February is Black History Month.

Join us on campus for an evening of live poetry by Ian Keteku and El Jones

Black Voices Matter: A Poetry Night will take place Thursday, February 7 at 7:00 pm in the Noël Kinsella Auditorium (McCain Hall). The event is free and open to the public.

Ian Keteku

Ian Keteku is a poet, multi-media artist and educator.  Keteku is also the 2010 World Poetry Slam Champion and is committed to using words as both an interpretation and cure for the human condition. He conducts poetry, writing and performance workshops for students of all ages, inspiring people to accept the power of their own voice.

El Jones

El Jones is a poet, educator, journalist and advocate. She was the fifth Poet Laureate of Halifax, and cur-rently holds the 15th Nancy’s Chair in Women’s Studies at Mount Saint Vincent University. Jones is a co-founder of the Black Power Hour, a radio show developed collectively with prisoners. Her advocacy and work fights anti-Black racism in Canada, walking in the path of her great-grandmothers who resisted relentlessly.