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Dates for 2022

  1. Feature @ Naming Ceremony Event in Senegal, West Africa – 1/10/22

  2. Hosting Is Said Birthday Party Event – 1/30/22

  3. Feature @ ONE Community Mini Conference – 2/11/22

  4. Feature on Freedom a la Cart Podcast – 2/15/22

  5. Feature @ Leukemia and Lymphoma Black History Month Event – 2/23/22

  6. Feature @ Sundress Publications Poets in Pajamas Event – 2/27/22

  7. Feature @ International Women’s Day Event – 3/5/22

  8. Feature @ SMOL Reading for Sundress Publications – 3/19/22

  9. Co-Facilitate Writing to Bloom + Breathe Series – 3/26/22

  10. Feature @ Bexley Library – 4/6/22

  11. Feature @ Ohio Poetry Association Event – 4/9/22

  12. Workshop Facilitator @ Franklin County Juvenile Detention Center – 4/19/22

  13. Feature @ Olentangy Schools Community Day – 4/23/22

  14. Feature @ Sierra Canyon Schools Event – 4/30/22

  15. Feature @ artHyPE Gallery Event Celebrating Wal Neil in Hollywood, CA – 4/30/22

  16. Feature @ Harmony Project Event with ABC Studios – 5/7/22

  17. Feature and Host “Mouths of Garden” Book Release @ Lincoln Theatre, Columbus, OH – 5/12/22

  18. Feature with Street Poets team @ Tia Chuchas Festival of Words – 5/21/22

  19. Feature on Ethically Immoral Podcast – 5/26/22

  20. Workshop Facilitator @ Memorial Event in Santa Monica Beach – 5/29/22

  21. Feature @ Axon Mosaic Juneteenth Celebration – 6/16/22

  22. Host and Feature @ Festival of Masks in Leimert Park, Los Angeles, CA – 6/20/22

  23. Feature @ Bottoms Up Bookstore in Knoxville, Tennessee – 7/23/22

  24. Co-Facilitate Writing to Bloom + Breathe Series – 6/30/22

  25. Feature @ International Day for Black Women Festival in Leimert Park, Los Angeles, CA – 7/31/22

  26. Co-Facilitate Writing to Bloom + Breathe Series – 9/3/22

  27. Feature @ “Little Black Book” Book Release – 9/25/22

  28. Feature @ Girls Empowerment Conference – 10/1/22

  29. Feature @ Antioch University Los Angeles Virtual Open Mic – 10/7/22

  30. Co-Facilitate Writing to Bloom + Breathe Series – 12/10/22

  31. Feature and Interview @ WriteGirl Workshop – 12/10/22

 

