News & Events

2024

Forums, Readings, & Performances

2024 BLK INK Book Festival (Author Exhibitor / Poetry Reading) | City Park – Pavilion of the Two Sisters – New Orleans, LA | May 2024 – https://bit.ly/BLKINK2024

KaNikki Harmony – Open Mic (Featured Poet) | Shirlington Busboys & Poets – Arlington, VA | February 2024

Afro Spectrum’s 2nd Annual Black Excellence Exhibition (Featured Poet / Performer) | Petersburg Community Resiliency Hub – Petersburg, VA | February 2024


2023

Forums, Readings, & Performances

AUTHORS AND APPETIZERS (Author / Panelist / Vendor) | The Athenaeum – Alexandria, VA | November 2023

AWARE! (Featured Poet) | The Athenaeum – Alexandria, VA | October 2023 – https://www.eventbrite.com/e/aware-2023-tickets-709541767527?aff=oddtdtcreator

Festival of Cultures (Author / Poet Vendor) | Laurel Branch Library – Laurel, MD | September 2023 – https://ww1.pgcmls.info/event/8748770

Liquid Cat Publishing – Virtual Open Mic Night | August 2023

AUTHORS AND APPETIZERS (Author / Panelist / Vendor) | The Athenaeum – Alexandria, VA | July 2023 – https://www.eventbrite.com/e/authors-and-appetizers-tickets-641694464417

DC Black Pride: Authors Forum (Panelist / Vendor) | Renaissance Washington DC Downtown, Potomac Salon III | May 2023 – https://dcblackpride.org/schedule.htm

Black Author Connect: For Poets Only (Spotlight Poet) | March 2023 (Virtual)

Black Voices Through Poetry | Silver Spring Town Center Inc. (SSTCI) | February 2023 (Virtual) – https://fb.me/e/3eS8Eeoty?mibextid=RQdjqZ

Poetic Remedy | Liquid Cat Books | January 2023 (Virtual)

 

2022

Forums, Readings, & Performances

A Midsummer Night’s Cipher | Gamma Xi Phi | June 2022 (Virtual)

Mixed Mag Open Mic | April 2022 (Virtual)

 

2021

Forums, Readings, & Performances

Words, Wine & Wings 10 – The Milestone  | June 2021 (Virtual)

 

2020

Forums, Readings, & Performances

The Prerequisites of Publishing (Panelist) | Gamma Xi Phi | August 2020 (Virtual)

L4I’s Virtual Art Healing Speaker Series & Exhibit | July 2020
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/love-4-immigrants-art-healing-virtual-speaker-series-exhibit-tickets-113687095162

2020 MD Scholastic Art & Writing Awards | March 2020 (Baltimore, MD)

 

2018

Forums, Readings, & Performances

Soul Slam: Sanctuaries 5th Year Anniversary (Rapid Response Cypher) | October 2018 (Washington, DC)

OutWrite 2018: MelaNation (Poetry Reading) | August 2018 (Washington, DC)

2018 DC Metro Scholastic Writing Awards | March 2018 (Washington, DC)

 

2017

Forums, Readings, & Performances

StartingBloc Institute (Feat. Artists from The Sanctuaries) | October 2017 (Washington, DC)

Live! from Busboys (Open Mic performance w/ Artists from The Sanctuaries) | September 2017 (Arlington, VA)

Words, Wine & Wings Poetry Show | August 2017 (Baltimore, MD)

Artist Showcase – The Summit 2017: World Change Through Faith & Justice (Healing + Resistance) [Feat. Artists from The Sanctuaries] | June 2017 (Washington, DC)

Mental Health and Creativity – A Tribute to Carrie Fisher (NAMI-DC) | April 2017 (Washington, DC)

BYP100DC – MelaNation Release Party | April 2017 (Washington, DC)

2017 DC Metro Scholastic Writing Awards | March 2017 (Washington, DC)

Soulful Sounds of Solidarity: Art of the Qur’an [The Sanctuaries] | March 2017 (Lanham, MD)

Arts + Spirituality + Justice [feat. Artists from The Sanctuaries] | January 2017 (Facebook Live Show)

Healing & Solidarity Through the Arts [The Sanctuaries] | January 2017 (Washington, DC)

 

2016

Forums, Readings, & Performances

The Awakening: Multimedia Arts Protest [The Sanctuaries] | December 2016 (Washington, DC)

2016 DC Metro Scholastic Writing Awards | March 2016 (Washington, DC)

 

2015

Forums, Readings, & Performances

2015 DC Metro Scholastic Writing Awards | 3/08/2015 (Washington, DC) http://www.writopialab.org/dc-2015-winners.html


2014

Forums, Readings, & Performances

Baltimore African American Book Festival | 10/11/2014 (Baltimore, MD)http://baabf.org/

The Ask Rayceen Show (the Listening Lounge) | 8/06/2014 (Washington, DC)  http://buddahdesmond.com/next-event-the-ask-rayceen-show-august-6-2014-in-washington-dc/

The Center Black LGBT Writers’ Forum | 8/02/2014 (Washington, DC)http://www.facebook.com/events/649031271848586/ | http://thedccenter.org/outwritedc/workshops_blacklgbtwriters.html

The Chat: Spoken Word Community Forum | 5/28/2014 (Arlington, VA)

2014 DC Black Pride Writer’s Forum | 5/24/2014 (Washington, DC) http://dcblackpride.org/schedule.htm

Busboys & Poets: Open Mic (Spotlight Feature) | 5/12/2014 (Arlington, VA)

Warsan and Xperience J’s Book Signing for Tomorrow’s Seduction: Kiss Of Death | 3/29/2014 (Camp Springs, MD)   http://www.facebook.com/events/255511394623816/

2014 DC Metro Scholastic Writing Awards | 3/11/2014 (Arlington, VA) http://buddahdesmond.com/ill-be-reading-at-the-dc-metro-scholastic-writing-awards-3112014/

Jazz & Soul For The King | 1/19/2014 (Washington, DC)http://www.facebook.com/events/548150401947658/


2013

OutWrite 2013 LGBT Book Festival | August 2013 – http://thedccenter.org/outwritedc/index.html#.UcX5LuvB3Wk
Exhibitors – http://thedccenter.org/outwritedc/exhibitors.html#.UcX5cevB3Wk

Baltimore Urban Book Festival (BUBF) | 7/14/2013  – http://bit.ly/15VB9z1
Authors http://baltimoreurbanbookfestival.org/index.php/authors
Spoken Word Hour – http://baltimoreurbanbookfestival.org/index.php/entertainment/spoken-word-hour


2012

An Evening to Prevail Book Signing – 10/05/2012 from 5PM-7PM
Another Level Hair Studio & Barbershop | Alexandria, VAhttp://bit.ly/10HEIe6 

OutWrite 2012 LGBT Book Festival | August 2012 – http://thedccenter.org/outwritedc/2012/index.html#.UcX55evB3Wk
Exhibitors http://thedccenter.org/outwritedc/2012/exhibitors.html
Head / Heart / Soul:  Black LGBT Poets Reading – http://www.thedccenter.org/blog/2012/07/head-heart-fist-black-lgbt-poets-reading.html