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PAST SHOWS
(not all performances are listed here)
Black Women’s Empowerment
Virtual Support Group Kickoff
Via Zoom
July 11th, 2020 (Wilmington, NC)
4th of YOU-LIE
Innes Park
July 4th, 2020 (Wilmington, NC)
The Heart Gallery
IG LIVE
June 20, 2020 (Wilmington, NC)
Special Malcolm X Day Performance
Facebook Live
May 19, 2020 (Virtual)
Virtual Spoken Word Show
Facebook Live
May 9, 2020 (Virtual)
State of the Black Race: Past, Present and Future
Basu Farms
September 6, 2019 (Pembroke Township, IL)
Pop Up Shop Collective
UNCW, Kenan auditorium 7:30pm
August 17th, 2019 (Wilmington NC)
NAACP Sankofa Summer Program
Shiloh Missionary Church
July 18th, 2019 (Wilmington NC)
Lumina Festival Coast Poetry Jam
UNCW, Kenan auditorium 7:30pm
July 12th, 2019 (Wilmington NC)
Lumina Festival Coast Poetry Jam
UNCW, Kenan auditorium 7:30pm
July 12th, 2019 (Wilmington NC)
Juneteenth Festival
MLK Center 12pm
June 15th, 2019 (Wilmington, NC)
Empowerment U: Juneteenth Teach-In
King auditorium, UNCW 1pm
June 11th 2019 (Wilmington, NC)
Sankofa Crystal & Sage Open Mic (Feature)
Sankofa Crystal & Sage
June 1st, 2019 (Union, NC)
Friends & Family Day
Temple of Truth, Light and Life
May 26th, 2019 (Wilmington, NC)
Who is Malcolm X?
Cape Fear Museum
May 19, 2019 5pm (Wilmington, NC)
Truth, Teachings and Triumphs: Personification of Told and Untold Events in Black American History
with LATIBAH COLLARD GREEN MUSEUM
Allen Temple CME Church
April 13, 2019 5pm (Wilmington, NC)
Black Tie Azalea Day Fundraiser
Scottish Rite Temple
April 6, 2019 8pm (Wilmington, NC)
Stop The Violence Rally
Portia Hines Park
April 6, 2019 1pm (Wilmington, NC)
I Have Been To The Mountaintop Documentary 51st Observance
Cape Fear Museum
April 4, 2019 6pm (Wilmington, NC)
Historical Traumas and Triumphs of the Black Woman’s Body, Mind, and Soul: Stories as Told through the Eyes of the Women of the Latibah Collard Green Museum
with LATIBAH COLLARD GREEN MUSEUM
Winthrop University
Plowden Auditorium (Withers Building)
March 28, 2019 7pm (Rock Hill, SC)
Liberation Chief Podcast
March 9, 2019 (Virtual)
Latibah Collard Green Museum Performance
Winthrop University
Career Education and Professional Ethics course
February 19, 2019 (Rock Hill, SC)
Black History Month Celebration
Antioch Baptist Church
February 16, 2019 (Blackstock, SC)
Reconstruction: “Redefining Black America”
Sugar Creek Library
4045 N. Tryon St. 6pm-8pm
January 7, 2019 (Charlotte, NC)
13th Annual Matunda Ya Kwanzaa
“Harvesting the Seeds After the Storm”
St. Mark’s Church 6pm
December 28, 2018 (Wilmington, NC)
Pre-Kwanzaa Celebration
(The Study of Melanin)
Taylor Homes
December 18, 2018 (Wilmington, NC)
Dr. Umar Lecture
“We Shall Never Forget:The 120th Memorial of the Wilmington Race Massacre”
Ebenezer Baptist Church
November 18, 2018 (Wilmington, NC)
Night of Truth
UNCW Kenan Auditorium
November 5, 2018 (Wilmington, NC)
Awakening The African Consciousness
THE ARC October 20, 2018 (Miami, FL)
“Politics and Prose”
Theatre NOW
October 10, 2018 (Wilmington, NC)
NBLC March on Washington 55th Anniversary Celebration
Ebenezer Empowerment Center
August 25th, 2018 (Wilmington, NC)
“The Awakening” Book Signing and Show
New Hanover County Library (Northeast Branch)
August 11th, 2018 (Wilmington, NC)
Performance and Workshop
Allendale-Fairfax Education Foundation
July 20th, 2018 (Allendale, SC)
Author Talk: Poetry on the Porch
Athenian Press
June 23rd, 2018 (Wilmington, NC)
Juneteenth Celebration
MLK Park
June 23rd, 2018 (Wilmington, NC)
Friends & Family Day
Temple of Truth, Light and Life
June 10th, 2018 (Wilmington, NC)
Candlelight Vigil for Victims of The “Waffle House Shooting”
May 21, 2018 (Wilmington, NC)
Youth Day
Temple of Truth, Light and Life
May 19th, 2018 (Wilmington, NC)
Live Poetry Reading 12pm est
May 4, 2018 (FB Live)
12th Annual Poetry Jam
