Full Figure Potential by Tamika Georgia ME Harper, Spoken Word Artist A native of Atlanta, Georgia ME has shared her southern-bred gifts with audiences all around the world. Her career began at Atlanta Metropolitan College, where her classmates and comrades supported her at her first poetry reading at Club Mecca, located in downtown Atlanta. Since her debut, Tamika has been blessed to speak at over 200 colleges and universities; appear on Def Poetry Jam (7 times), Verses and Flow and The MoNique Show; and share the stage with numerous luminaries, to include Nikki Giovanni, Sonia Sanchez, Queen Latifah, Janelle Monae, Phylicia Rashad, Erykah Badu and more. A true modern renaissance woman, Georgia ME is also the CEO of Ladygirl Productions; an actress (she had a role in Tyler Perrys Madea Goes to Jail); executive producer of The Tamika Festival, a Scholarship and Creative Community Celebration; mentor and motivational speaker. As evidenced by her Tony, Emmy, Peabody, BAFFTA and Kuumba awards, this multi-talented sister is at the top of her game with nowhere to look but up! To learn more, check her out at georgiamethepoet/#!home/mainPage. Poetic Sunday: If you are a sister poet with uplifting words for women and girls or if you have a piece that tells a story from a Black female’s point of view, please send it, along with a great photo and a link to your website, etc. (if you have one), to PoeticSunday@BrownGirlCollective. We would love to hear what you have to say! (Spoken word artists are welcome as well, just send a link to the video.)
Posted on: Sun, 16 Nov 2014 15:29:15 +0000
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