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Degrees
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Entertainment Business Management- College Diploma; received 2006
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My Expert Service
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Creative Writing- (main focus on Poetry)Dub Poetry, Free Verse, Prose, Rhyme, Spoken Word, Written Word, Slam, Limerick, Sonnet... Onomatopoeia, Metaphor, Simile... All so Lovely! There's no write or wrong way to be a poet, (all you have to do is find your voice).
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Experience & Qualifications
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The M.A.D. Poet (aka Melissa A. Dean)
Professional Poet
Professional Journey:
Artistic Director
Current Dub Poets Collective: International Dub Poetry Festival 2010-2011
Project Co-ordinator
Ongoing Time and Space. Education Exchange: Time and Space Literary Project
Youth Mentor
(Diaspora Dialogues Youth Mentorship Program 2010)
2010 The Assembly Hall.
2010 Father John Redmond High School.
Workshop Facilitator:
2009 Micro Skills Youth Services: Poetry and Spoken Word Workshops
2009 519 Church- Poetry Workshop: In Honour of the Cuban Five
2009 Dub Poetics: Cultural Movements in Artistic Contexts. Dub Poetry Wokshop
2008 The Dub Mobile(taking dub poetry to the people) in correlation with the B.Y.C.A.V.
(Black Youth Coalition Against Violence)Workshop Series @ the University of Toronto
Education/ Artist Training:
2008 Mentored by Professional Dub Poet Peculiar I (Anthony Davis).
-A member of the Dub Poets Collective
2006 International Academy of Design & Technology/Toronto Film School
Major: Entertainment Business Management-Honour's Progam
College Diploma
Appearances (in Canada):
2010 WORC IT presents the 3rd annual Womens' Leadership Conference (with keynote speaker Trey Anthony 'Da Kink in My Hair')
2010 Dub Poetry Festival: DubFest 2010 (Peterborough)
2010 Young Writers From The Etobicoke Edge (Etobicoke)
2010 Director X: Lecture and Workshop Series.Performance in Front of the Camera (Toronto).
2009 DubPoetics at Artspace (Peterborough)
2009 anitAfrika! Dub Theatre Open Mic Night (Toronto)
2009 "So You Think You Can Rhyme?" Talent Showcase (Toronto)
2009 First International Festival of Poetry of Resistance: In Honour of the Cuban Five (Toronto)
2009 Friday Nights: Diaspora Dialogues at Keep Toronto Reading (Toronto)
2008 Dub Poetry Festival. [Opened for Mutabaruka] (Toronto)
2008 Dub Poetry Collective: Reading Series @ KOS. Kensington Market (Toronto)
2008 Freedom Fighter's. Jane and Finch Community Peace Fair (Toronto)
2008 Rated inc. Presents: 106&York Urban Arts Festival (Toronto)
2008 2nd Annual Queens of Reggae Showcase (Toronto)
2008 The Anthony Johnson Sickle Cell Bash for Cash-Charity Event (Toronto)
2006 Prisoners' Justice Film Festival: Lyricist Link- Up 6" "Poetik Justice" (Toronto)
2006 York University. 'Globally Fit Youth' presents The Cycle of Violence Seminar (Toronto)
2005 Lyricist Link Up "360 Degrees of Elevation" (Toronto)
2005 I.S.I.S Circle and 8Rooks present: Lyricist Link Up IV (Toronto)
Appearances (outside of Canada):
2010 Tribute to a Fallen Soldier: Poetry Reading (St. Catherines, Jamaica)
2009 Special guest performer at the Hart-Nesbith Wedding Ceremony (Maryland)
2008 Variey Show @ The Aladdin Hotel/Planet Hollywood (Las Vegas)
2007 Untamed Tongues Spoken Word Showcases (Las Vegas)
2007 Spoken Word. Poetry & Literary Readings' Series (Las Vegas)
2006 8th Annual Urban Word NYC Teen Poetry Slam Finals. [Special guests 'The Last Poets'] (New York)
2006 Power Networking Business Series.Hosted by James Lisbon founder of AMAG (Harlem, New York)
2006 8th Annual Urban Word NYC Teen Poetry Slam Semi-Finals. The Nuyorican Poets Cafe (New York)
2006 8th Annual Urban Word NYC Teen Poetry Slam Preliminaries. Bowery Poetry Club (New York)
2005 The Miami Masters Poetry Slam Team Showcase. Hosted by HBO Def Poet Will "DaRealOne" Bell (Miami)
2004 Focused Digizine Edutainment Showcase produced by the co-founder of Def Poetry Jam, Bruce George (New York)
2004 Liberty University: Youth Outreach/Community Awareness Fairs (Virginia)
2003 Poetry @ The Hit Factory- an intimate gathering with Wyclef Jean(the Fugees) and friends. (Manhattan, New York)
2003 Suitland High School- Talent Shows (Washington DC)
2003 Cha Ross-Estes presents Time2Shine! An All Female Showcase (Washington DC)
2002 Various church-affilliated events; christian ministry (Washi
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Available Modes Of Communication
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email/chat
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Contact
Ms.Dean
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