Khalisah Hameed

Family, WE GOT NYC IN THE HOUSE ‼️ You already know what it is, WE 👏🏾 ARE 👏🏾 BACK 👏🏾 with another Say It Wit Ya Chest ✨Low Residency✨ with us as our Feature & Facilitator is renowned poet and educator Alex Crowe @holyshibby Join us NEXT 👏🏾 FRIDAY 👏🏾 @malelani_cafe from 7-9:30 PM for our Say It Wit Ya Chest Open Mic, and then pull up to @dgriot.philly for our Low Residency Writing Workshop. You don’t wanna miss this 👀 . . Tickets 🎟️ are available on Eventbrite at the link in the bio OPEN MIC ONLY 💲1️⃣0️⃣ WORKSHOP ONLY 💲3️⃣0️⃣ LOW RESIDENCY PACKAGE 💲3️⃣5️⃣ . . #openmicnight #poetry #poetsoninstagram #phillyopenmic #phillyevents

Came across this thread by @itsjujubae about how it’s not a “radical” thing to not like Zora Neale Hurston because not liking Zora Neale Hurston when she was alive was almost the rational thing to do when The New Negro was trying to be formed. Zora loved us as we were, tried to normalize us as we were and put us in context without rewriting us, and people hated her for it. She was buried by her community for looking us in the eyes and loving unflinchingly. And it took a Black woman scholar, Alice Walker, to resurrect her decades after she died in poverty, and now people say her name. And I think about Black femicide, our sisters and mothers and aunties and grandmothers who died for looking into our eyes unflinchingly, and loving anyway. And it takes Black women raising their names so they are not forgotten. I don’t know where this is going, but here’s an imperfect sonnet. 🤍

When poets worldbuild, whole universes open. Three poets (@plpit.purpose @enochthepoet , @lindoyes ) come together to build Germantown’s own spoken word comic con called Poetry Blerds and Jams aka PB&J. A celebration of Black imagination in spokenword poetry, sci fi, and fantasy rooted in community. Panels, workshops, discussions, Artist Alley full of Black creatives, and we end the night with a spokenword concert. . Pull up to PB&J Comic Con on September 12, 2026 at @thebraidmill 441 High St Philadelphia PA 19144 at 12pm. Grab your tickets now and pull up. Link in @poetryblerdsandjams bio. . Filmed Edited and Directed by @dluminousproductions All spoken word by @plpit.purpose @enochthepoet @lindoyes PB&J theme music by @kdotrose . [Video ID: Poets walking through building that will hold PB&J Comic Con ending with details for September 12, 2026 at 441 High St Philadelphia, and a call to buy tickets. ] . #PBnJComicCon #BlackImagination #SpokenwordPhilly #GermantownCreatives #PhillyArtsCommunity

Yall know what day it is? 👀 IT’S LOW RESIDENCY EVE ‼️ and we have our Feature & Facilitator @blackgirlpoet Arianna Cheree coming all the way from Cleveland, Ohio 🚀 catch TO 👏🏾 MOR 👏🏾 ROW 👏🏾 @malelani_cafe for our Say It Wit Ya Chest open mic from 7-9:30 PM, and then join us @dgriot.philly on Saturday, May 9th for our 2 hour writing workshop ✨ . . #blackgirlmagic #blackpoets #phillypoetry #openmic #phillyopenmic

Join us for an exciting May at d’griot!🪻

West Philly, we salute you. This edition of “Imagine Our Lives Without Fear” uplifts the folks behind the counter, behind the barber’s chair or out taking a stroll down the block. Photojournalist Haamza Edwards took us to Out West, ReAnimator, and Jerrod’s Barbershop on his February photo walk around West Philadelphia. The first photograph shows the site of the cherished Philadelphia Stars in February, post-demolition. (Mural Arts unveiled the design for the new Philly Stars mural last month, which should be completed this summer.) Poetry by Khalisah Hameed.

No matter the season, Philadelphia has its ups and downs. Today’s installment brings us a winter-to-spring collaboration between photojournalist Kriston Jae Bethel and poet Khalisah Hameed, “Serenity and Sinkholes.” Bethel visited Penn’s Landing, the 7th Ward, Upsala Mansion, and Johnson House, among other places. What are your thoughts on this series so far? Share your feedback in the comments below.

