Presskit: Chiccy Speaks

Magazines

• 2005 Edition of the Greenville Magazine Article title: Young, Gifted and Black -16 African Americans changing the face of Greenville” Next in Line section
  
  
• South Carolina State University (SCSU) Review Magazine Winter 2004-05 "Distinguish Alumni under 40”
  
  
• MetroBeat Magazine Article July 11, 2006 titled:
  “Hip Hop: Chiccy Baritone – Upstate poet’s world outreach with spoken word”
  
  
• IMARA Woman Magazine cover and feature article March/April 2007
  
  
• The G Magazine  of Greenville Article titled, “Saved by the written word” March 2009

Newspaper

• Featured Article in the August 2, 2004 Lifestyle section of the Greenville News Paper www.greenvilleonline.com

Chiccy Speaks! Keynote Speaking Engagements

• 3rd Annual Mother/Daughter Luncheon for the Greenville Chapter of Las Amigas at Poplar Springs Baptist Church, Simpsonville, SC
  
  
• 2nd Annual Art of Prevention Education Workshop for Child Abuse and Sexual Assault. Statewide Domestic Violence Conference www.sccadvasa.org Fort Jackson, Columbia, SC

Features / Distinguish Performances

• 2007 Women’s Day Luncheon at Brookland Baptist Church featuring Keynote Michelle Obama (West Columbia, SC)
• Cultivating the Garden: Domestic Violence Conference, Hyatt Hotel 2008 (Greenville, SC)
• Parallel Worlds Showcase by creator/host Zuri Wilson (Columbia, SC)
• Live store performance with band for my CD “Next In Line” at Earshot Music store on Laurens Rd. Greenville, SC
• Lyric’s Café (Charlotte, NC)
• “Freestyle Friday” @ Marlboro County H.S courtesy of Omari Fox (Bennettsville, SC)
• BCARTI – Benedict College Art Intelligentsia (Columbia, SC)
• Coffee Underground (Greenville, SC)
• Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf and The Beauty Bar (Las Vegas, NV)
• Tru Brew (New Orleans, LA)
• Sherri’s Café del Giorno (Greenville, SC)
• Clemson University WSBF radio on Jihad HassanHip Hop segment
• Café Con Leche in five points (Columbia, SC)
• Savannah Spoken word Festival featured poet 2009 (Savannah, GA)

Other

• "That Man". Into the Mystical: The International Library of Congress of Poetry. 2003:p. 189

• Work for Billy Graham Ministries for their annual “Rock the River Tour” that travels to 5 cities along the Mississippi River 2009
• Creator and Producer of annual all woman poetry showcase called, “R U Skooled? From A Woman’sPerspective-Poetically” that raises money for a local or national non-profit of choice. This annual showcase started in 2007
• Editor’s Choice Award for Outstanding Achievement in Poetry April 2003 by www.poetry.com

• Voted best newcomer poet for 2005 by the Las Vegas poets society www.lasvegaspoets.org
  
  *Does not include various youth & adult conferences, open-mics, weddings, projects w/local artist, etc.*