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Now, please allow me to introduce myself
ASSOCIATIONS
Member of THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR POETRY THERAPY
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POETRY WORKSHOPS
Member of The American Association of University Women
Member of Mad Poets Society of Pennsylvania
Advisory Board Member of BMa
WRITING RELATED COURSEWORK/ACTIVITES
Assistant Exec. Producer of the duo's current CD, entitled "FEMALE FIRE." (present)
Executive Producer of the duo's hit stage production "ANOTHER WOMAN THANG!" (2003 & 2004)
Committee Member & Participant of 18th Annual Black Writers Conference, sponsored by the Art Sanctuary in Philadelphia, Pa. (Spring 2000)
Co-Instructor Poetry Writing Workshop, Temple University-PASCEP and Drexel University: Philadelphia (Fall 2000 - present)
Instructor for the Phila. Mt. Airy Learning Tree/Poetry Writing Workshop. (Fall 2004)
Founder of Summer Mentoring & Creative Arts Camp "TOMORROW'S GIRLS." (2001 - present)
Co-Instructor, Poetry Workshop for Adults, People's Emergency Center (2002 - 2004)
Co-Instructor, Poetry Workshop for Teens, People's Emergency Center (Summer 2002)
PUBLICATIONS
Bma: The Sonia Sanchez Literary Review: Volume 1, 1997
Limited Editions Literary Magazine of Community College of Philadelphia -(Spring 1998)
"A Sister Speaks of..." -Self-Published; 3P's Production Press - (September 1998)
"Ain't Gonna Bite My Tongue NO More"- Self-Published; 3P's Production Press (December 1999)
The Poetry Calendar Literary Magazine - (Spring 2000)
The Philadelphia Tribune Poets Corner -(Summer 2001)
The Real News Publication -(Spring 2002)
Rolling Out Urbanstyle Weekly - (Winter 2004)
Pen Womanship On-Line Journal for Women,(Winter 2004)
Bayhiya Woman's Magazine (Spring 2005)
MAHOGANYBUTTERFLY.COM
You Make it Happen-YMIB.COM
WRITING AWARDS/GRANTS
TRANSFORMATION AWARD Awarded by The Leeway Foundation celebrating women artist who create art for social change. (Fall 2006)
ART and CHANGE AWARD Granted by The Leeway Foundation to women making a change through art. (Summer 2005)
BOOK CORNER/Friends of the Free Library of Philadelphia - Poetry Contest (1st place - Summer 2002)
SIGNIFICANT OTHER "Grown-up Writing Women" Painted Bride Art Center (Spring 2002)
JUDITH STARK Creative Writing/Poetry Competition, Community College (2nd place - Spring 1998)
SONIA SANCHEZ/AUDRE LORDE POETRY Writing Competition (1st place - Fall 1998)
WDAS Valentine's Day Poetry Contest, (1st place - Winter 1997)
VENUES & PERFORMANCES
A lover of jazz, I have had the pleasure of performing my poetry with some of Philadelphia's finest jazz artist.Gerald Veasley & The Electric Mingus Project, The Arpeggio Jazz Ensemble and The Sam Reed Quartet, just to name a few. Performing with & without my fellow sistah poet of In The Company of Poets, extensivly through out the tri-state area.
I also the co-hosted a popular Philadelphia poetry venue "Vibes & Verse," which with Charles Younger. I have a also had several media appearances, such as WUSL Power 99 FM, WHAT AM "Etches", WURD AM, WRTI FM "The Bridge," WPEB AM "People, Politics & Poetry,"and The Philadelphia Board of Education Public TV, just to name a few.
Recently I completed my first collection of short stories, entitled:
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HealingHerHurts
Last but never least on a non-writing topic, but still creative journey seeking peace & prosperity, I founded a summer enrichment program for young females called "TOMORROW'S GIRLS."
Needless to say the Tomorrow’s Girls program is truly my baby, and she continues to amaze me as she blossoms and grows beyond my imagination. The impact on me, personally, and as an artist is difficult to describe. Suffice it to say that doing something to make a difference in my community, especially for young people, has been my lifelong passion. To be able to allow my work as a performance poet to be the vehicle for change is a dream come true for me. I have witnessed a shy ten-year-old write a poetic affirmation, and then perform it with dramatic confidence before her family and peers. I have been humbled by grateful parents in response to their child’s newly discovered enthusiasm for learning. And I have welcomed the challenge to do more, and do better as a “yes, you can” role model for our youth.
To learn more about the program click here, TOMORROW'S GIRLS
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