State University of New York at Plattsburgh
(Alumni Conference Room)
April 20th, 2018 (Plattsburgh, NY)
Stop The Violence, Start The Peace Rally
Portia Hines Park
April 14th, 2018 (Wilmington, NC)
NBLC I’ve Been To The Mountaintop MLK 50th Benefit Gala
Ebenezer Baptist Church
April 6th, 2018 (Wilmington, NC)
Dr. Martin Luther King Commemoration
Williston Auditorium
April 4th, 2018 (Plattsburgh, NY)
Soul Session Sunday: Women’s Edition
2nd Base Longue
March 18, 2018 (Wilmington, NC)
7 Deadly Sins of Being a Woman Production
March 14th & March 18th, 2018
King Hall
UNCW (Wilmington, NC)
Jokes & Jazz
Scottish Rite Temple
February 24, 2018 (Wilmington, NC)
Girls Empowerment Group
Laney High School
February 14, 2018 (Wilmington, NC)
Wilmington Women’s March
Downtown Wilmington (Thalian Hall)
January 20, 2018 Wilmington, NC
MLK Rally/Press Conference
1898 Memorial
January 15, 2018 (Wilmington, NC)
7 Deadly Sins of Being a Woman Production
Big Dawg Productions
January 14, 2018 (Wilmington, NC)
7 Deadly Sins of Being a Woman Production
Big Dawg Productions
January 7, 2018 (Wilmington, NC)
NBLC Kwanzaa Celebration
Temple of Truth Light and Life
December 26th & 27th, 2017 (Wilmington, NC)
Soul Session Sunday
2nd Base Longue
October 15, 2017 (Wilmington, NC)
Sovereignty Radio Takeover
WPEB 88.1
September 23, 2017 (Philadelphia, PA)
Black Mall Street
Batram’s Garden
September 17, 2017 (Philadelphia, PA)
Special Guest Performance
Central Baptist Church
September 17, 2017 (Wayne, PA)
Counteracting Gentrification & Miseducation through Economic Restoration
The Rotunda
July 29th, 2017 (Philadelphia, PA)
Poetic Feature
Pecola Breedlove (Stay Black Edition)
July 4th, 2017 (Philadelphia, PA)
Universal Juneteenth Parade and Festival
African American Museum
June 17, 2017 (Philadelphia, PA)
Frankford 8th Annual Multi-Cultural Affair
Gambrel Recreation Center
June 3, 2017 (Philadelphia, PA)
iBuyBlack Rally
PCOL
March 18, 2017 (Philadelphia, PA)
Philadelphia Kwanzaa Celebration
Universal Charter School
December 31, 2016 (Philadelphia, PA)
Kwanzaa 50th Anniversary Celebration
“Moving Forward As A People”
St. Stephen’s A.M.E Church
Performing December 28th & December 29th, 2016 (Wilmington, NC)
Kwanzaa Royal Pageant
Universal Charter School
December 16, 2016 (Philadelphia, PA)
Black Friday Film Screening
African American Museum
November 19, 2016 (Philadelphia, PA)
Unity Healing & Wellness Pt. 2: The Awakening
The Rotunda
August 19, 2016 (Philadelphia, PA)
Art Of Expression
Elk’s Longue
July 23rd, 2016 (West Chester, PA)
Juneteenth Parade & Festival
African American Museum
June 18th, 2016 (Philadelphia, PA)
Malcolm X Day Celebration
Malcolm X Park
May 19, 2016 (Philadelphia, PA)
Spotlight Performer
“Sounds In A Gallery”
May 7, 2016 (Philadelphia, PA)
Live Performance
E-Life Media
April 29, 2016 (Capitol Heights, MD)
Featured Performer
COAST Poetry Jam
April 22, 2016 (Wilmington, NC)
Featured Performer
“Black History is American History”
February 26, 2016 (Newark, NJ)
February 13, 2016 (Norristown, PA)
Featured Interview
OKLBR Podcast
January 2016 (National Podcast)
Listen To The Interview Here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKK8cQL96i0
Featured Performance and Interview
U.N.I.A The Legacy Of A Nation Radio Show
November & December 2015 Philadelphia, PA
Featured Interview & Performance
Gospel Joy 1490am
October 2015 Wilmington, NC
Guest Performer
“Celebrating the Arts & Appreciation Ceremony”
October 2015 Wilmington, NC
Unspoken Legacy Website
September 2015 (National Site)
Featured Poem
Gospel Joy 1490am
August 2015 & September 2015 Wilmington, NC
“Justice or Else”
Local Organizing Committee
August 2015 Wilmington, NC
Special Performance
Jackson Family Reunion
July 2015 Greensboro, NC
Featured Performer
Artistic Vibes
June 2015 Miami, FL
Group Performance with Shameka Poetry Thomas
“Speak Fridays”
March 2015 Miami, FL
Rhonda Sekhmet Ra 