Intersections of Identity: A Spoken Word Performance
Kai Davis
Friday, 23 Oct 2015 at 7:00 pm – Sun Room, Memorial Union
Kai Davis is a writer and performer from Philadelphia whose work deals with race, gender and sexuality. A Queer Woman of Color, she explores how these concepts affect who we are and how we love. In 2011 Davis was awarded the title of National Brave New Voices Grand Slam Champion, and in 2012 she was the second-ranked Youth Speaks Individual Slam Poet in the nation. Her work has been featured at the San Francisco Opera House, the Kimmel Center, the Temple Performing Arts Center, and on CNN. Davis is the artistic director of the Babel Poetry Collective. She is also a Creative Writing and African American Studies student at Temple University.Watch her performance videos online at kaidavispoetry.com
Cosponsored By:
- Asian Pacific American Awareness Coalition
- Black Student Alliance
- Division of Student Affairs - Student Event Fund
- Lambda Theta Alpha
- Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government)
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