Family, WE GOT CLEVELAND IN THE HOUSEEEEEE 🔥🔥 yes, you heard it here first, our next Say It Wit Ya Chest ✨Low Residency✨ happening NEXT 👏🏾 WEEKEND 👏🏾 will be one for the books. Join us on Friday, May 8th @malelani_cafe from 7-9:30 PM for our regularly scheduled open mic, and then meet us the next day @dgriot.philly for our Low Residency Writing Workshop from 1-3 PM 📝 With us as our feature and facilitator is Arianna Cheree @blackgirlpoet who is a poet and visual artist who speaks magic into the mundane and uses her art not just to connect, but to advocate. You don’t want to miss this 🌹 . All tickets are available on Eventbrite at the link in my bio, or on the QR Code 🎟️ OPEN MIC ONLY 💲1️⃣0️⃣ WORKSHOP ONLY 💲3️⃣0️⃣ RESIDENCY PACKAGE 💲3️⃣5️⃣ . #poetry #phillyopenmic #blackgirlpoetry #blackartist #phillyartscene

Family, it is doing down THIS 👏🏾 WEEKEND 👏🏾 IN 👏🏾 GERMANTOWN 👏🏾 today is the day for our beloved Say It Wit Ya Chest Open Mic @malelani_cafe from 7-9:30 PM 🎤 and then join us TOMORROW, April 25th @dgriot.philly for our Low Residency Writing Workshop from 1-3 PM 📝 our feature and facilitator this weekend is none other than the prolific, rooted, and gifted poet, educator, and newly published author ✨ @sojourneys_truth ✨Catch some words, feel the love, and enjoy in the safe space community that is here for the love, laughs, and lyricism 🫰🏾 . . tickets are on sale at Eventbrite 🎟️ hit the link in the bio or secure your spot at the door 🚪 . . #openmic #phillyopenmic #phillypoet #phillypoetryscene

Every student deserves a classroom that affords emotional safety and fosters community. In this video, ArtWell Teaching Artist Khalisah Hameed (@plpit.purpose ) reflects on her experience with ArtWell and what it means to create a supportive artistic environment for young people: "For me, being a Teaching Artist with ArtWell means engaging in revolutionary kindness and revolutionary love with students who are within systems that don't always affirm them, that don't always affirm their whole person, and being able to be a safe space for students." Khalisah Hameed is a poet, teaching artist, event curator, audio engineer, and multimedia producer based in Philadelphia. She utilizes her Bachelor’s in Music Production and MFA in Writing as the founder and production manager of The Olive Press Media, a multimedia production company specializing in literary and audio production, as well as event curation. Khalisah is the author of two self-published collections of poetry, Concrete Growth and Indigo Sun, the editor of an anthology of written and visual art, When the Sun Rose at 9:08, and Khalisah also hosts a biweekly open mic every 2nd and 4th Friday in Germantown called Say It Wit Ya Chest. Will you join us today, on ArtWell Giving Day, and help create supportive artistic spaces across Philadelphia? Donate at the link in our bio!

I hope y’all didn’t think we were letting up this Poetry Month? 👀 I hope yall didn’t think we weren’t gonna keep giving it up for Black women this month 👀 because WE 👏🏾 ARE 👏🏾 SO 👏🏾 BACK 👏🏾 with another phenomenal Say It Wit Ya Chest ✨Low Residency ✨ meet us @malelani_cafe next Friday, April 24th, for our Say It Wit Ya Chest Open Mic; and then come push ya pen on Saturday, April 25th, @dgriot.philly for our Low Residency Writing Workshop 🧠 with us as our Feature and Facilitator is @sojourneys_truth the prolific poet, performer, educator, and NEWLY PUBLISHER AUTHOR 👏🏾 come feel the depth of her words, receive some Truth, and enjoy the love of community 🫂 . All tickets are available on Eventbrite at the link in the bio, or on the QR Code 🎟️ OPEN MIC ONLY 💲🔟 WORKSHOP ONLY 💲3️⃣0️⃣ BUNDLE TICKET 💲3️⃣5️⃣ . . #phillypoet #phillyopenmic #openmicnight #blackwomenpoets #blackculture

Family, I heard it’s Black Women’s History Month AND National Poetry Month 👀 and what better way to celebrate this month than to kick it off with the dopest group of women poets, THE SPLASH SQUAD 💐💦 known for their dynamic group and individual poetry performances, these five women will be our next Features & Facilitators for our upcoming Say It Wit Ya Chest: Low Residency 📝 . Join us on Friday, April 10th @malelani_cafe from 7-9:30 PM for our Say It Wit Ya Chest Open Mic 🎤 and then link back with us @dgriot.philly on Saturday, April 11th for our Workshop session from 1-3 🧠 Not only will you be entertained, but you’ll also be enriched by the fiercest women in the game. I PROMISE you don’t want to miss this ✨ . Hit the link in my bio, or the QR Code above for tickets 🎟️ OPEN MIC ONLY 💲10 WORKSHOP ONLY 💲30 LOW RESIDENCY PACKAGE 💲35 . #openmicnight #phillypoetry #phillyopenmic #nationalpoetrymonth #blackwomenpoetry