Shahaddah Jack

Born and raised in Tkaronto with a diverse cultural background that grounds her in her poetry and life is Shahaddah Jack, a seventeen year old bilingual spoken word poet, performer, emcee, human rights activist, arts facilitator, and student of life. She uses the realities of her identity to create stories of art that connect with others and are used to teach one of her greatest beliefs in life, that your pain is your strength. Not only does she do this with her poetry, but conjointly with her activism and arts facilitation as well. In her writing, Shahaddah takes a poetic stance on human rights and social justice. Her poetry speaks to the lived black experience, the intersectionality of womanhood, and the adversity of adolescence.

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