Join us for this lecture and conversation featuring Safiya Washington on the historic role of Black poetics as archive, invention, and incubator of resistance.
Distinguished Visitors Talk by Safiya Washington, Writer, Educator and Performer
Talk on Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 4:30pm in the VCAM Lounge
“Black Poetics and Social Movements: The Archivists of Our Time"
Safiya Washington is a writer, educator and performer from Brooklyn, New York, living in Philadelphia. She received her Bachelors in English Literature and her MFA from Rutgers University. Safiya has been featured on CNN, and has toured varying colleges and universities. She is an international grand slam champion and is the recipient of a fellowship from The Watering Hole & Summer Literary Seminars (SLS). Her debut collection Bitches’ Brew was published in 2022 with Black Minds Publishing.
This event is sponsored by the Writing Program in conjunction with the Distinguished Visitors Program.
