Amin "Drew" Law is a nationally touring Palestinian-American performer, Emcee, host and activist living in Washington D.C. Amin 2-time DC poetry slam champion and winner of the 2014 Southern Fried Poetry tournament. His work has been showcased on Button Poetry, Lexus' Verses & Flow, All Def Poetry and Slam Find.
As an avid advocate for Palestinian affairs Amin has performed and spoke at several Palestinian liberation events and protests including co-founding the "Poetry for Gaza" annual event. Amin has spoke at over 50 colleges and Universities including at the University of Maryland as a part of their Tedx talk on fearless ideas. Amin helped found The Drawbridge Collective with other artists Elizabeth Acevedo, Pages Matam, Terisa Siagatonu and Clint Smith. He has presented at the Association of Writers & Writing Programs and Split This Rock festivals respectively. He has shared stages with artists Method Man, Redman, Pitbull, Biz Markie, Slick Rick, Sunni Patterson, Blaq Ice and Andrea Gibson 
Talia is a Spoken Word Poet, Author, Teaching Artist, Photographer, and Journalist. She has been published by Thought Catalog, Yahoo, The Mighty, Your Tango, SelfLoveBeauty, and Unwritten. Her book Breadcrumbs came out in September 2019. As a Spoken Word Poet, she performed at the 2018 National Poetry Slam in Chicago, the 2018 Philadelphia March To End Rape Culture, The Wilma Theatre, SoFar Sounds, and many more. She was a 2020 Top 5 Finalist for The Philly Pigeon’s Slam Season and currently teaches with Enriched Schools in Philadelphia.
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SHA'CONDRIA “iCon” SIBLEY is an Alexandria, Louisiana native/New Orleans-based poet, writer, performing artist, visual artist, teaching artist, and originator of the viral “little Black girls with big names” movement. A multiple-time national poetry slam champion, Sha’Condria travels the country speaking at universities and has made many television and stage appearances, including TV One’s Verses and Flow and at mainstage at the Essence Music Festival. Her work has been featured on many outlets such as Huffington Post, For Harriet, Teen Vogue, BET, BBC World Radio, as well as in documentaries and anthologies. She has also featured on musical projects with multiple national recording artists and co-wrote two short films. Sha’Condria is the author of a poetry collection, My Name Is Pronounced Holy, and uses her work largely to speak on her existence as a Blk woman as it relates to her deep Southern American roots, reclaiming identity, spirituality, and healing.
Amoja Sumler is a nationally celebrated poet, essayist and one of the preeminent emerging voices of leftist intersectional social advocacy. From his essay’s discussing the role of law enforcement to the value of capitalism he is best known for fusing the art of the intellectual into the familiar. Amoja has headlined poetry festivals such as the Austin International Poetry Festival, the Bridgewater International Poetry Festival, Write NOLA in New Orleans and Rock the Republic in Texas. As a resident artist of several southern Arts in Education rosters, Amoja lectures at schools and literacy nonprofits, while teaching creative pedagogy and keynoting at social advocacy conferences like Long Beach Indie Film Pedagogy Conference and Furious Flower, throughout the nation.
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