photo album

one mic, one world. out of the darkness at busboys and poets in washington d.c. pic by derrick weston brown. may 2007.

at the “by-standing…” video shoot with director karen lin for zuzu films in do or die bed-stuy. pic by alli maxwell. august 2006.

beauty. me facilitating “from performance to print: spoken word, playwrighting, and book-making workshop for writers of color” out on a brooklyn rooftop, spring 2006. pic by jamie munkatchy.

at the campus progress “spoken word: a vehicle for social change” event in washington d.c. with al letson, me, aya de leon, harlym 1-2-5 and host keisha senter. pic by tamia booker.

at the nuyorican with synonymUS, april 2006. pic by derek srisarenard.

sulu series at galapagos arts space in brooklyn, march 2006. pic by derek srisaranard.

with james “tiga” jean-baptiste on the drum at the nyc global kids conference before talib kweli’s keynote, march 2006. pic by elsa ruiz.

at the asian arts initiative artists exchange in philly with kay barrett and sham-e-ali al-jamil, march 2006. pic by the lovely kristina wong.

whew, singing makes me thoughtful. at the katrina hurricane benefit, imaginasian, nyc with ray on bass guitar and emily chang. pic by derek srisaranard.

at the we got issues! tour kick-off celebration dinner in minneapolis: kamilah, marla, dj moni, jen, chelsea and me , october 2005.

backstage at we got issues! at the loft in minneapolis. jen actually getting ready and me just pretending, ha!, october 2005.

“i can fly like a bird in the sky” — with the one and only nikki giovanni at depauw university in greencastle, indiana.

the fourth (and last!) day of the asian pacific islander american spoken word summit in boston…me and two of cali’s fiercest road warrior poets dandiggity and adriel luis, august 2005.

at the lizard lounge with the dopest jazz improv ever - jeff robinson trio,

COALITION FOR ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN YOUTH ROCKS!

chillin’ at chi-town’s louder than a bomb with dre, sonia, and aquil , march 2005.

mango insurgent training ground, we like to start ‘em young, brecht forum, nyc

mangoes gone wild at the color of violence iii in new orleans

y’know, just an average day with russell and mos, february 2005.

the original sirenz voltron back in the day: me + courtney + bunmi + sher + kathy, may 2000.

nothin’ cuter than some chi-town poets and friends: kevin coval + tara betts + me + geoffrey + d-stove + kourtney at the west englewood public library, may 2005.

when i do poetry, i can make my face look like this, 2nd APIA Summit, august 2003. pic by david huang.