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...

Colleges & Universities

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U of Rochester
Yale
U of Illinois
Temple U
U of DC

Howard
Norfolk State
Hampton
Duke University
U of Mass

Amherst
Morgan State
Bowie State
U of Michigan
U of Kentucky

Old Dominion
U of Ohio
Chicago State
UVA
Virginia State VA Wesleyan
James Madison

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


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

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
Spoken
-The Black Family Channel

Da' Poet's Joint

The Cyphers' Corner

Cafe Nuba

The Fix on FX

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

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

Publications

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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

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

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
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

International Performances

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Accra, Ghana - West Africa
PanaFest International Music Festival
Cuba - Study
Toronto, Canada
Vancouver, Canada
Cannes, France

Paris, France
Scotland
Frome, England
London, England
Munich, Germany
Kysaslouter, Germany
Oxford, England

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
Non Profits:
Diversity Poet Educators
Young Audiences of Virginia
South Eastern Arts Association