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Beyond the Bars Pre-Conference Event “Rhythm & Words”
March 1, 2019 @ 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
In anticipation of the 9th Annual Beyond the Bars Conference on March 7th – 10th at Columbia University, the Center for Justice is hosting a per-conference kick-off event that will feature a live hip-hop jazz fusion band, spoken word poetry, art, and comedy in the heart of New York City!
This event is FREE and open to the public with registration.
Join us for
“RHYTHM & WORDS”
Friday, March 1, 2019
The Forum at Columbia University
125 th Street and Broadway
6 – 8:30 pm
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Featuring
Osei Caleb
Comedian / Host
Def Comedy Jam / Apollo Comedy
Shanelle Gabriel
HBO Def Poet/ Singer/ Activist & Lupus Advocate
HBO Def Poetry, Season 6
David “D-Black” Roberts
Actor / Spoken-word artist
Orange is the New Black, Season 5 / Daredevil, Season 3
Steven Williams aka Tha Real
Actor / Spoken-word artist
King of Paper Chasin’. Directed by La Monte Edwards. (2011)
Antoinette Cooper-Bumekpor
Poet
TEDx Talk. “Death by Chocolate Cyst: If My Illness Had a Voice”
Lawrence Bartley
Poet
TEDx Talk. “Power of a Parents Voice”
ASITISWRYTTEN
Poet/Author
Debut Book: No Rest In This Skin
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For more information on the 9th Annual Beyond the Bars Conference
CenterforJustice.Columbia.edu