February 2007 The Neon Man and Me becomes a nationally distributed PBS special.
January 2007 The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts funds a special playwrighting residency with Slash Coleman through its teen education program.
October 2006 The Virginia Commission for the Arts funds two playwrighting residencies, placing Slash Coleman in inner-city high school classrooms to teach his curriculum entitled,"Healing Communities."
September 2006 Style Weekly awards Slash Coleman its prestigious “Top 40 under 40” award for his contributions to the Richmond community.