safia elhillo = dope young poet, raw as hell, Sudanese by way of D.C. by way of NYC, cofounder of Slam NYU
(CUPSI winners 2012 and 2013), has performed on Broadway and in the Kennedy Center, alongside ?uestlove and Black Thought of the Roots, Gil Scott-Heron. The Last Poets... will be appearing in Verses and Flow and was a finalist in 2011 Women of the World Poetry
Slam.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOnrSksfmeY
to compete:
3 pieces of original work (3 minutes or less,
each)
no costumes or props
not competing? come enjoy
and/or JUDGE the first poetry slam of the year.
CUPSI = collegiate slam nationals
slam
= poetry competition