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| April 15, 2014 |
Time:
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Location: Foy Auditorium
April is National Poetry Month and Sexual Assault Awareness Month and the two themes are recognized with one great event: Speak Up, a night of poetry and spoken word on
Tuesday, April 15th at 6:00 PM in Foy Auditorium. Speak Up will feature six amazingly talented spoken word artists who will raise awareness of sexual assault
through their gift of spoken word. This event is FREE and open to the public.
Speak Up was organized by Counseling Psychology graduate student, April Scott, in collaboration with the Sexual Assault Awareness Month committee. For more information, please contact her at ads0027@auburn.edu The Poets: Soul Scribe, an award-winning poet whose poetry ranges on a variety of subjects from love to hate, politics to spirituality, social consciousness to injustice and much more, allowing her to encompass
all areas of life.
Las4eva, who has been writing poems, short stories, and plays since the age of 9. In 2001, he wrote, directed, and produced his very first play entitled, "Soulfood or Fastfood," based on the synopsis
of why some people spend more time planning weddings than they do their lives.
Rewop, whose goal is to create, share, hone, write, learn, and educate while being innovative, original, spiritual, political, radical and revolutionary, bringing her craft of spoken word to the
masses.
Pariah, an award-winning poet who has been featured in nearly 20 different hip hop and urban magazines; he's been featured on the Award winning PBS show Kaleidoscope.
And Lauren Doriahna and KD Poet
For more information, contact:
Dr. Joyce de Vries
Director, Women's Studies Program Associate Professor of Art History 3227 Haley Center Auburn, AL 36849 Office: 334.844.1974 Fax: 334.844.4024 |