Dates for 2021

  1. Feature @ Opera Columbus Panel on the Healing Power of the Arts – 1/12/21

  2. Interview @ Peggy R. McConnell Arts Center – 1/26/21

  3. Feature @ Olentangy Schools ONE Community Event – 1/30/21

  4. Feature @ Black History Month Exhibition Poetry Slam – 2/25/21

  5. Workshop Facilitator @ Franklin County Juvenile Detention Center – 3/3/21

  6. Feature @ Otterbein University Class for Arts Administration Guest – 3/3/21

  7. Workshop Facilitator @ Transit Arts for Master Class – 3/6/21

  8. Feature @ International Women’s Day Event – 3/8/21

  9. Feature @ CD92.9 Radio Show – 3/9/21

  10. Feature @ Random Xpressions Poetry Show in Dallas, Texas – 3/20/21

  11. Interview with NBC 4 News – 3/30/21

  12. Feature @ Backstage Series at Lincoln Theatre with Black Women Rise Poetry Collective – 3/31/21

  13. Facilitator for Senior Citizens Program @ Mahoning Youngstown Community Action Partnership – 4/1/21

  14. Feature @ Bexley Library Podcast – 4/5/21

  15. Workshop Facilitator @ Franklin County Juvenile Detention Center – 4/6/21

  16. Host for Harmony Project Evening of Poetry Event – 4/8/21

  17. Workshop Facilitator @ Franklin County Juvenile Detention Center – 4/13/21

  18. Feature @ OSU Class for Prison Arts Interview – 4/15/21

  19. Feature @ Soapbox Presents Event – 4/15/21

  20. Feature and Workshop Facilitator @ Dayton Symposium Event – 4/16/21

  21. Host Closing Live Event @ Dayton Symposium – 4/16/21

  22. Feature @ Roy G. Biv Gallery for Buckeye Creative Connection Festival – 4/18/21

  23. Workshop Facilitator @ Franklin County Juvenile Detention Center – 4/20/21

  24. Feature @ Methodist Theological School in Delaware, Ohio – 4/30/21

  25. Workshop Facilitator @ Franklin County Juvenile Detention Center – 5/1/21

  26. Feature @ Tifani K. Inspires “Breathe” Event – 5/8/21

  27. Feature @ Ohio Environmental Council Art Series Event – 5/13/21

  28. Feature @ Youngstown Lit Series – 6/2/21

  29. Workshop Facilitator @ All People Arts Series – 6/12/21

  30. Co-Facilitate Network Ohio Arts and Healing Teaching Artist Training – 7/22/21

  31. Feature @ United Schools Network Retreat – 8/13/21

  32. Host Freedom a La Cart Open Mic – 8/17/21

  33. Feature @ People’s Mural Event – 8/21/21

  34. Feature @ Directing Change Event – Healing Power of Art for Youth – 9/22/21

  35. Co-Facilitate Workshop @ Freedom a la Cart – 9/28/21

  36. Feature @ New York City Poet Laureate Class – 10/18/21

  37. Feature @ Creative Mornings 11/19/21

 

Dates for 2020

  1. Feature @ Exhibition Poetry Slam @ August Wilson African American Cultural Center in Pittsburgh, PA – 1/17/20

  2. Feature on Grammar & Chill Panel in Columbus, OH – 1/18/20

  3. Workshop Facilitator @ OSU Trauma Recovery Center – 2/5/20

  4. Feature @ Dirty Laundry – Bridgette Bianca Book Release in Hollywood, CA – 2/15/20

  5. Feature @ City Council Inaugural Black History Month Celebration in Columbus, OH – 1/19/20

  6. Feature @ Jason Moncrief Backstage Series @ Lincoln Theatre in Columbus, OH – 2/20/20

  7. Host the presentation of “15 On the Road to Freedom” @ Lincoln Theatre in Columbus, OH – 2/25/20

  8. Workshop Facilitator @ Franklinton Library – Journalism Class – 3/10/20

  9. Feature @ Two Dollar Radio – 3/17/20

  10. Feature for Bowery No Desk Show Online – 5/3/20

  11. Feature for Georgia Me Poetry Festival Online – 5/4/20

  12. Feature for Conversation on Grief Online – 5/12/20

  13. Workshop Facilitator @ Maryhaven – Online Workshops – 5/22/20

  14. Feature @ Maroon Arts Group Porch Sessions @ Columbus, OH – 5/27/20

  15. Feature @ New Jersey Show Online – 6/1/20

  16. Feature for Hot Sauce Poetry (Chicago) Online show – 6/12/20

  17. Feature on Good Day Columbus news show – 6/14/20

  18. Feature @ March for Black Women in Columbus, OH – 6/14/20

  19. Workshop Facilitator @ Maryhaven – Online Workshops – 6/19/20

  20. Feature @ Juneteenth Event in Columbus, OH – 6/19/20

  21. Feature @ Get Free Telethon Online Show – 7/11/20

  22. Feature @ Ms. Sonya Radio Show in Columbus, OH – 7/16/20

  23. Feature @ Lucy Depp Park Event in Columbus, OH – 7/25/20

  24. Feature on Eric Marable Show – Online – 7/25/20

  25. Workshop Facilitator @ Maroon Arts Group – 8/5/20

  26. Feature @ Protest Church Event – 8/5/20

  27. Host for Virtual Youth Open Mic for Maroon Arts Group – 8/14/20

  28. Workshop Facilitator @ Maroon Arts Group – 8/20/20

  29. Feature @ Columbus Black News – 8/30/20

  30. Workshop Facilitator @ YWCA – 9/11/20

  31. Interview on Ohio Prison Arts Connection Podcast – 9/23/20

  32. Feature @ Ohio Women’s Alliance – 9/28/20

  33. Workshop Facilitator for Black Girls Commission – 10/10/20

  34. Feature @ Women and Girls Fest – 10/17/20

  35. Workshop Facilitator for Black Girls Commission – 10/17/20

  36. Workshop Facilitator @ Thurber House – 10/19/20

  37. Workshop Facilitator @ Black Girls Commission – 10/24/20

  38. Feature @ ONE LA Women’s Ministry – 10/24/20

  39. Workshop Facilitator @ Thurber House – 10/27/20

  40. Facilitator for Senior Citizens Program @ Mahoning Youngstown Community Action Partnership – 10/29/20

  41. Feature @ Nuyorican Poets Café in New York City – 10/30/20

  42. Workshop Facilitator @ Erma Bombeck Writer’s Workshop – 10/31/20

  43. Workshop Facilitator for Black Girls Commission – 10/31/20

  44. Record for ProMusica Children’s Book Reading – 11/5/20

  45. Workshop Facilitator for Black Girls Commission – 11/7/20

  46. Feature @ Central Ohio Diversity Event – 11/12/20

  47. Workshop Facilitator for Black Girls Commission – 11/14/20

  48. Feature with Renee Dion @ Black Helpers Appreciation Event – 11/15/20

  49. Feature @ National Arts Marketing Project Conference – 12/8/20

 

