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Righteous AIM Ensemble Returns to Greensboro, NC
> What if and Why Not? Re-visioning and Healing the Black Community
Poetry and Performance Resicency
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> Contact: Ebony Noelle Golden
> Media Alert
> righteousaim@gmail.com
> www.communityspeak.wordpress.com
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> Greensboro, NC- September 15-18 Righteous AIM returns to Greensboro, NC for its third poetry, performance and community action residency. The
> residency is a collaborative effort funded by North Carolina A & TState University’s Lyceum Series, Creative Writing Program and local arts
and social justice organizations. “What If and Why Not: Re-Visioning and Healing Black Community”,features four days of performances, writing workshops, and community dialogues to actively strategize methods for healing black communities. The residency culminates in a multi-media theatrical performance on North Carolina & T’s campus. All events are free and open to the public; youth, college students, adults and elders are welcome. Participants do not have to beenrolled in college to attend residency events.The mission of Righteous A.I.M. is to artistically and culturally engageoppressed communities marginalized from the formal social, economic and
political processes. Through a myriad of poetic/theatric performances and interdisciplinary workshops exploring the importance of cultural
nationalism and functional, performance art, Righteous A.I.M. is dedicated to leveraging art as a means of healing and protest for oppressed peoples committed to changing and transcending the conditions that manacle their existence.
> Righteous AIM began three years ago when D. Noble, Amaris Howard, Ebony Golden, and Iman Shabazz came together to critically engage the state of
contemporary performance poetry, specifically slam
poetry. Under the mentorship and guidance of Dr. Anjail Rashida Ahmad, members of the
troupe have featured and completed residencies at Louisburg College, Kingsbridge Library, Southern Fried Poetry Slam, Black Love Festival and Happily
Natural Day.
For more information about Righteous AIM and its upcoming events, visit www.communityspeak.wordpress.com, www.myspace.com/righteousaim, join the “Righteous AIM Presents” facebook group, or email righteousaim@gmail.com
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IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Beth Sheffield
Greensboro Public Library
336-373-3617
219 N. Church Street
Greensboro, NC 27402
Monday Night Poetry
August 18th
Central Library –219 N. Church Street - Greensboro NC
Nussbaum Room
At 7pm
Open Mic
Be the first to sign up for 9.15.08 workshop
Monday Night Poetry Sept. 15 Central Library-
“ Community Artistry: Poetry To Engage” an interdisciplinary Poetry Workshop at 6:30pm with Righteous A.I.M. (Ebony Golden, Amaris Howard, and D. Noble) Righteous A.I.M. is dedicated to leveraging art as a means of healing. SPACE IS LIMITED> the workshop is free, but registration is required. Workshop registration will open by email on Tuesday August 19 to beth.sheffield@greensboro-nc.gov or sign up in person at Central Library’s August Monday Night Poetry event. This program is in conjunction with NCA&T’s Lyceum Series. September 15-18. After the workshop, there will be an OPEN MIC at 7:30pm beginning with poetry by Righteous A.I.M.
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