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Carrick Theater
300 North Broadway
Lexington, Kentucky, 40508
United States

Bianca Spriggs

Bianca Lynne Spriggs, Ph.D., is an award-winning writer and multidisciplinary artist from Kentucky. An Assistant Professor of English at Ohio University, Bianca is the author of five collections of poems, most recently Black Mermaid (Argus House Press, 2018), and the co-editor of three poetry anthologies, most recently Black Bone: 25 Years of the Affrilachian Poets (University of Kentucky Press, 2018). You can learn more about her work at: www.biancaspriggs.com

Emanuelle Sippy

Emmy Sippy is a member of the Prichard Committee Student Voice Team as well as an editor of jGirls Magazine, and a Social Action NFTY VP.

Nada Shalash

Palestinian student at the University of Kentucky and active in Muslim-American empowerment.

Rebecca Blankenship

Rebecca Blankenship is a writer, journalist, and video maker. She is the creator of the documentary film, "The Moral Center: Chapter 2 of the Poor People's Campaign."