, Cornwall, CT
- Brown
University's ArtsLiteracy Project/The New England Consortium of Professional Artist-Educators,
Providence, RI
- St.
Francis Health Care, Avon, CT
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Residencies have included schools in
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Avon, CT
- Berlin,
CT
- Bloomfield,
CT
- Bolton, CT
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Bridgeport, CT
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Colebrook, CT
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Easton, CT
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Falls Village, CT
- Hartford,
CT
- Katonah-Lewisboro,
NY
- Laurelton,
NY
- Lincoln,
NH
- Meriden,
CT
- Middlebury,
CT
- Middlefield,
CT
- Newtown,
CT
- New Haven,
CT
- New Milford,
CT
- Norwalk,
CT
- Oxford, CT
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Pelham, NY
- Plymouth,
NH
- Simsbury,
CT
- South Windsor,
CT
- Stratford,
NH
- Tolland,
CT
- Torrington,
CT
- Vernon, CT
- Washington,
CT
- Waterbury,
CT
- Watertown,
CT
- West Hartford,
CT
- Windham,
CT
- Windsor,
CT
- Wolcott,
CT
PROGRAMS
BEYOND Integral Journeys INCLUDE - Exploring
Cultural Heritage, Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, CT
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Project Poetry Alive, Litchfield County, CT
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Promising Young Poets, New Milford, CT
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21st Century Learning Centers, Waterbury, CT
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Water, Wildlife, and People, EASTCONN, Willimantic, CT
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Wonder, Words, and Poetry, EASTCONN, Willimantic, CT
FEATURED
READINGS - July
9, 2007: National Speakers Association Convention, San Diego, CA
- June
23, 2007: International Festival of Arts and Ideas, New Haven, CT
- April
17, 2007: Mad River Literary Festival at Northwestern CT Community College, Winsted,
CT
- October 16,
2006: "Word in Westfield," Community Voices Poetry, Westfield MA
- September
8, 2006: Pink Pony West Reading Series, The Cornelia Street Cafe, NYC
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June 14, 2006: Wednesday Night Poetry Series, Bethel, CT
- May
1, 2006: New Haven May Day Celebration, New Haven, CT
- April
22, 2006: Albany Word Fest, Albany, NY
- December
6, 2005: Borders Books 1st-Tuesday Reading, Wilton, CT, with Marianela Medrano
- September
6, 2003: CT Poetry Festival, New London, CT
- June
3, 2003:WPKN 89.5 FM, University of Bridgeport
- July
30, 2002: WESU, 88.1 FM, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT
- June
19, 2002: Bethel Arts Junction, Bethel, CT
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April 13, 2002: Baileywick Books, New Milford, CT
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January 17, 2002: Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, CT
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January 12, 2002: Farmington Valley Arts Center, Avon, CT
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December 8, 2001: Norwalk Public Library, Norwalk, CT
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December 1, 2001: Poetry on the Loose, Middletown, NY
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November 28, 2001: Bethel Arts Junction, Bethel, CT
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October 28, 2001: Hudson Valley Writers' Center, Sleepy Hollow, NY
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October 11, 2000: Bethel Arts Junction, Bethel, CT
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November 13, 1998: The Buttonwood Tree, Middletown, CT
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February 18, 1998: The Chat House, Newtown, CT
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October 16, 1996: Dr. Java's, Bethel, CT
EDUCATION
- Integral Coaching® Certification
Program with Integral Coaching Canada, June-November, 2009
- Integral
Consciousness Seminar, (July 26-31, 2004, Westminster, CO) Integral Institute,
Boulder, CO
- Spiral
Dynamics Confab, "Arts and Smarts" (May 28-31, 2004, Dallas, TX)
The Spiral Dynamics Group, Denton, TX 76202
- Spiral
Dynamics: Level 1 and Level 2 (Natural Designs: Second Tier Leadership, Organizational
Elegance and Integral Management) Certifications (December 5-10, 2003, Arlington,
VA) The Spiral Dynamics Group, Denton, TX 76202
- Sweet
Darkness: The Initiatory Gifts of the Shadow, Projections, and the Loyal Soldier
(March 20-24, 2003, Payson, AZ) Animas Valley Institute, Durango, CO 81301
- Dreamwork
and Ceremonial Design, (November 5-9, 2001, Cortez, CO) Animas Valley Institute,
Durango, CO 81301
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Professional Development Training, Artsgenesis Institute for Multiple Intelligences
and the Arts, New Jersey City University, July 2001
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Soulcraft Seminar (Spring City, UT, June 6-10,2001) Animas Valley Institute,
Durango, CO 81301
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Insight and Opening Seminar, Jack Kornfield and Stan Grof, Joshua Tree,
CA, November 2000
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Mindfulness Retreat, Thich Nhat Hanh, Omega Institute, Rhinebeck, NY September
1999
- Vision
Quest, (April 17-27,1998, Utah Canyonlands) Animas Valley Institute, Durango,
CO 81301
- Healing
the Whole Self, Omega Institute Annual Conference, New York, NY, April 1997
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Creating the Work You Love, Rick Jarow, Omega Institute, Rhinebeck, NY,
September 1996
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Sunken Garden Poetry Conference: Poetry and the Political Imagination,
Farmington, CT, July 1996
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Master of Arts in English, Iona College, New Rochelle, NY May 1990
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Bachelor of Science in Marketing, St. John's University, Jamaica, NY 1976
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