Dwight Dunston is a West Philly-based facilitator, hip-hop artist, educator, and activist who has brought his creativity, care, and compassion to schools, community centers, retirement homes, festivals, and stadiums nationwide and internationally.
He graduated in 2006 from Friends’ Central School in Wynnewood, PA, and has worked in Quaker institutions for most of his adult life, recently as a part of the teaching team at Pendle Hill’s 2022 Spring Term.
Along with his bandmate, Brian Jordan, Dwight was the Friend in Residence at Haverford College in 2019, and he has led workshops and concerts at Quaker Schools and organizations all over, including Pennswood Village, Germantown Friends School, Moorestown Friends, and Carolina Friends School. Dwight is a Level II certified Kingian Nonviolence trainer, completing over 40 hours of training. He is also a trained mediator.
You can hear Dwight in conversation with spirit-led artists and activists on Pendle Hill’s new podcast, The Seed: Conversations for Radical Hope.