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I can curate a performance set of any length tailored to one of the above topics and others, featuring my notable poems like “Friends With Benefits” and “Afro So Big.” My performance style is interactive, engaging, and thought-provoking. It’s perfect for conferences, breakout groups, and event entertainment.
African American Vernacular English is heavily stigmatized in “professional” environments. Natural speakers of AAVE have lost jobs, housing, and other opportunities for their dialect while non-Black AAVE appropriators gain opportunities for using it. What is AAVE and what are the real-world implications for bias against AAVE speakers? How can non-AAVE speakers become allies?
This interactive presentation dives into the importance of respecting all dialects and English speakers in the workplace and outside of it. Participants will leave with concrete ways to be an ally to marginalized speakers and resources to learn more about AAVE.
Jae Nichelle is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Spoken word performance centering Blackness, Mental Health, LGBTQ, or women’s issues and AAVE - History, Appropriation, and Allyship. The estimated speaking fee range to book Jae Nichelle for your event is $5,000 - $10,000. Jae Nichelle generally travels from Portland, OR, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Jewelle Gomez, Alok Vaid-Menon, Jamie Anderson, Sally Kohn and Orion Carloto. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Jae Nichelle for an upcoming live or virtual event.
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