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Feb. 1, 2008
www.jcu.edu
Contact: Tonya Strong-Charles
               216.397.1958
   tstrong@jcu.edu

MEDIA ALERT

Poetry Slam  @ JCU

February 6, 2008
7pm
Dolan Center for Science and Technology / Donahue Auditorium

This event is free and open to the public

The 2007-2008 Dr. Shirley S. Seaton Cultural Awareness Series sponsored by John Carroll’s Office of Multicultural Affair

Featured poets include:

Katie Daley
Daley has been raising a ruckus of goose bumps and exclamations on the performance poetry circuit across the US and Canada.  She is a seasoned veteran of four National Poetry Slams, and in 2004, won third place in the World Competition of the Canadian Wordlympics in Ottawa.  Along with performing, writing, publishing, ad producing, Daley teaches poetry writing in university classrooms, weeklong residencies in elementary and secondary schools, and at writers’ festivals and conferences. 

Nolana Nicole Price A.K..A. Liberty
Over the past several years, Price has delivered a gifted word through her inspirational and uplifting poems for a variety of organizations, public schools, colleges and libraries.  She has also participated in the Spoken Word for Life Tour, sponsored by LifeBanc, which aired on the the Radio One Network.  Price has traveled throughout the United States doing competitive poetry slams and inspirational speaking. 

Q-Nice “The Chief Rocka”
By Blending Hip-Hop, Poetry, and Soul, Q-Nice has harnessed his lyrical skills and musical flavor to produce and innovate art far more passionate and expressive than most contemporary music of today.  Q-Nice is a founding member of “The Black Poetic Society” and was a member of the National Poetry Slam team that represented Cleveland against 35 cities and placed second among 130 poets. 

Office of Multicultural Affairs- John Carroll University
216.397.4185
oma@jcu.edu

John Carroll University, located in Cleveland, Ohio, is a liberal arts university grounded in the Jesuit, Catholic tradition.  The university has some 3,100 plus undergraduates and just over 700 graduate students.  The U.S. News & World Report’s 2007 annual college guide ranks John Carroll University among the top 10 master’s-degree granting universities in the Midwest and first in average graduation rate. Originally founded as St. Ignatius College in 1886, the university was renamed in 1923 to honor America’s first Catholic bishop, John Carroll of Maryland.  John Carroll is one of 28 Jesuit colleges and universities located in the United States.

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