Black Women's Evolution to Becoming Resilient

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03/23/21 • 62 min

Stacy Graham-Hunt, a New Haven native, is an author and award-winning columnist, honored by the National Association of Black Journalists for her stories about race and identity. She is passionate about Black people telling their own stories and preserving their own history. She's shared her own stories about overcoming failed relationships, humiliation and shame on her blog, ProcessingPain.com, which she later published as a book, Processing Pain.

Stacy is the membership director for the Arts Council of Greater New Haven and has also worked in marketing and community engagement roles for Bad Boy Records, MTV, Morgan Stanley and General Motors. She is also a licensed cosmetologist in the State of Connecticut.

You can find Stacy's articles about her family, the arts, culture and growing up as a young Black woman in predominantly white spaces syndicated in 5 major Hearst-owned newspapers throughout the state, including the New Haven Register and the Connecticut Post.

A boy-mom with two sons, Stacy is a graduate of Hopkins School, has a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Southern Connecticut State University and a master’s degree in journalism from Quinnipiac University. She is also an alumna of Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University.

Follow her on social media @stacyreports, and to receive a free electronic copy of her book "Processing Pain, send her an email at [email protected].

Follow her on social media @stacyreports, and to receive a free electronic copy of her book "Processing Pain, send her an email at [email protected].

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Black Women in Theater

Discussion with rising Black Women Playwrights a.k. Payne & Abigail Onwunali about their work and the future of Black Theater.

Abigail C. Onwunali (she/her/hers)- Actor/Poet/Writer. Abigail is a second-year
MFA Acting student at the Yale School of Drama. In undergrad, at the University of Texas at Austin, she is one of the most accomplished performers in the history of forensics, having won 13 collegiate national titles across four different interpretation categories over her 4 year career. She has been a sacrificial poet for many events including Texas Grand Slam and Slam Mania hosted by Write About Now.

a.k. payne (she/they) is a playwright, artist-theorist and theatermaker whose people
are rooted in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Her plays love on and engage the interdependencies of Black pasts, presents and futures and seek to find/remember
language that might move us towards our collective liberation(s). She holds a B.A. in
English and African-American Studies from Yale College and is currently pursuing an MFA in playwriting from Yale School of Drama. akpayne.com

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2021 National Poetry Month: LIT POETRY

Beatboxing Poetry and Spittin’ with Bridgeport based G.A.N.G. Poets group Spittin’ their words in Celebration of National Poetry Month.
Bios

Guest 1: Yalan Sesay

Hailing from New Jersey, Yalan Sesay is a 27 year old vocal percussionist and poet who resides in the Ward 8 District of Washington, DC. From a young age Yalan has been practicing and honing his craft of beatboxing in various street performances, and open mics. He recently just started poetry under the tutelage of the legendary DC Spit Dat founders Dwayne Lawson-Brown and Drew Anderson. When he isn’t working on his crafts Yalan can be found working on his Martial Arts skills practicing Muay Thai and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Most of the time he can be found working hard for his community by positively influencing the lives of youth that are in transition from the streets as a Career Pathways Specialist for the Covenant House of Greater Washington. Through his art forms Yalan wishes to positively inspire and expose others to different ideas.

Guest 2: MK Calero

Primarily a Young Adult fiction writer but I also enjoy writing poetry. I studied English in college and later received my MFA in Creative Writing back in 2017 (from Lesley University). I love and understand the importance of words and stories and have dedicated my life to this craft. Aside from writing poetry, I am currently working on a YA fantasy trilogy.

Guest 3: Lawrence “Logic” Taylor

Age 31

Rapper/ poet/writer/creator / Clothing line Outcasts and Weirdos and working on 2 other lines called Know Your Worth and Hippie Life dropping in June. Writer working on a novel and a short film about single fathers.

Guest 4: Julien Mein “Brother Bear”

A 20 year old poet and spoken word artist from Hartford, CT.

Guest 5: Phillip C. Alexander

born and raised in Bridgeport, CT. Poetry is my passion and I love to study my craft so I display it to the best of my ability. I look forward to what the future has in store so stay tuned and follow me for more content @philcalexander