Dates for 2019

  1. Workshop Facilitator for The Ohio Theatre Hamilton Poetry Slam – 1/5/19

  2. Workshop Facilitator for The Ohio Theatre Hamilton Poetry Slam – 1/9/19

  3. Interview on NBC4 Daytime Columbus news – 1/11/19

  4. Workshop Facilitator for The Ohio Theatre Hamilton Poetry Slam – 1/12/19

  5. Workshop Facilitator for The Ohio Theatre Hamilton Poetry Slam – 1/16/19

  6. Co-Host The Ohio Theatre Hamilton Poetry Slam – 1/23/19

  7. Feature @ Writing Wrongs Poetry Slam – 1/25/19

  8. Teach Workshop for Transit Arts – 1/31/19

  9. Perform @ City Council Black History Month Event 2/15/19

  10. Feature @ Broken English in Dayton, OH – 2/16/19

  11. Feature @ Methodist Theological School in Delaware, OH – 2/18/19

  12. Workshop Facilitator @ Richland Correctional Institution – 2/20/19

  13. Feature @ Dispatch Home & Garden Show – 2/24/19

  14. Workshop Co-Facilitator @ Martin De Porres Center – 2/27/19

  15. Feature @ Nuyorican Poet’s Café in New York, NY – 3/8/19

  16. Feature @ Bowery Poetry Club in New York, NY – 3/10/19

  17. Feature @ Women’s Poetry Showcase at Writing Wrongs – 3/12/19

  18. Co-Facilitator for Healing Music & Poetry Workshop @ Replenish – 3/22/19

  19. Co-Host Hip Hop Expo – 3/23/19

  20. Co-Facilitator for Poetry Workshop @ Marion Correctional Institution – 3/24/19

  21. Feature @ Poetry Reading Salon w/ Donn Vickers – 3/31/19

  22. Perform @ the Lincoln Theatre Gala – 4/4/19

  23. Feature @ Tuscarawas County Public Library – 4/6/19

  24. Feature @ Poetry Reading Salon w/ Donn Vickers – 4/7/19

  25. ConnectArts Residency in Havana, Cuba – 4/11/19-4/15/19

  26. Radio Interview – 4/22/19

  27. Feature @ YWCA Racial Injustice event – 4/28/19

  28. Feature @ Poetry Reading Salon w/ Donn Vickers – 4/28/19

  29. Workshop Facilitator @ Sister Circle Workshop – 5/4/19

  30. Co-Hosting AULA Midwest Uprising show @ Two Dollar Radio – 5/7/19

  31. Co-Facilitator for Poetry Workshop @ Marion Correctional Institution – 5/12/19

  32. Feature @ Maroon Arts Group Community Festival – 5/19/19

  33. Feature @ The Johnstones Fund for New Music Concert – 5/22/19

  34. Perform @ Daniel Goins Concert – 6/7/19

  35. Co-Facilitator for Poetry Workshop @ Marion Correctional Institution – 6/9/19

  36. Radio Interview on CD102.5 – 6/26/19

  37. Perform @ Darren Demaree Book Release @ The Bookloft – 6/27/19

  38. Host & Perform for Black Girls Shine Poetry Set @ ComFest – 6/30/19

  39. Co-Facilitator for Poetry Workshop @ Marion Correctional Institution – 7/14/19

  40. Feature @ The Ohio State Fair – 8/1/19

  41. Feature @ Lead the Way Learning Academy Youth Summit – 8/2/19

  42. Interview for Cuba Exhibition – 8/3/19

  43. Feature @ Poetry Set at Marion Correctional Institution – 8/10/19

  44. Feature @ Hot Sauce Poetry in Chicago, IL – 8/23/19

  45. Teach Workshop for Transit Arts – 8/29/19

  46. Feature @ Streetlight Guild – 9/3/19

  47. Feature @ The Big Score at Davis Performing Arts Center – 9/8/19

  48. Host Poetry Slam for Hot Times Festival – 9/8/19

  49. Feature @ Coffee Fest for Writing Wrongs Poetry Slam – 9/29/19

  50. Feature @ Cuba Exhibit Opening at The Hilton Hotel – 10/1/19

  51. Feature @ CHOICES Domestic Violence Annual Event – 10/2/19

  52. Teach Workshop for Beechcroft Schools – 10/3/19

  53. Teach Workshop for Transit Arts – 10/3/19

  54. Good Day Columbus Interview – 10/10/19

  55. Co-Facilitate Workshop for Think Make Live – 10/22/19

  56. Feature @ Dairy Barn in Athens, OH – 11/7/19

  57. Feature @ Weiss Family home private event – 11/13/19

  58. Perform @ Jazz Arts Group Annual Gala – 11/15/19

