A Black/Trans/Queer educator/activist who has performed poetry in venues from London to San Francisco, Mase's visit is hosted by the Office of Inclusive Community Well-Being and the Gender & LGBTQIA Center.
Friday, January 8
J Mase III, “It Is My Duty to Spit: Poetry as Social Justice”
Whitley Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.
Admission is free
When creatively organized, social justice movements are capable of shifting a cultural narrative. J Mase III is a Black/Trans/Queer educator/activist who has rocked venues from London to San Francisco with performance poetry. He has worked with thousands of community members and service providers on the needs of LGBTQIA youth and adults. A blogger for the Huffington Post, he is also the author of “If I Should Die Under the Knife, Tell My Kidney I was the Fiercest Poet Around” as well as “And Then I Got Fired: One Transqueer’s Reflections on Grief, Unemployment and Inappropriate Jokes About Death.”
His visit is hosted by the Office of Inclusive Community Well-Being and the Gender & LGBTQIA Center as part of Elon’s Winter Term theme, “The Difference Difference Makes.”
Mase’s visit also includes an interaction with students enrolled in LGBTQ History in the United States as well as students enrolled in SOC 375: Gender and Crime.