[Antiracism] Food for Thought Books Announces: Rant Workshop and Open Mic with JLove Calderon and members of the We Got Issues Crew!

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 *Food for Thought Books Announces*
*Rant workshop and Open Mic with reception featuring:
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JLove Calderon

and We Got Issues! crew members Kibibi Dillon and Adeeba Rana

Saturday February 21, 2009 @ 7 PM

Food For Thought Books

Amherst MA 01002

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[image: we got issues]Amherst, MA - February 04, 2009 - 7PM
*  Please join us for a Rant Workshop and Open Mic featuring JLove Calderon
and members of the We Got Issues crew Kibibi Dillon and Adeeba Rana.

We'll be kicking off the evening with a Rant workshop. The Rant workshop
will be a space for  participants to work on a writing piece that expresses
their voices! Facilitated by Adeeba Rana and JLove Calderon, participants
will get a chance to experience the unique We Got Issues! Institute
ranting/writing style. Following the workshop participants and community
members will be welcome to share their stuff in an open mic hosted by Kibibi
Dillon member of the We Got Issues! Institute.Are you a writer or
performance artist? Come flaunt your stuff with some of the best!  This will
be a fun filled evening with some of our fiercest sisters!  This event is
co-sponsored by The Women of Color Leadership Network (UMass), The
Everywoman's Center (UMass),  The Graduate School (UMass) and Video
Vanguards/ Youth Action Coalition.

*JLove*  *Calderon* is an author, educator, and activist who is dedicated to
the struggle for human rights, the positive proliferation of youth and
Hip-Hop culture, and the liberation of all peoples bodies, minds, spirits
and communities. She is co-producer of the We Got Issues! National Arts and
Civic Engagement Tour, and the co-creator, facilitator, and life coach of
the We Got Issues! Leadership Institute for Young Women, which works to
ignite feminine centered leadership. She is the author of two books, *We Got
Issues!* (Inner Ocean, 2006) and *That White Girl* (Atria, 2007).  For more
information about JLove Calderon please see: http://www.jennifercalderon.com.

*Adeeba Afshan Rana* defines herself as a 22 year old South Asian-American
poetic activista with a lot on her mind.  Her journey began in pre-school
where she championed the other girls of the playground, a red crayon
clutched in her raised fist.  Today, she works diligently to cultivate the
voices of her people.  Adeeba has been hooked onto conversations of women
and power, art and activism since taking the stage at the Apollo in 2004 as
the winner of *We Got Issues!* hottest rant contest.  She also works closely
with many Social Justice groups, educating and inspiring young people to use
their voices in action, protest, praise and power.  She is currently at the
University of Massachusetts, Amherst aspiring to be the next goddess of
knowledge.

*Kibibi Dillon* is Co-Founder,  Director and Developer of  the Production
Company LAUNCH World Wide
(http://www.launchworldwide.com<http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102443549574&e=001aySg-LqyzWBoKZec9KqRPsooxaGoPKhUoaPvrH9_LrYojqtp39CBrJbMkgVhAB69yYprEEiwLx1PkyAZFoDSCapmuC0XgzfE96pLQYRg19t1w_gFkEhd0iI8oQDxbZ1Z>).
 In 2007 she directed Read, White and Blue by Jabrai Exum and Baye Harrell
which premiered at the Hip-Hop Theater Festival in New York City and Washington
DC. As an actor, Kibibi has performed on many stages from California to New
York including the New York Comedy Club (nick) with the Adults Playground
Improv. Troupe and Sketch crew Saturday Night Re-written at Juvie Hall
(nyc). Kibibi T. Dillon attended Howard University where she received her
Bachelors in Fine Arts in 2003. She also attended The Actors Theater of
Louisville's apprentice program in 2004 where she studied acting and
theater.


 Food for Thought Books is a not-for-profit, workers' collective bookstore
located in downtown Amherst. Owned and operated by its workers, Food for
Thought Books specializes in the following areas: Progressive, Multicultural
& Radical Politics, Queer Studies, Women's Studies, multicultural &
progressive childrens' books, and more.

This event is free and open to the public.  For more information please call
Tanya Karakashian at 413-253-5432 or email tanya at foodforthoughtbooks.com
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