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  Original Air Date: 11/19/2009 1:00 AM UTC

  Slam poet "T Miller"

  
  Natasha Miller is a 24-year-old, LGBT spoken word artist/slam poet, activist, community leader, writer, and an aspiring motivational speaker born and raised on the west side of Detroit Michigan. Natasha has been writing and performing poetry for a little over three years.
  
  In 2007, only a year after turning into a performance poet, she was crowned the Detroit Poetry Slam team’s Grand Slam Champion. She has also been a part of three national slam teams along with being a women of the world poetry slam finalist two years in a row, ranking as the third female slam poet in the world in 2008 and the fifth female slam poet in the world which is her current standings as of 2009. She has opened up for and shared the stage with such performers as actor/comedian Brandon T. Jackson comedienne/actress Mo’nique, comedian Rodney Perry, legendary poet Jessica Care Moore, hip-hop artist Talib Kweli, soul/funk musician Amp fiddler, actor Malcolm Jamal Warner and many more. She is the producer of the “Its Not About You Poetry Slam Series. In 2009 she released her solo spoken word album entitled Poetry For Change and she is currently working to self publish her first book titled “Rape Suicide, God And Poetry”. Natasha believes her purpose in life and through words is to enlighten, educate, create equality, spread life, represent, spread love and create peace the way so many great leaders before her has done. Her motivation religion, mistakes, failures, and truth. She believes everyone should “Dream big, Aim high, and Fly low.”
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  • tmiller
  • poetry
  • slam
  • youth
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• Original Air Date: 11/12/2009 1:00 AM UTC

  Open Mic!

  Our featured guest couldn't make it so we turned it into an open mic and discussed the issues of the day!
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  • lesbian podcast
  • precious
  • issues
  • movies
  • thanksgiving
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• Original Air Date: 11/5/2009 1:00 AM UTC

  Songstress "Monica Monet"

  
  
  Monica Monet first resonated soul at the tender age of ten, when she performed at the historical Mt. Zion Methodist Church in her home town. She went on to independently pen her first album, So Sweet, produced by Reggie, AKA World Premier out of Meridian, MS in 1995.
  
  Moving to Atlanta in 1997, Monica Monet signed a recording contract with Beyond Entertainment. Under this management, she wrote and recorded her second album entitled Season's. After the release of this album, she decided to take some time for self refection.
  
  Monica Monet moved to Jacksonville, Florida. There she furthered her promoted her literary skills, transitioning from song writing to chronicle the discoveries she made in her journey of life and music.
  
  Following this literary sabbatical, Monica Monet's musical soul experienced rebirth and the Nappy Halo platform emerged. "Music is my canvas, " says Monica Monet. " I am ready for the next level - to show the world what Monica Monet has to offer!"
  
  www.monicamonet.com
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  • lesbian podcast
  • monica monet
  • singer
  • songwriter
  • music
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• Original Air Date: 10/29/2009 12:00 AM UTC

  "Mississippi Damned" director Tina Mabry and producer Morgan Stiff

  
  
  
  Wanting to escape was the easy part. Taking place in 1986 and 1998 and based on a true story, three poor, Black kids in rural Mississippi reap the consequences of their family's cycle of abuse, addiction, and violence. They independently struggle to escape their circumstances and must decide whether to confront what's plagued their family for generations or succumb to the same crippling fate, forever damned in Mississippi. Bitterly honest and profoundly subtle, writer/director Tina Mabry successfully captures growing up in a world where possibilities and opportunities seem to die in the face of the suffocating reality of physical and sexual abuse, obsession, and a myriad of destructive compulsions.
  
  
  
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  • lesbian podcast
  • mississippi damned
  • tina mabry
  • film
  • morgans mark
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• Original Air Date: 10/22/2009 12:00 AM UTC

  Renair Amin

  
  
  Renair Amin is no stranger to the arts. As an author, she has written for various print and on-line publications including Gay Black Female Magazine, SABLE Magazine and DEEP HUES e-zine. She has been featured on the Nghosi Books, Femme Noir, Sistahs for Sistahs, Soulful Pen Xpressions and Kuma.com websites. Her work also appears in the Nghosi Books anthology, Longing, Lust & Loving. Her short play, The Ride, was a featured staged reading at the 3rd Annual Potpourri’s Reading Festival. She also acted in Kimberly Q's "Erotica Monologues: Orchids" Play, and Wesley Curtis’ “Window in Harlem.” As a spoken word artist, Renair has performed extensively, gracing stages in Atlanta , Rochester, Philadelphia and in New York City, where she hosts Speak Your Myne Harlem, a monthly open mic showcase of her creation. Just as passionate working behind the scenes, she has produced venues for Mo Beasley of UrbanErotika fame, James Saunders III, founder of Black Pride NYC, and performance artist Nhojj, among others. As a motivational speaker, she was a presenter at the Empowering Women Workshop in Charlotte, North Carolina, where she unveiled the first of her C.A.S.H. (Communicate and Accept that you have the Strength to ask for Help) series.
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  • renair amin
  • poet
  • writer
  • performance artist
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• Original Air Date: 10/8/2009 12:00 AM UTC

  David Barclay Moore

  
  David Barclay Moore was born and raised in Missouri. Throughout his adolescent years, David kept mainly to himself and read too many novels and comic books. After studying Creative Writing at Iowa State University, Film at Howard University in Washington DC, and Language Studies at L’Universite de Montpellier in France, David moved to New York City on May 31, 1995. He had a degree, $500 in his pocket, and a place to stay for two weeks.
  Join us as explore what happened after arriving..
  www.davidbarclaymoore.com>
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  • lesbian podcast
  • david barclay moore
  • film
  • Black Queer Film Lecture Series
  • Realness
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• Original Air Date: 10/1/2009 12:00 AM UTC

  Michelle Sewell founder/editor "Girlchild Press"

  
  Michelle Sewell is an award-winning screenwriter, poet, and founder of GirlChild Press. Throughout her work as a poet and a social worker, she has maintained that there must be a place for women and girls to develop and express their truest selves. With that in mind she has created open mics, workshops, and writing circles to foster that "sacred space" environment for women. The Jamaican-born artist/activist work has appeared on NPR, in Sinister Wisdom, Other Countries: Voices Rising, Campaign to End AIDS Anthology, Port of Harlem Magazine, and seeingblack.com.
  
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  • lesbian podcast
  • michelle sewell
  • poetry
  • writer
  • editor
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