Events

2025

• April 6, 2025: PERFORMANCE – FSC First Harlem Nights Event
• March 30, 2025: TALK & READING – Pathways Magazine Literary Salon
• March 12, 2025: PERFORMANCE – Busboys and Poets (DC)
• February 26, 2025: PUBLIC PROGRAM – Humanities program at Coppin State University
• February 21, 2025: PERFORMANCE – "Soundtrack of Social Justice," Kennedy Center
• February 15, 2025: YOUTH LITERARY CONFERENCE – PGCPS Teen Literary Conference
• January 19, 2025: POETRY SHOWCASE – "With These Words: A Tribute to MLK Jr."
• January 11, 2025: CONFERENCE – Black Family Homeschool Educators and Scholars Teach-In

2024

• December 19, 2024: KEYNOTE ADDRESS – UMBC Commencement
• November 13, 2024: WORKSHOP – "Developing a Liberation-Centered Writing Practice," PBS Roadtrip Nation (Laurel Library)
• November 1, 2024: VISUAL ART EXHIBIT – "Why I Vote Again," WCADC
• November 1, 2024: CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS – Rebel's Zeitgeist, Digital journal (Black Writers for Peace and Social Justice)
• November 1, 2024: CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS – Creative Currents, Digital journal (Poet Laureate project)
• October 26, 2024: COMMUNITY EVENT – "Wellness and Vitality REFRESH," Annapolis Friends
• October 23, 2024: POETRY READING & SIGNING – For the Girls Who Do Too Much, South Bowie Library
• October 18, 2024: POETRY PERFORMANCE – "Shattering the Silence," Busboys and Poets
• October 12, 2024: POETRY SHOWCASE – Poets Day Party, Tanger Outlet
• October 10, 2024: AWARD ACCEPTANCE – UMBC Outstanding Alumni award
• September 20, 2024: POETRY PERFORMANCE – Furious Flower Poetry Center conference
• September 8-10, 2024: WRITING RETREAT – "Reiki, Writing and Relaxation for Women 40+"
• August 10, 2024: POETRY PERFORMANCE – Maryland Legislative scholarships event, Bowie State University
• August 10, 2024: Released the Poetry Collection, For the Girls Who Do Too Much
• July 19, 2024: PERFORMANCE – Juneteenth event, Fort Washington Business Group
• July 19, 2024: PERFORMANCE – Juneteenth event, National Harbor
• July 15, 2024: PERFORMANCE – Juneteenth event, City of Bowie
• July 8-12, 2024: YOUTH WRITING PROGRAM – Black Writers for Peace & Social Justice Youth Media Academy
• July 1 – Dec. 2024: NEWSLETTER – Continued "From the Desk of the Poet Laureate"
• June 24-28, 2024: WRITING WORKSHOP – "Impact Storytelling," Common Ground on the Hill
• June 23, 2024: WRITING WORKSHOP – "Writing for Liberation," Mahogany Books
• June 8, 2024: WRITING WORKSHOP – "Writing a Short Play," DC Public Library
• June 1 – Sept. 2024: SERIES – Monthly "Quiet meet-ups" for writers in P.G. County parks
• May 7, 2024: Founded nonprofit Black Writers for Peace and Social Justice, Inc.
• April 25, 2024: KEYNOTE – PGCPS Celebration of Literary Excellence
• April 16, 2024: MEET YOUR POET LAUREATE – Bowie Library
• April 9, 2024: LITERARY TALK – "Langston Hughes & Nicolás Guillén," South Bowie Library
• April 7, 2024: POETRY SHOWCASE – Poets Day Party, Artstination
• March 10, 2024: PERFORMANCE – City of Laurel Black History program
• February 22, 2024: PERFORMANCE – "Voices of Freedom and Resistance," Kennedy Center
• February 13, 2024: POETRY SHOWCASE – "The Power of Poetry," Largo-Kettering Library
• February 10, 2024: PERFORMANCE – Bladensburg Library Black History Month program
• February 7, 2024: LITERARY TALK – Moderated panel on Ntozake Shange, Bowie Library
• February 6, 2024: LITERARY TALK – Remembering the Black Arts Movement Symposium
• February 1, 2024: PERFORMANCE – Unveiled Langston Hughes statue in Havana, Cuba
• January 11, 2024: PERFORMANCE/JUDGE – Prince George's County Youth Laureate competition

2023

• November 30, 2023: BOOK READING & ACTIVITY – Chillum Elementary (Mariah's Maracas)
• October 26, 2023: POETRY SHOWCASE – Poets Day Party, Artstination
• August 15, 2023: BOOK TALK – The Summoning of Black Joy, Sankofa Books
• June 19, 2023: PERFORMANCE – Juneteenth event, National Harbor
• June 1, 2023 – July 1, 2024: Produced monthly newsletter, "From the Desk of the Poet Laureate"
• May 1, 2023: Selected as Poet Laureate of Prince George’s County, MD