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March, 2024
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Event:
New Haven PL Inauguration
Date:
March 12th, 2024.
Time:
6:00 PM to 8:30 PM
Location:
New Haven City Hall, 165 Church St, New Haven
Contact:
IfeMichelle Gardin, Kulturally LIT read@kulturallylit.org
Website:
https://www.kulturallylit.org
This free event also features an open mic.
Sharmont (Influence) Little is a poet, activist and actor. He utilizes spoken word poetry to deliver Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s message “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” Influence is an educator and advocate for inner-city youth and has performed at Yale, Virginia State and Boston Universities, as well as a host of other colleges and public schools across the nation.
He has performed at historic poetry venues such as the Nuyorican Poets Café and the Lizard Lounge. He is a six-time member of the Connecticut poetry slam team, Verbal Slap; Coach of the 2017 Verbal Slap and 2021 Yale university poetry slam teams. He has utilized poetry to speak on behalf of workers for Yale New Haven Hospital 1199 union in 2007, and in Washington DC for the free labor choice act on 2007. He is the creator of Influence A Life LLC, a curriculum based program teaching coping skills, social skills, and conflict resolution. He lives by his motto: Influence a Life every day; it’s just a way of living.
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