  59. Teach Journaling Workshop for Thurber House – 11/18/19

  60. Perform @ Lincoln Theatre 10-year Anniversary event – 11/21/19

  61. Recording for Sundress Publications Cooking & Poetry Show – 11/24/19

  62. Graduation Poetry Reading @ AULA Los Angeles, CA – 12/6/19

  63. Thiossane Artist Experience in Senegal and Gambia – 12/21/19-1/3/20

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Dates for 2018

  1. Feature @ Dayton Poetry Slam in Dayton, Ohio - 1/7/18

  2. Workshop facilitator at The Ohio State University - 1/24/18

  3. Columbus Museum of Art Performance w/ Renee Dion & Replenish Spa - 2/17/18

  4. Hosting event @ Baba Shongo Gallery - 2/18/18

  5. Recording video for OSU basketball Poem - 2/19/18

  6. Perform at Methodist Theological School in Delaware, Ohio- 2/27/18

  7. Feature at Hanif’s Ships at a Distance - 3/13/18

  8. Feature at Native Tongues - 3/20/18

  9. Feature at Summit event - 3/27/18

  10. Guest Panelist at OSU Women in Philanthropy - 3/30/18

  11. Feature w/ MojoFlo - 4/6/18

  12. Panelist for Christianity and Art - 4/7/18

  13. Feature w/ Eloisa and Ruth Awad - 4/13/18

  14. Perform at More, Inc. event - 4/14/18

  15. Teach workshop at The Ohio State University - 4/16/18

  16. Feature at Gramercy Books - 4/19/18 in Bexley, OH

  17. Perform at Huckleberry House Annual Awards Ceremony - 4/23/18

  18. Feature at Poet’s Lounge - 5/10/18

  19. Keynote speaker for RedZone Annual Brunch - 5/16/18

  20. Feature at NC4K Gala - 5/18/18

  21. Feature at Bloom Readings - 5/20/18 in Brooklyn, NY

  22. Feature at The I.D. Movement Book Release - 5/22/18

  23. Feature at Zora’s House Black Women’s Poetry Showcase - 5/26/18

  24. Panelist for Black Women Healing Trauma at OSU Extension - 6/1/18

  25. Rustbelt Poetry Slam in Detroit, Michigan - 6/1/18-6/2/18

  26. Performance at Community Shelter Board Annual Fundraiser - 6/7/18

  27. Perform at Harmony Project concert - 6/7/18

  28. Guest Performer w/ Renee Dion @ Columbus Arts Fest - 6/9/18

  29. MFA School Residency @ Antioch University Los Angeles - 6/14/18-6/24/18

  30. Teaching Poetry Workshop at Momentum summer camp -7/20/18

  31. Feature at Cleveland Poetry Slam in Cleveland, Ohio - 7/26/18

  32. Perform at National Urban League Conference -8/2/18

  33. Perform at Festival for Black Girls - 8/3/18

  34. Perform at Night of Black Love - 8/10/18

  35. Cuba Artist Fellowship in Havana, Cuba - 8/30/18-9/4/18

  36. Perform at Celebration of Philanthropy - 9/5/18

  37. Host of Local Matters Annual Gala - 9/28/18

  38. Feature for “Stay” event for Mental Illness awareness - 10/5/18

  39. Perform at Cinnamon Suites @ Wexner Center - 10/7/18

  40. Feature for Ohio History Connection exhibit opening - 10/13/18

  41. Perform at Is Said 45th Poetry Anniversary Celebration - 10/13/18

  42. Perform @ Columbus Museum of Art Annual Gala - 10/18/18

  43. Perform @ Get Woke With Us event at Ohio Dominican University - 10/20/18

  44. Perform @ Philanthropy Ohio Conference - 10/23/18

  45. Perform @ Victoria’s Secret’s Annual Conference - 10/25/18

  46. Perform @ Renaissance Magic at Lincoln Theatre - 11/3/18

  47. Perform @ Hammond Harkins Gallery - 11/3/18

  48. Perform @ Renaissance Magic at Lincoln Theatre - 11/4/18

  49. Confluence Cast podcast Interview - 11/12/18

  50. CD102.5 radio interview - 11/14/18

  51. Hosting Transit Arts Book Release - 11/15/18

  52. Perform at Ohio Environmental Council Annual Gala - 11/17/18

  53. Perform at A Jazzy Christmas concert - 12/1/18

  54. Keynote for Ohio Arts Council Statewide Conference - 12/5/18

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