I appreciate everyone that has afforded me the awesome opportunities I have experienced thus far, I am looking forward to a lifetime more! I have always told people that it is not your job that is your career, it is your life that is your career, you should constantly be at work...
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Colleges & Universities
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U of Rochester
Yale
U of Illinois
Temple U
U of DC
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Howard
Norfolk State
Hampton
Duke University
U of Mass
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Amherst
Morgan State
Bowie State
U of Michigan
U of Kentucky
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Old Dominion
U of Ohio
Chicago State
UVA
Virginia State VA Wesleyan
James Madison
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Conferences and Seminars````````````
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Take Back the Night - two time Keynote Speaker
Awarded Female Spoken Word Artist of the Year @ the 2005 NUSPA Awards Washington, DC
Furious Flower 2004
Gwendolyn Brooks Writers Conference
NICOSTY Conference for Teachers and Social Workers
Invited to the March for Women's Lives April '04
Mothers against the War march
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PanaFest Accra,Ghana
Afram
Host of National Black Family Day DC
Sister Fire
Black August
Word Up! International Poetry Festival
U of Kentucky Women's writers
Caucus for Negro Women
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Television and Radio````````````
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BBC - England
106 & Park BET
Amateur Night at the Apollo
Invited to BET's Lyric Cafe
News Channel 3 *Norfolk, VA
The Poet's Drum
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Spoken -The Black Family Channel
Da' Poet's Joint
The Cyphers' Corner
Cafe Nuba
The Fix on FX
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Slams and Features````````````
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Currently ranked 2nd in the country @ the National Poetry Slam held in Albuquerque, NM August 2005
Two time Southern Fried Regional Slam Champ
Nuyorican Poet's Cafe
The Green Mill-Chicago
FX Redemption Slam Champ
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Women's Words Slam Champ '04
Oxford, England 4 World Slam Champion
Red Bull Slam Champion '05
Earth Link Live
Ethiopian Embassy AIDS lecture
Art Scape Summer Poetry Festival B'more
First ever Norfolk, VA slam team champ/coach
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Publications````````````
2005 Virginia Fellowship
Essence Magazine 11/2005
Vibe Online Magazine 8/04
South Florida University's: Southern Griot 2005
Chesapeake Bay Poet's Anthology 2004-5
National Poetry Slam Anthology 2005
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Portfolio Weekly Magazine Cover 6/05
Word Magazine MO 2003
Magazine Cover Story 2003
9-Volt Magazine 2002
The Virginia-Pilot 96-2000
Rolling Out Magazine
Spoken Vizions
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Albums and Books````````````
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Awarded Book Serge book deal '05
The Lioness Awakes Hungry - Chapbook
Poetry does not Belong to You - Chapbook
In the womb-An Array of Thoughts - Chapbook
More like a journal - Spring '06 paper back
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Turning Black at 20 - Spring '08 autobiography
I confess... 1st album 10/01
The Message 2nd album 6/02
The Truth 3rd album 6/03
Get Familiar 4th album (double) 7/05
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International Performances````````````
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Accra, Ghana - West Africa
PanaFest International Music Festival
Cuba - Study
Toronto, Canada
Vancouver, Canada
Cannes, France
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Paris, France
Scotland
Frome, England
London, England
Munich, Germany
Kysaslouter, Germany
Oxford, England
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Boards and Affiliations````````````
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Fair Trade Board For Equal Wages -VA
Current Vice President of Tidewater National Organization for Women
Women Against the War
Black Out Arts Collective
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Non Profits:
Diversity Poet Educators
Young Audiences of Virginia
South Eastern Arts Association
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