College Open Mic Night Hosted by Mariah Barber. 9.20.19
Date and Time
Sep 20, 2019 9:00 pm
Location
Brookland
625 Monroe St NE, Washington, District of Columbia, 20017
Sep 20, 2019 9:00 pm
Brookland
College Night hosted by Mariah Barber
Mariah Barber is Carolina girl from the 704 and current Peace Corps volunteer between countries. She is a self-proclaimed “bag lady” & “nomad” who is claiming DC as home for a while until she returns to Latin America. She is an activist, spoken word poet , author, researcher and sexual health educator. She is a former radio show personality with WZMB “Good Vibrations Radio” and current podcaster on “Poetically Correct” and “Attempting to find da Answers”. Barber is the founder of Beyond Your Organization LLC a company dedicated to exploring identity through workshops involving spoken word poetry and uplifting unheard voices. Her book “Of Mics & Pens; Gods & Other College Courses” covers her unique brand of womanhood through haikus, long poems and more. Riah lives for the Spanish language, hiking ,QPOC, anthropology, Indian food, liberation , Earl Grey tea, thrifting , records, HIV prevention , yoga and open mic nights. She has her master’s in social behavioral & Community Health and has focused her efforts on bettering the health outcomes for women of color through storytelling with words or research.
FEATURING: MUNAZZA SAALIM ABRAHAM
My name is Munazza Saalim Abraham, and I am a scientist and a poet, which means I am a creator and a healer. I was formally introduced to the arts when I wrote my first poem in 4th grade. As you may imagine, it was terrible. It was raw, ugly, and too real. As a writer, it took me 20 something years to be brave again; but I have finally made my way back to being raw, ugly, and too damn real. Writing has always been my outlet when my voice felt dismantled. Today, I use my writing and my voice as an author and spoken word poet. With pen, volume, and hunger for actual justice, I will continue utilizing the arts as an organizing tool that empowers and heals communities through my research at the University of Baltimore Maryland (UMBC). I am a 2nd year Clinical & Community Psychology PhD student. I will become a licensed clinical therapist with an emphasis on the healing arts. My UMBC research interests include developing and evaluating jail intervention/diversion programs, prison arts programs and community empowerment models. Additional long-term goals include using research to promote policy change and provide creative and evidence-based services to reform prisons and policing culture.
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College Night Open Mic! A Busboys and Poetry Event Every third Friday of the month. For two hours audiences can expect a diverse chorus of college students voices and a vast array of spoken word performers, open mic rookies, musicians, comedians and other talents from freshmen to graduate students. Each month, we feature a different college/university or an individual alumni artist. A great alternative to the college night life! Audience is open to all, college students are encouraged to share their work!
