Even in darkness,
we’re all light
A. Slate
A.Slate is a poet, spoken word artist, author, actress, and mother of Grace.
Recipient of 2019-2020 Artist Opportunity Award Slate just finished her first mini film on surviving mental illness as a creative. A. Slate has recently performed/spoken at TEDXDAYTON 2019, and at the Off-Broadway Theatrical Revue of Urban Creative Arts, The Signature: A Poetic Medley Show held at The Levitt Pavilion. Slate's spoken word performances awarded her the title of 1st Runner-Up, in 2015, to Freedom Award Winner Ed Mabrey, at The Signature's: Last Poet Standing. She has worked alongside the Queen of Poetry; GeorgiaME, Malcolm Jamal Warner, Sunni Patterson, and Queen Sheba. Her acting abilities led her to the lead role in, First Do No Harm, which played at The Dayton Playhouse Theatre.
Slate is filming for her first movie debut, with LOUD Entertainment in, Little Village. A..Slate Erased: The ENDtro and The Many Faces of Eve are completed recordings, with, Hisshitiggy Blues (Black Lives Matter) Live released in 2017 and is still in rotation on Dayton's WDAO 102.3FM and WCSU’s 88.3FM.
Slate is the Founder of “The WRITElife Village” which provides local students with a safe platform to express themselves freely and creatively without bias, fear, or judgment. Owner and Operator of Slatehouse Ink Publishing, she recently published her first collection of poetry, Lifelines, and Legacies, in addition to four published works from The WRITElife Village’s and Dayton Leadership Academies: S.E.E.P. student, of which “After the Storm,” was featured in the Dayton Daily Newspaper.
A.Slate is indeed an instrument that brings the written word to life with each proposed new idea and creation, as gifted to her by The Most High God.
Residing in the light of Poet Laureate Paul Laurence Dunbar (who wrote his first words on a slate) thrives on her Daytonian roots to leave a legacy that empowers, uplifts, and inspires.
“Life is a poem that everyone is writing. I am just a slate.”
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Find A. Slate on Social Media:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/A.SlatePoet
Instagram: @a_slate
Twitter: @ASlate_Poet
YouTube: @TheASlatePoet
Apple Music: https://itunes.apple.com>album>the-many-faces-of-eve/1257913902
https://m.barnesandnoble.com/s/Lifelines+and+legacies
My offerings
Speak.
I was always told that my voice was ugly and that I talked too much. These two statements forced my silence at times when I desperately needed to be heard. NEVER let someone mute your testimony. There is a light of love inside of each of us that someone’s ear was created to hear. Yours could be the voice of tomorrow, today, speak life, in love and in truth.
If you so desire, I aspire to be the voice of the voiceless. Let’s chat.
write.
Have you ever been called quiet or shy, and found that to be so, NOT you? Sometimes we close our mouths out of fear of saying the wrong thing. Some of the most eloquent speakers are only such, on paper. Having a “lazy tongue,” isn’t the only thing that causes a person to “shy away” from public speaking. You can gain the tools to articulate, orate or just be heard in an effective manner with a few steps and a little faith in the presence of God. Let’s WRITElife!
grow.
One of the most memorable ways to chart growth or progress is to create a timeline of sorts. What better way to do so than creating a timeless work of art, a book? Whenever you’re ready. Lets stick a pen in that idea… and don’t forget to look back. Our past doesn’t define us, yet it enables us to go further. Let’s grow, I mean Go!!!!
love
And do everything with love.
-1 Corinthians 16:14
Most times opinions are not needed, warranted or necessary. Never let anyone’s opinion, judgments, or shortcomings about who they are become who you know yourself to be. See what God see’s, that’s the only perfect vision.