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Speakers & Artists
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 | | Opal Palmer Adisa
Celebrated Novelist, Poet and Educator
American Book Award Winner for her poetry collection Tamarind and Mango Women
Diversity educator focusing on racism, sexism, homophobia and internalized oppression
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 | | Amiri Baraka
A Vanguard in the Black Arts Movement
One of the nations most influential and prolific African American artists
Author of over 40 books of essays, poems, drama, music history and criticism.
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 | | Brave New Voices on Tour
...because the next generation can speak for itself.
Includes some of the brightest young performance poets nationwide
These voices of 21st Century America transcend race, class, gender, orientation, and red state/blue state politics to show us what the next generation of leaders looks and sounds like
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 | | Jacqueline Elena Featherston
Acclaimed Writer, Educator and Visionary
Works include the book Skin Deep: Women Writing on Color, Culture and Identity and the film "Alice Walker: Visions of the Spirit"
Weaving Change: Equity and Social Justice Transforming Culture across Differences
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Politically Sexy, Rambunctiously Entertaining Spoken Word Hip Hop Theater
Fuses spoken word, hip-hop, funk, and experimental theater
Comprised of African American and Asian American artists, they demonstrate the complex history that binds our history
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 | | Derrick Jensen
Prolific Author on Environmental and Social Justice Issues
Author of over a dozen books including The Culture of Make Believe, A Language Older Than Words and Endgame
Latest title is Songs of the Dead
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 | | Marc Bamuthi Joseph
A Leading Voice in Performance and Arts Education
National Poetry Slam champion, Broadway veteran, dancer/choreographer and featured artist on Russell Simmons' Def Poetry on HBO
Recipient of the U.S. Artists Rockefeller Fellowship which annually recognizes 50 of the country's "greatest living artists"
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 | | Winona LaDuke
Internationally Renowned Activist working on Sustainable Development, Climate Change and Environmental Justice in Native America
Author of numerous books including Recovering the Sacred, All our Relations and a novel, Last Standing Woman
Executive Director of the Honor the Earth and founder of the White Earth Land Recovery Project
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 | | devorah major
Accomplished Poet, Novelist, Performer
Books include Ice Journeys, street smarts and An Open Weave
Served as San Franciscos Poet Laureate from 2002-2006
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 | | Adam Mansbach
Dynamic Novelist with a Hip-Hop Aesthetic
- Author of the bestsellers Angry Black White Boy and The End of the Jews
- His dynamic presentations address the complexities of identity, hip hop, history, literature, and popular culture
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 | | Cherrํe Moraga
Prolific Playwright, Poet, and Essayist
Recipient of numerous awards for her plays including a United States Artist Rockefeller Fellowship for Literature
Co-editor of the groundbreaking This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color, among other books
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 | | Mark Nowak
Documentary Poet, Social Critic, and Labor Activist
Author of Shut Up Shut Down(afterword by Amiri Baraka) and Coal Mountain Elementary
Regenerating the Rich Tradition of Working-Class Literature
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 | | Alix Olson
Folk Poet and Progressive Queer Artist-Activist
Editor of the acclaimed book Word Warriors: 35 Women Leaders in the Spoken World Revolution and author of several books of poetry and spoken word CDS
Poetry slam champion and subject of award-winning documentary Left Lane: On the Road with Folk Poet Alix Olson
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 | | Ishle Park
Award-Winning Poet and Singer
Author of The Temperature of This Water, her poetry is also featured on her CD, Work is Love
Winner of numerous writing awards and former Poet Laureate of Queens
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 | | Sofํa Quintero (aka Black Artemis)
Novelist, Filmmaker & Social Justice Activist
Author of the hip hop novels Explicit Content and Picture Me Rollin and the "chica-lit" novel Divas Don't Yield
Co-founder of Chica Luna Productions
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 | | Ninotchka Rosca
Contemporary writer and Human Rights Activist
Author of six books including State of War, Twice Blessed and The Fall of Marcos
Founder and the first national chair of GABRIELA, the preeminent Filipina women's rights organization
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 | | Sonia Sanchez
Renowned Writer, Poet, and Playwright
Author of over a dozen books including Homecoming, We a BaddDDD People, I've Been a Woman: New and Selected Poems
A leading force in African American literary and political culture for over three decades
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 | | John Trudell
Poet, Recording Artist, Actor and Activist
Books of poetry include his latest, Lines from a Mined Mind: The Words of John Trudell
Has released some one dozen albums featuring his poetry set to traditional Native music as well as contemporary sounds
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 | | Alice Walker
The Essential Writer of Our Times
Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Color Purple as well as numerous other novels, books of poetry, short stories and essay collections
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 | | Helen Zia
Award-Winning Journalist and Scholar
Author of Asian American Dreams: The Emergence of an American People and co-author of My Country Versus Me
One of the "most influential Asian Americans of the decade," her speech topics include "From Minority to Majority, Invisible to Envisioning"
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