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Freedom Fighter Revolutionary Writer Motivational Speaker If last night a poet gave you her heart, that poet would be Amaris. She speaks with her heart in her tongue and forces it out with the truth she delivers. Amaris graduated from NC A&T SU with a B.S. in Architectural Engineering, but has chosen to pursue her passion, poetry. Described as small but powerful, she has won several slams but more importantly to her, she has touched many peoples lives. She has performed in forums sponsored by groups such as Not in Our Name, Greensboro Truth and Reconciliation Commission, The Peoples Institute for Survival and Beyond (Undoing Racism), Greensboro Public Library, October 22 Coalition Against Police Brutality, Repression and the Criminalization of a Generation, M.O.V.E., Hip Hop Against Racist War, The Care and Share Foundation, African Women in Action, HIV/AIDS Awareness, and Artist Responsibility Movement to name a few. As a community activist, Amaris has been able to put action behind her words. Amaris uses her poetry to perform and educate students in middle and high schools as well as universities such as North Carolina A&T State University, University of North Carolina Greensboro, Guilford College, Old Dominion University, and Arizona State University. In addition to the aforementioned, Amaris performs at many youth groups, churches, mosques, bookstores and festivals. Amaris has opened shows for Toi Derricote, Jessica Care Moore, Floetry, Kanye West, Lil Brother, Ricanstruction and The Last Poets and was a featured poet on defpoetryjam.com. Her poetry speaks revolution to injustice, freedom of ones self, self- actualization, truth and love of humanity. Amaris is currently working on a CD Release Tour to promote her new opus entitled Black and Blue is a poetically liberating self-healing journey through the African Diaspora colored with jazz, blues, reggae, gospel and hip hop... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- CDBABY LINK for AMARIS: Black and Blue --

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Member Since: 3/9/2006
Band Website: jsanai.tripod.com/index.html
Band Members: She is alone yet completely surrounded by her homies in this thing...D.Noble, Ebony, Iman, Mr.Rozzi, Donalja the Voiceness, R-sonist, Soultry, B-Star, Josephus, Mekkah the poet, Nitche the Original Woman, Godchild, 13, BrandonD, Amir Sulamin, Universal Mathematics, Boxcar Bertha, Twin Poets, the Last Poets, Celest and Dreaded Mindz family and the list really goes on...
Influences: My greatest is Most High, the creator that guides all that I do. Then Life and her experiences, then a great feeling of love, the pain and suffering of others, the ignorance of some, the wisdom of others, the hate in the world, the love in the world, the freedom I need to know, the truth I fear, the lies I hate, the voiceless and voices that call on me to speak, our children, the future of what will be, the dark past, the change today, the condition of the world, the condition of people, those that see the light and fight to stay in it just like I do. Lauryn Hill, Erykah Badu, Jill Scott, India Arie, Angie Stone, Mary J.Blige, Kem, Prince, Raheem DeVaughn, Bilal, John Legend, Musiq, Anthony Hamiliton, D'Angelo, Africa Bambatta, Rakim, KRS 1, Nas, Outkast, Cee-lo,Tupac, Big, Common, Kweli, Mos, The Roots, Dead Prez, Lil Brother, Kanye, Jay Z, Damian Marley, Bob Marley, Last Poets, Gil Scott, Angela Davis, Assata Shakar, Amiri Baraka, Sonia Sanchez, Audre Lorde, Nikki Giovanni, Langston Hughes, Richard Wright, Alice Walker, Zora Neale Hurston, Countee Cullen, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Nina Simone,Thelonius, Coltrane, Miles, Louis Armstrong, Sweet Honey in the Rock,Jacob Lawrence, Nat Turner, Che Guevara, Curtis Mayfield, Marvin Gaye, Saul Williams, John Raye, Maya Angelou, Muhammed Ali, Malcolm, Betty Shabazz, Martin, Coretta, Mandela, Mumia, Harriet Tubman, Sojourner, Yaa Asantewaa, Hatsheput, Safiya Bukhari, Makeda, Nefertiti, Yemanj, Constance Howard, Renard Howard, Gladys Smith, Frances Hicks, Renee Jones, LaJeune Stone, Barbara Ruffin, Lisa Johnson, all freedom fighters and the list goes on and on.We Got to Keep on Walking on the Road to Zion! Jah will be waiting there!!
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My Blog

Mama Assata and the new documentary

This blog is dedicated to a true Queen Mother Warrior Mama Assata. She is an inspiration to me as a young sista freedom fighter. She is one of my most compelling present day sheros. I love you Mama As...
Posted by aM@Ri$ on Thu, 29 Nov 2007 10:49:00 PST

Review of the opus "Black and Blue" in Left Turn Magazine

Poetic LiberatorFrom Left Turn Magazine, No. 24, Apr/May 2007By Isabell MooreReview of "Black and Blue"By Amaris HowardThink Free Enterprises, 2006"I promised God I'd be more than a poet that writes a...
Posted by aM@Ri$ on Wed, 02 May 2007 01:29:00 PST

The Manifestation of Sexism in the Black Community

This is an excerpt written by a warrior woman, Safiya Bukhari-Alston (R.I.F) in response to questions of sexism within the Black Panther Party but it examines the manifestation of sexism in the B...
Posted by aM@Ri$ on Tue, 27 Mar 2007 11:22:00 PST

A little about me

My Divine side &nbs...
Posted by aM@Ri$ on Thu, 22 Mar 2007 11:14:00 PST

Cosby's comments don't edify they destroy!!

What he said: "We Can't Blame White People" By BILL COSBY "They're standing on the corner and they can't speak English. I can't even talk the way these people talk: Why you ain't, Where you is, ...
Posted by aM@Ri$ on Thu, 22 Mar 2007 11:07:00 PST

White Americans more likely to believe Elvis lives

Media Credit: students.washington.edu Tim Wise works to end racism Media Credit: Amazon.com Wise has written two booksIn front of a packed Bryan, Jr. auditorium, white American Tim Wis...
Posted by aM@Ri$ on Mon, 24 Apr 2006 09:50:00 PST

Teaching POVERTY in schools

I was completely outraged to learn that in schools in Greensboro, NC they have a mentoring program where they teach "high achieving" students how to "help" or "deal" with poor students. They teach the...
Posted by aM@Ri$ on Wed, 15 Mar 2006 02:55:00 PST

My hero is seven years old

BETTER OR VERSE By DAVID ANDREATTA Education Reporter '; document.write(photo); } //-->..> AUTUM ASHANTESeven-year-old prodigy.'; document.write(caption); } /...
Posted by aM@Ri$ on Wed, 15 Mar 2006 01:58:00 PST