October 9, 2020 - battle for democracy - Photo Gallery

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50+ Volunteer Artists from Around the Country!

DJ Kuttin Kandi  - mc/dj--hip hop

Dar Williams - folk pop

Marc de la Cruz - Broadway (Hamilton), Broadway Tour (If/Then), actor (stage/screen), singer, dancer 

AshEL SeaSunz - hip hop, roots, rap, reggae

Rev. Robin G. White - poet, playwright, author, publisher

Kate Offer - classical music comedy

Dr. Albert Lee - singer, professor

Dr. Phillip Harris - opera baritone, professor, spirituals

Dawn L. Troupe - singer, actor, educator, community organizer

Dr. Mwanza Furaha - vocalist 

Shawna Virago - trans folk/punk icon

Farmer Ama - spoken word poet, producer (Salon Black Walnut)

Betsy Salkind - comedy

Aundre the Wonderwoman - comedy

Letta Neely - spoken word poet, author, playwright

Amy X. Neuburg - avant-garde electronic and vocals

Solstice - national top 3 a cappella

Dr. Eric Hung - pianist, professor, composer, ethnomusicologist

Dr. Juanita Ulloa - mariachi and operachi, professor

Ashi Day - composer, educator, singer

Renita Martin - poet, playwright, musician

Deems Tsutakawa - jazz piano

Ife Franklin - Award-winning museum collected artist and author

Bryan Blanchette - Abenaki Singer-songwriter

Diane Phelan - Broadway (The King and I / School of Rock), actress (stage/screen), singer, dancer, educator

Fog City Singers - a cappella 

Matlock Duo - vocal/piano

Shannon Caldwell - classical singer, educator 

Mia Anderson - actor, poet, playwright

Rajnii Eddins - poet, author and hip hop MC

Daniel Laurent - rapper and award-winning producer (Outside)

Darius Omar Williams - poet, playwright, director

Omega Jade - hip hop MC, comedian, poet

Rajdulari Landell - jazz and contemporary

Anthony Antoine - contemporary and hip hop

Arnoldo Incentas - drag singer

Aaron Diskin (Golem) - punk klezmer

Daniel Alexander Jones/JoMamaJones - performance artist, playwright (Black Light)

Dr. Tamara Dunn - jazz vocalist, actor, educator

Priya Prasad - comedian

Byron Au Yong & Aaron Jafferis - playwright, composer, professor

Aaron Marcus - trans activist, musician (Frost and Fire)

Rev. Duncan E. Teague - poet, reverend

Julie Egger - violinist

Nate Burgos - oboist/woodwinds, singer

Alicia Vida Ortiz - activist, educator, musician

Rev. Dr. Raedorah Stewart - writer, scholar, clergy

Alysaya Ali Sewell - sociologist, professor

Anoosh Jojorian - blogger, editor, teacher

NATS National - vocalists; featured national members

Katie Tupper - actor, singer, educator, community organizer

Emily Bender - singer, educator, community organizer

Our amazing MCs

MC Abe Rybeck - playwright, The Theater Offensive

MC Angelina Spicer  - filmmaker, The Push for Permission; comedian (Conan, Kimmel) 

MC Ella Sogomonian, broadcast anchor (KRON ON) 

MC Jaclyn Friedman - educator, activist

MC Michelle Barnwell -  TEDx Speaker - Scripting Your Own Reality 

MC Onyx Keesha - filmmaker, actress, performer

MC Tara Watts - photographer

MC Veronica Arreola - SheSource - Women's Media Center

30+ volunteer organizers from around the country!!

A taste of what you have to look forward to...

Vocalist  - actor - producer Mwanza Furaha has shared the stage with Maya  Angelou, Betty Carter, Carmen McRae, Sun Ra and many more.

The New Yorker has described Dar Williams as "one of America's very best singer-songwriters." 

Farmer Ama (Ama Hannan) is a Poet, Farmer, and Founder of "Salon Black Walnut"  nights of Arts & Culture, and Invitational BIPOC Artist In  Residency program in VT, our channel for  Reparations. 

LA  Comic Betsy Salkind has made millions laugh on Showtime’s Fierce, Funny  Women, on The Tonight Show and as a writer for Roseanne. She has been  called the heir apparent to SNL's Gilda Radner.

Aundre the Wonderwoman has been a semi-finalist in the SF International Comedy Competition.

More soon, stay tuned