I’ve been contracted by YourWords STL and I will be facilitating poetry workshops for young women at Mary Grove where “The children and adolescents who are placed at Marygrove have often been through multiple, failed placements in other residential facilities or foster homes.” I’m excited to midwife these young ladies’ poems. Do check out YourWords STL It is a great organization!

Who is Treasure?

A Mississippi native, Treasure Shields Redmond is a published poet, master educator, community arts organizer, and successful entrepreneur. Treasure was raised in the federal housing projects, and went on to be signed to M.C. Hammer’s label as a hip hop artist, and writer. She is the author of chop: a collection of kwansabas for fannie lou hamer (2015). Her doctoral research focuses on the recorded performances of foundational Black Women poets, and the ways they deployed sound to impact the canon and justice movements. Treasure centers collaboration in her personal arts practice and as an organizing principle. As such, she has co-founded a funding collective for Black artists called The Black Skillet, and a podcast that centers voices of color called Who Raised You? Treasure is the founder of Feminine Pronoun Consultants, LLC, and Get The Acceptance Letter Academy.

IT’S ALMOST BLACK HISTORY MONTH 2020! Invite Treasure to deliver her wonderful one woman poetic show based on the life of civil rights activist, Fannie Lou Hamer. Contact Treasure HERE.