THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 7:30 PM
INCARCERATION, WOMEN AND REENTRY (POETRY, MUSIC AND PANEL DISCUSSION)

Darian Dauchan, Music in the Key of LifeThe follow up show to The Brobot Johnson Experience, where an alien Hip Hop android named Flobot Owens, legendary Brobot MC, “abducts” an audience of humans from Earth for a Sci Fi Hip Hop dance party to eradicate the wacknesss that's slowly plaguing his planet. Intricate live looping that combines verses with beatboxing, vocal melodies, and sound effects while mixing socially conscious lyrics in the genres of Hip Hop, Afrofuturism, and Afrobeat
Darian Dauchan is an award winning solo performer, actor, and poet who has appeared on both Broadway and Off Broadway Theatre. TV and Film credits include Law and Order, Nickelodeon's Bet the House as Darian the "SoundFX" Guy, and the Lionsgate feature film Things Never Said. He was crowned the 2007 Urbana Grand Slam Champion for the Bowery Poetry Club. He is the 2016 Loop Station Vice Champion of the American Beatbox Championships and just recently completed The Brobot Johnson Project, a Sci Fi Hip Hop transmedia piece, with the support of the All For One Theater. The album Brobot Johnson: Bionic Boom Bap is now available on iTunes, and the show The Brobot Johnson Experience is a critically acclaimed Ben Brantley New York Times Critics' Pick. www.dariandauchan.com www.brobotjohnson.com

Helena D. Lewis, We Are Still Human Women, Incarceration, and Reentry. Over the past three decades, the number of women incarcerated has increased by eight-hundred percent. This increase can be attributed to untreated mental illness, substance abuse, social and economic disparities, and tougher sentencing laws for women’s drug offenses. However, the current correctional system does not take into consideration the gendered needs of women who are incarcerated and how their reentry into society can be hindered by unresolved grief and loss. We Are Still Human explores through narrative story telling, poems, and monologues the marginalized voices of incarcerated women.

Panel:
Emilly Tully, BA Community Corrections and substance use counselor
Tonya Tucker, MSW (works with formally-incarcerated and incarcerated men and women)
Ms. Melanie Holmes, Director of Fly Women's Network (provides housing to formall-y incarcerated women)

Helena D. Lewis is an award winning actress, poet, and playwright. Lewis has performed at numerous universities and colleges across the country and has been featured in the award winning series, “Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry.” Lewis is currently a member of the performance troupe HERStory, the host of VERSES at the Nuyorican Poets Café in NYC, and the host of the Midnight Poetry Jams at the National Black Theater Festival (NBTF) in Winston-Salem, NC. In addition to her career as a performer, Lewis obtained her Master in Social Work (MSW) from Rutgers University and is a Licensed Social Worker (LSW) and a Licensed Clinical Alcohol Drug Counselor (LCADC). hdlpoet.com