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<div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; letter-spacing: 1px; font-size: 10pt;" align="center"><font style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" color="#333333" face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"><b>Rant workshop and Open Mic with reception featuring:<br>
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<p style="text-align: center; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: bold;" align="center"><font size="2">JLove Calderon</font></p><p style="text-align: center; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" align="center">
<font size="2"> and <span style="font-weight: bold;">We Got Issues!</span> crew
members <span style="font-weight: bold;">Kibibi Dillon</span> and <span style="font-weight: bold;">Adeeba Rana</span></font></p>
<p style="text-align: center; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: bold;" align="center"><font size="2">Saturday February 21, 2009 @ 7 PM</font></p>
<p style="text-align: center; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" align="center"><font size="2">Food For Thought Books</font></p>
<p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="2">Amherst MA 01002</font></p>
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<div><img name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.187" alt="we got issues" align="right" border="0">Amherst, MA - February 04, 2009 - 7PM<br></div></b>
<div><font size="2"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">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. </span><br><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span><br><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">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. </span><br></font>
<p style="color: rgb(109, 84, 68); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><font size="2"><b style="color: rgb(109, 84, 68);">JLove</b><span style="color: rgb(109, 84, 68);"> </span><b style="color: rgb(109, 84, 68);">Calderon</b><span style="color: rgb(109, 84, 68);"> 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 </span><span style="color: rgb(109, 84, 68);">We Got Issues!
National Arts and Civic Engagement Tour</span><span style="color: rgb(109, 84, 68);">, and the co-creator,
facilitator, and life coach of the </span><span style="color: rgb(109, 84, 68);">We Got Issues!
Leadership Institute for Young Women</span><span style="color: rgb(109, 84, 68);">, which works to ignite feminine
centered leadership. She is the author of two books, </span><span style="color: rgb(109, 84, 68);"><i>We Got Issues!</i> (Inner Ocean,
2006)</span><span style="color: rgb(109, 84, 68);"> and </span><span style="color: rgb(109, 84, 68);"><i>That
White Girl</i> (Atria, 2007)</span><span style="color: rgb(109, 84, 68);">.</span><span> For more information about JLove Calderon please see: <a href="http://www.jennifercalderon.com/" target="_blank">http://www.jennifercalderon.com</a> . </span></font></p>
<p style="color: rgb(109, 84, 68); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><font size="2"><b>Adeeba Afshan Rana</b> 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 <i>We
Got Issues!</i> 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. </font></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><font size="2"><b style="color: rgb(109, 84, 68);">Kibibi Dillon</b></font><font size="2"><span style="color: rgb(109, 84, 68);"> is Co-Founder, Director and Developer of the Production Company LAUNCH World Wide (</span><a style="color: rgb(109, 84, 68);" href="http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102443549574&e=001aySg-LqyzWBoKZec9KqRPsooxaGoPKhUoaPvrH9_LrYojqtp39CBrJbMkgVhAB69yYprEEiwLx1PkyAZFoDSCapmuC0XgzfE96pLQYRg19t1w_gFkEhd0iI8oQDxbZ1Z" target="_blank">http://www.launchworldwide.com</a><span style="color: rgb(109, 84, 68);">). In 2007 she directed Read, White and Blue by
Jabrai Exum and Baye Harrell which premiered at the Hip-Hop Theater Festival in
</span>New York City<span style="color: rgb(109, 84, 68);"> and </span>Washington DC<span style="color: rgb(109, 84, 68);">.
As an actor, Kibibi has performed on many stages from </span>California<span style="color: rgb(109, 84, 68);">
to </span>New York<span style="color: rgb(109, 84, 68);"> 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 </span>Howard University<span style="color: rgb(109, 84, 68);">
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. </span></font></p>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Food
for Thought Books </span>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.
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</div><br>This event is free and open to the public. For more information please call Tanya Karakashian at 413-253-5432 or email <a href="mailto:tanya@foodforthoughtbooks.com" target="_blank">tanya@foodforthoughtbooks.com</a></span></font>